Example sentences of "as [noun pl] [vb base] the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 The grounded barges seemed to watch the Waalhaven , as prisoners watch the free .
2 However , as long as manufacturers retain the standard Hardware Abstraction Layer ( HAL ) , that SunSoft supplies with Solaris 2.1 , there will be few inconsistencies , says Watkins .
3 Hotel chains in Tokyo , Osaka and other large cities enjoy over 90 per cent occupancy , as visitors use the western-style hotels as ‘ urban resorts ’ .
4 Market forces are usually to the detriment of ‘ quality ’ programming and they lessen diversity as producers chase the same audiences .
5 As long as things remain the same , the privileged will automatically retain their privilege .
6 Layering suspense element upon suspense element , the episode builds up tension almost to breaking point as audiences ponder the big question : ‘ What lives in that city ? ’
7 The proportion of married women and young people is much higher , as dependants follow the male head of household .
8 Is not the Minister aware that it has been known for some time that four times as many women as men suffer the chronic pain that comes from the loss of movement in and the fracture of hip joints ?
9 Butter and margarine are close substitutes , and so any increase in the price of butter would be expected to lead to an increased demand for margarine as consumers substitute the latter for the relatively more expensive butter .
10 Bumper catches are expected as competitors plunder the vast shoals of Roach , Hybrids and Bream .
11 There 's hardly a wildlife film-maker who has n't become intimately acquainted with at least one species of tick , and as ticks prefer the softer , warmer parts of the body , the acquaintance is sometimes very intimate indeed .
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