Example sentences of "as [subord] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even if there are no formal agreements to interfere with the market , implicit understandings may be reached , in which case the behaviour of the firms involved might , in practice , be the same as if a formal agreement had existed . |
| 2 | In some emergencies , as when a young child tends ( despite previous explanations and warnings ) to rush out into the street , the point made above is not a matter of primary concern . |
| 3 | Furthermore , adjustment to a new role in life may be best assisted by loose-knit networks , as when a mature woman leaves the domestic sphere to become a university student , or when adjusting to her newly divorced and single status . |
| 4 | However , whereas it is possible for a higher-level unit in the syntactic hierarchy to be a constituent of a lower-level unit , as when a relative clause forms part of a noun phrase , this can not happen in the rhythmic hierarchy . |
| 5 | As when a bloodied sword , by Vulcan 's skill |
| 6 | There was a rushing sound as though a speeding train were charging towards them . |
| 7 | All around them the shoulders of the hills were browned by the fading of the heather , dulled by the weakening sunshine , their expanses turned dusty-blank as though a great grinding had sifted down on them , decades of labour and hardship , and left them blinded . |
| 8 | IT WAS as though a great weight had been removed from sagging shoulders . |
| 9 | She did not try on the apricot chiffon , with panels of silver beads back and front , some of them loosened , some vanished away as though a bead-eating insect had been at it . |
| 10 | Her limbs were cold , as though a freezing mixture had seeped into her bones , and she soaked for a while , letting the heat invade her pores . |
| 11 | Matthew paused as though a new thought had come to him . |
| 12 | The harshness vanished , as though a dark veil had been lifted . |
| 13 | Next morning Lucy felt heavy-eyed and as though a dark cloud hung over her head . |
| 14 | Mr Cedric Multhrop subsided into one of the comfortable armchairs in his lounge , then leapt up guiltily as though a mere hotel owner had no place to be sitting down in his guests ' domain . |
| 15 | Dalziel clapped his hands together as though a tricky point had been made simple . |
| 16 | The trees , bushes and fields were all the same dun shade , as though a thin layer of dirt had been sprayed everywhere , and wherever you looked there seemed to be mud or rotting leaves or bare , dead-looking branches . |
| 17 | It seems as though a slammed door would level the city . |
| 18 | It was as though a giant hand were pushing me downward until my knees hit the floor . |
| 19 | The inner side of the track was almost sheer at this point , brown broken rock glistening with water , and I could see at a glance where the rock had come from , a gaping hole oozing mud as though a giant molar had been extracted . |
| 20 | It was as though a white cloak had been thrown over the entire countryside , a cloak which gleamed beneath an enormous ghostly-white moon , robbing the night of its darkness . |
| 21 | As his grip on her loosened , she took a step back , and it was as though a cold wind suddenly whistled all around her . |
| 22 | We warmed our hands as though a sudden chill had come upon us at the mention of his name . |
| 23 | He stopped , as though a sudden thought had struck him . |
| 24 | Vermulen , the Swiss man , had obvious stomach trouble and Wilkins 's underpants looked as though a wild boar had been sick in them . |
| 25 | There was a terrifying rumbling noise and the stairs shook as though a minor earthquake had passed beneath the house . |