Example sentences of "as [pers pn] [vb base] to a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I can hassle for business contacts in these areas at conferences as soon as I get to a conference . |
| 2 | An air-powered sponge filter or small , internal power filter will be adequate , o long as you stick to a proper maintenance regime and are not tempted to overstock . |
| 3 | Just as you say to a small child , ‘ Keep on the path , ’ rather than ‘ Do n't go on the road , or Please can you talk more quietly , ’ not ‘ Do n't shout ! ’ so it is necessary to seek out what is good in any situation . |
| 4 | Possibly a little touch like this has more meaning for us belonging as we do to a mechanical age , than it would have had for our ancestors , who were unaccustomed to the click of an electric switch and its attendant results ! |
| 5 | As they expand to a much greater diameter ( 24 FG ) than plastic stents , they are not subject to occlusion by debris and bacteria , though some become blocked by tumour ingrowth between the stent mesh . |
| 6 | as they cling to a hand or an arm — |
| 7 | The first two lines of the first stanza are symbolic of the suns ability to give life as they refer to a man 's physical awakening , but here the tone changes . |
| 8 | So far , we have carefully avoided any suggestion of calculation , and we can still stay away from arithmetic by using tables for gore heights as they apply to a range of ‘ chute diameters . |
| 9 | In this respect , s14(5) of the SGA provides : The preceding provisions of this section apply to a sale by a person who in the course of a business is acting as agent for another as they apply to a sale by a principal in the course of a business , except where that other is not selling in the course of a business and either the buyer knows that fact or reasonable steps are taken to bring it to the notice of the buyer before the contract is made . |
| 10 | Points to note in connection with the documents Regard should be had to the following : ( 1 ) The City Code and , if either the bidder or the target is listed , the Yellow Book , apply to the scheme as they apply to a takeover offer . |
| 11 | These assertions are made on the basis of research in modern ethology , and the arguments will not be discussed in any detail as they belong to a different universe of discourse from that of psychoanalysis and sociology . |
| 12 | In the early stages of the inner-city study it was already evident that these rules were of historical and theoretical importance , as they lead to a regular series of alternations in derivationally related items . |