Example sentences of "as [pers pn] [verb] [adj -er] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since nineteen eighty three the government has reduced financial support by over two billion pound and reduced staff by seventy thousand , resulting in less maintenance and falling safety standards and with , as I said higher fares , but fewer services . |
| 2 | As the EC opens membership negotiations with the members of EFTA , and as we develop closer relations with the emerging democracies of Central and Eastern Europe , we can look forward to a European Community which , by the year 2,000 , is truly becoming ‘ our Common European Home ’ . |
| 3 | These corners are sometimes almost more difficult for the men than for the women , as we use longer skis but I handled the course well and produced a 3rd place , my most encouraging FIS race result for some time . |
| 4 | We maintain the integrity of our nation as we promote better relations between neighbours . |
| 5 | In so far as they encourage greater police intervention on picket lines or at demonstrations , and enable them to impose their authority on many aspects of community life , the 1984 and 1986 Acts have profound implications for the possibility of disorder . |
| 6 | By reducing the probability that a firm will fail and by reducing creditors ' potential losses in the event of difficulty , this helps to reduce the costs a firm takes on as it takes bigger risks and nears bankruptcy . |
| 7 | A LABOUR backbencher brandished a foot-long knife in the Commons yesterday as he demanded tougher laws against carrying weapons in Scotland . |