Example sentences of "as [noun pl] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | England withdrew from Fifa in 1928 , as discussions began for the organisation of the first World Cup competition , and remained disdainfully on the sidelines until 1950 , when England 's ‘ superiority ’ complex was quickly dissipated by a 1–0 defeat in a pool match against the United States . |
| 2 | Here , national subsidies are under continual threat of elimination as discussions progress within the ECSC and under the treaty . |
| 3 | Perhaps a little less improbable , and certainly a possibility , is that a change in the savings products offered by other intermediaries could cause an increase in the early termination , or ‘ surrender ’ , of policies as savers switched to the other products . |
| 4 | It will become an increasing necessity as institutions move towards the 1990 's and attempt to broaden the base of their student intake ; initial teacher education courses will hopefully have a much wider range of students on their courses . |
| 5 | As investigations continue into the killing of P C Patrick Dunn , three men have been released . |
| 6 | Just as solicitors acting for the wife , where the matrimonial home stands in the husband 's sole name , will have given advice concerning the registration of a Class F Land Charge or a notice ( if registered land ) ; so , where the home stands in the joint names of husband and wife as beneficial joint tenants , will they have advised on severance of that joint tenancy in order to prevent the husband acquiring the whole property by operation of law in the event of the wife 's death before the determination of the matrimonial proceedings ( see Barton v Morris [ 1985 ] 2 All ER 1032 ) . |
| 7 | Then they turned out the lights , the great brass chandelier with its false candles , and the moon 's lemony radiance lay as still as cloths draped over the shining wood . |
| 8 | This involves the channelling of policy initiatives upwards from lower levels so that as proposals move through the company they gather support leaving the final decision-maker with the simple task of confirming the agreed consensus . |
| 9 | I have no doubt that those same consumers , when exercising their choice about what to buy , will want to be absolutely sure that products imported to the United Kingdom have had to undergo precisely the same levels of checks and monitoring as products exported from the United Kingdom . |
| 10 | One or two odd shapes were found , but most authorities dismissed these as patterns produced by the physical processes of rock formation that had nothing whatever to do with living organisms . |
| 11 | But however distinguished its history , Edinburgh very much sees itself as a University of the 1990s committed to research and teaching covering the hi-tech disciplines of the future , as well as disciplines rooted in the past . |
| 12 | As employers respond to the guidelines set out by the UKCC then parity of courses will emerge and budgets for courses will need to be arrived at in response to local situations . |
| 13 | Francis has last laugh as Owls turn on the style |
| 14 | However , a democracy can vote as it feels fit , and the Tories are in very real danger of losing the next election as homeowners desert to the opposition parties . |
| 15 | For these were the real ‘ professionals ’ who , at certain times in the war , took over either as commanders appointed by the crown or as leaders of groups of freelance soldiers who could ignore royal orders and get away with it . |
| 16 | Well , only really because of erm as mature , as policies mature before the er |
| 17 | Just as groups depend on the allocation of roles ( and power ) , so they depend also on the consequences of power — conflict/cooperation , trust/ mistrust , etc . |
| 18 | Your army must include at least 25% of its points value as units chosen from the following list ; it may include more if you wish . |
| 19 | She fled screaming as bricks smashed into the bath at her boyfriend 's home in Tividale , West Midlands . |
| 20 | Motorways and high streets around the country ground to a halt as shoppers headed for the stores . |
| 21 | As journalists gathered near the terraced house where one boy was arrested , neighbours were becoming restless . |
| 22 | Today , cynics would say that a building contract never has the chance of being put away as disputes start from the moment it comes into operation . |
| 23 | On average cars sold in the US consume around 28.1 mpg , according to Environmental Protection Agency statistics , twice as efficient as cars sold in the 1970s but with little change in the past seven years . |
| 24 | Youths dressed as demons careered across the road and yelled at the tops of their voices . |
| 25 | Dodging the shell bursts ' debris as branches fell from the large wahrazin trees above shallow trenches by the headquarters , Bernard Callinan could not make out what craft was shelling them , but through the mist he could hear the rumble of small boats ' engines . |
| 26 | In this sense it is first and foremost the executive agency of the mind and is charged with the fundamental functions of decision-making and surveillance of the input from the senses as well as sensations arising from the instinctual drives of the id . |
| 27 | The two Sea Kings narrowly escaped being hit as shells crashed around the landing zone in the Srebrenica football stadium . |
| 28 | Logical empiricists differ on this question , just as foundationalists differ on the nature of basic beliefs . |
| 29 | The pressure to succeed will increase as schools compete on the exam league tables . |
| 30 | The pressure to succeed will increase as schools compete on the exam league tables . |