Example sentences of "as [adv] [adj] [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The great unwashed ’ — the watching ( and listening ) public — are seen as so many target audiences by a ‘ biz'ness'-minded industry to the chagrin of intellectuals or ( some ) professionals who dream of what might have been . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Craig McLachlan could be very easily dismissed as just another soap star turned muso , but Craig was playing guitar in bands long before he became an actor . |
| 4 | No one has ever given a satisfactory explanation of why Mr Ford said what he said — and it has gone down in the history books as just another Ford pratfall . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | The standards are as good as any first class hotel . |
| 8 | 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 ) . |
| 9 | Although des Forges and Harber recorded Sparrowhawks as probably regular winter visitors until 1961 there is little satisfactory evidence of this more recently . |
| 10 | The menu bar at the top of the screen works in the same way as nearly all MS-DOS menus . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | More thorough stock control completed the changed Southern scene as virtually all EMU units were renumbered to allow the first two digits to match their fleet status . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | So the latest version of Lotus 1-2-3 includes such delights as fully customizable Lotus Smart Icons , mouse support and better printer drivers . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Last Chance to See , based on Douglas Adams and Mark Carwardine 's survey of endangered species , includes the text of the book read by Adams , as well as over 500 colour photographs and supplementary information . |
| 18 | During the trials with two vessels , 135 dolphins , porpoises , and small whales were killed , as well as over 700 sea birds . |
| 19 | As over 300 TV channels swamp the Caribbean with more than 80% foreign programming content , Caricom has increasingly sought ways to develop a local media industry . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 ) . |
| 23 | 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 ) . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | Bishops then turned up the pressure in a search for an equaliser , and it nearly came on seventy minutes as yet another debut man , Tommy Callanan blasted the ball against the underside of the ball from literally yards out when it was easier to score . |
| 26 | Some of Koons ' colleagues scoff at the Cicciolina affair , dismissing it as yet another publicity ploy , the perfect merger between two media personalities , and a disguise for a small talent . |
| 27 | Permanently placed at Number 55 in the not-quite-so-top 100 , they are destined to be remembered as yet another band Virgin failed to encourage into the charts ( famous last words part 136 ) . |
| 28 | The driver swears but brakes as yet another tin mining family climb aboard the truck already bulging with people and their belongings . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | 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 . |