Example sentences of "as [subord] [vb pp] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( 7 ) On remitting a case to a licensing board under subsection ( 6 ) above , the sheriff may : ( a ) specify a date by which the rehearing by the board must take place ; modify any procedural steps which otherwise would be required in relation to the matter by or under any enactment ; and any decision of a licensing board on any such case shall be valid as if reached at a quarterly meeting as mentioned in section 4(1) ( a ) of this Act . |
| 2 | Such troops sustain damage as if hit by the Fanatics |
| 3 | The reason : before that date registration on a company 's file of such a mortgage had effect as if registered as a land charge , thus giving notice to the world . |
| 4 | Although a common seal may still be used to execute a document , a document signed by a director and the secretary , or by two directors , and expressed ( in whatever form of words ) to be executed by the company will have the same effect as if executed under the common seal of the company . |
| 5 | This , however , can not be correct since section 36A , inserted by the 1989 Act , provides that a company need not have a common seal and that whether it has or not ‘ a document signed by a director and the secretary of the company or by two directors and expressed ( in whatever form of words ) to be executed by the company has the same effect as if executed under the common seal of the company . ’ |
| 6 | Someone was squealing and crying at the same time , as if caught in a trap . |
| 7 | First of all erm he justified his view on environmental considerations as as considered by the City Council , I think we would say , the County Council , that one of the main considerations that has brought us to the conclusion that we have are environmental considerations , the environment of York and its immeding immediate surroundings , the protection er of the York greenbelt , environmental considerations have been er at the most er in our minds . |
| 8 | However , while the result might well be the same , the reasoning of the Court of Appeal is to be preferred ; complete impartiality could not be expected and the term impartiality when used in the context of a minister making a decision such as the siting of a new town , would not necessarily be the same as when applied to a magistrate deciding a case of nuisance . |
| 9 | ‘ Two weeks , ’ she managed to articulate , and then stood there , mouth clamped , feet rooted , as though turned to a pillar of salt , as though the deep deep boredom of childhood had reclaimed her , had rendered her helpless and speechless and powerless , the child in the attic , praying for time to pass and blood to flow . |
| 10 | Her lower lip twitched as though plucked by an invisible finger . |
| 11 | Iain Logan had been listening to him as though fascinated by the stress of experience which had lengthened Cameron 's face and closed his black brows over his eyes . |
| 12 | ‘ Wait , my lovely , ’ he breathed , and took his eyes from her wanting , flushed face , to pull back and stare as though transfixed at the throbbing globes of her breasts . |
| 13 | A remarkable feature of the mountain is the tremendous gash on its eastern face , looking as though cut by a giant knife . |
| 14 | For example , her most recent work involves a positive distancing — intimate objects as though shaken from the photographs appear in glass shoe boxes ready for inspection or classification . |
| 15 | Ruby straddled a child 's moped and , as though mounted on a Wellsian Time Machine , skilfully manoeuvred into the heavy traffic on Cromwell Road . |
| 16 | It opens up into a fantastic cavern , which glistens and sparkles as though lit by an invisible Light . |
| 17 | As Morse poured her drink ( and his ) , he heard her speaking in a dreamy , muted sort of voice , as though dumbfounded by the news she 'd heard . |
| 18 | He took no notice of us , just standing there , gazing at the swirling brown tide of water almost lapping his sandals as though lost in the wonder of such a happening . |
| 19 | But it 's true : his fairway shot , as though drawn by a magnet , fell into Road Bunker or , as Tetsu himself called it , ‘ Nakajima 's Bunker ’ . |
| 20 | The cripple haunted his bridge as though chained to the spot . |
| 21 | Isabel stood as though chained to the floor , her heart galloping out of control like a runaway steed as she tried to make sense of the unholy din . |
| 22 | The Friar sprang to his feet as though bitten by a snake . |
| 23 | Without saying anything further , he shifted his enormous shoulders more comfortably against the door-frame as though settled for the rest of the day , and moved his eyes to her mouth almost as though he was waiting for her to speak again , she thought , feeling thoroughly disgruntled . |
| 24 | Bunny sat on him like an angel , as though glued to the saddle , handling him beautifully and gently . |
| 25 | Half way through Edward gave up , scraped the rest into Tam 's food bowl and put the kettle on for a cup of tea ; behind him , Tam slurped as though rescued from the brink of starvation . |
| 26 | As though winded by the story , Mungo climbed the mountain of logs in slow motion . |
| 27 | Had n't it shifted slightly , as though rocked by the wind ? |
| 28 | The Sergeant was a meaty slab of a man , of fifty years ' service , ruddy-faced as though surfeited with a Marine 's haemoglobin-plus blood ; and through one Lyman 's earlobe he wore an alien foetus pendant . |
| 29 | But be quick : pick up your phone or else gird up your loins , grab your staff and hie you like blazes , sprinting as though pursued by the fires of hell , to the Arts Theatre or the Festival box office , whereupon you should pawn your handbag or your jock strap — even your jewels , just as long as you succeed in laying claim to a seat . |
| 30 | She felt as though confronted by a child : it 'll be all right , she wanted to say , I 'll see that it 's all right . |