Example sentences of "as [adv] [adj] [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would seem that perhaps browsing at the shelves should not be considered as an alternative to catalogue use ; instead browsing support at the catalogue could bee seen as perhaps improving retrieval effectiveness at the shelves by providing direction or orientation through navigational aids . |
| 2 | The petty bourgeoisie of shopkeepers and self-employed tradesmen needed to keep accounts even if only of a primitive kind , but the growing fraction of permanent journeymen among the artisans grew into a more literate as well as more skilled elite section of the labouring classes . |
| 3 | Pratten ( 1976 ) , for instance , concluded from a detailed comparison of Swedish and British companies that negotiating procedures in Britain , as well as more fragmented union representation , contributed to the lower labour productivity of some UK companies . |
| 4 | Every independent committee of experts which has considered the subject has recognised the need to require public authorities to give reasons ( the current position in Australia , Israel and the United States , as well as under European Community law ) . |
| 5 | Although des Forges and Harber recorded Sparrowhawks as probably regular winter visitors until 1961 there is little satisfactory evidence of this more recently . |
| 6 | ONCE YOU 'VE got over the severe attack of ‘ Ooer ’ s which this band 's rather indecent euphemistic name inevitably provokes , Joni 's Butterfly reveal themselves ( sorry ) as perfectly innocent pop fun for all the family , with a lyrical undercurrent of sex , drugs , avarice and Satanic goat-molesting . |
| 7 | The situation on mountain slopes in the humid tropics is , however , quite different as here high erosion rates lead to the rapid removal of weathered material . |
| 8 | Erm the managing director in front of Mr erm said to me , It wo n't affect your wages but what we will ask is that you give the company car back until a period of time that your wife passes a test in which case it can be given to your wife as indeed managerial status Mr . |
| 9 | So the latest version of Lotus 1-2-3 includes such delights as fully customizable Lotus Smart Icons , mouse support and better printer drivers . |
| 10 | A primary health care sector with half or more of the general practitioners as fully fledged budget managers would certainly facilitate the implementation of such a strategy , as has been pointed out . |
| 11 | The foreign intelligence operations were now to be conducted by a new and as yet unnamed state agency separate from the KGB ( although Primakov was also named first deputy chair of the KGB ) , and would concentrate on national security and on monitoring the international drugs trade and terrorism . |
| 12 | A. ‘ That the Directors be and they are hereby generally and unconditionally authorised to exercise all the powers of the Company to allot relevant securities ( within the meaning of Section 20 of the Companies ( Amendment ) Act 1983 ) up to an amount equal to the authorised but as yet unissued share capital of the Company at the close of business on the date of the passing of this resolution . |
| 13 | In reporting what little was known about these discussions at the time , the Economist warned of ‘ the danger that some as yet unknown army officer , drumming his fingers in some provincial headquarters , will decide that enough is enough ’ ( 1 June 1968 ) . |
| 14 | These include decline of the negative feedback of ageing stem cells of the arterial media thus allowing more rapid replication ( Martin et al , 1975 ; Haylick , 1976 ) , and an as yet unidentified platelet factor formed during the platelet-release reaction ( Ganda , 1980 ) . |
| 15 | And when the minute grubs hatch , they are immediately attracted , through some as yet unidentified sense organs , to the scent of mustard oil emanating from the roots . |
| 16 | Meanwhile House Party producers Reggie and Warrington Hudlin are preparing a science fiction musical comedy with several as yet unspecified rap artists in starring roles . |
| 17 | Wrides also had examples of turning swords into ploughshares for bayonets had been hinged into notched steel bases for sale as very effective firewood splitters . |
| 18 | The loss could well be considerably higher , particularly if you are male or heavily overweight ; but over-high expectations can be just as demoralizing as very slow weight loss , so we are taking a restrained attitude . |