Example sentences of "and [verb] as [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As we grow and develop as artists , our understanding increases bit by bit , along with our ability — and this book will draw the ambitious artist back time and again , to re-read and appreciate anew , as his , or her awareness and understanding expands and matures . |
| 2 | The figure moved forward and one white hand came up , clawing back both hood and wimple as Dame Agatha shook her lustrous blonde hair free . |
| 3 | She looked little , and soft , and altogether charming , not at all the sort of person you would n't want to come and stay as Feargal had once intimated . |
| 4 | At the same time , new administrative and political arrangements effectively reduced such power and influence as woman previously had . |
| 5 | In a move for which he would later pay , he called for the persecution of Deng Xiaoping , who was banished from office and attacked as second only to Liu as China 's ‘ leading capitalist roader ’ . |
| 6 | A review process so that ‘ weightings ’ developed for differing subjects do not become ‘ binding precedents ’ but can be changed and adjusted as experience or circumstances dictate . |
| 7 | The question of difference and singularity was always there for ‘ classical ’ film theory as an underpinning , whether acknowledged or not , for the valorization — and particularly for the legitimation as ‘ progressive ’ — of a popular culture which is produced as product and circulates as commodity . |
| 8 | Ellen Dean 's story — Catherine and Heathcliff as children |
| 9 | It was widely believed that this provision had been specifically inserted to prevent a return to office by Ríos Montt , an evangelical Protestant who had come to power in the wake of a military coup and ruled as dictator from March 1982 to August 1983 [ see pp. 31605-07 ; 32494-96 ] . |
| 10 | They question the voluntary nature of his confession and say rapes and murders by their forces are isolated and treated as crimes when detected . |
| 11 | Frequently , the consequences are misdiagnosed and treated as causes but this is no more justified than asking an educational psychologist to treat the disturbed thought processes of someone in pain from acute gout . |
| 12 | We want them looked after in a caring way , and treated as children , not as bits of evidence in some concocted case about satanism or something . ’ |
| 13 | In order to help effect this , far more pubs of historic importance need to be specifically listed — and listed as pubs , not simply as buildings with noteworthy features . |
| 14 | The noxious stimulation used in animal studies ( chemical and thermal ) is also suggested to be inadequate and given as reason why these studies often lend support to pre-emptive analgesia . |
| 15 | His worsening eyesight and declining health certainly heralded this decision , but the constraints of working for someone as particular and demanding as Gould could not have helped . |
| 16 | She smiled and straightened as Greg approached and said : ‘ It looks as if you 've cheered him up . ’ |
| 17 | Am I comfortable using flattery , guilt and fear as persuasion triggers ? |
| 18 | Organisational and clinical guidelines embedded in the Islington prompting system may be varied and developed as standards of good practice evolve or as new resources become available locally . |
| 19 | She and Nevil were looking after Margaret and Rose as John and Laura had gone out to the theatre for the evening . |
| 20 | But the cops exercise restraint , and the huge crowd gathered to watch the spectacle laugh and chant as unfortunates caught red-handed inside individually beat a hasty retreat . |
| 21 | Kris Kristofferson walks by , as silvery and twinkling as Captain Bird 's Eye . |
| 22 | It is when we do not act and behave as Jesus ' followers that adultery can take place , followed by legal proceedings for divorce . |
| 23 | The writing was unkempt and messy , blotted and scrawled as Marek 's fountain pen crept across the pages . |
| 24 | The mud churned and erupted as bullets struck the ground , and he rolled to his left , lay sprawled on his stomach , and pumped fire into the running shape of the man who had nearly killed him … |
| 25 | They want us to be ourselves and they themselves and to meet as friends … only after some quiet times with a dolphin do we enjoy letting it be in charge of the encounter , and see what it may decide to do next with us . ' |
| 26 | With three band members who look suspiciously like drunken sociology lecturers , an array of plastic crocodiles , lampshades , gloves and popcorn as props and a set of ludicrously twee nursery protest songs about Noddy … commercial oblivion is assured . |
| 27 | and hum As Time Goes By too loud |
| 28 | : Fifteen documents were extracted from the Longman Corpus ( LELC ) and retained as test data , not to be used in any subsequent lexical processing ( e.g. dictionary creation , etc . ) . |
| 29 | There was some pointing and explaining as Bessie indicated the cluster of stars she meant . |
| 30 | These would have contained garden-like areas for growing vegetables , herbs for flavouring , dyes and medicines , fruit trees and space for hives — honey being an important commodity and mentioned as goods rendered from some estates . |