Example sentences of "as [adj] [noun pl] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As healthier mothers they were perhaps able to bear stronger infants . |
| 2 | In our forthcoming activities as private dealers we will require no more than an administrative infrastructure . |
| 3 | As professional consultants we also advise and take instructions for design , supervision and structural surveys . |
| 4 | As professional soldiers they had a great reputation for ruthlessness both in battle and in ravaging the countryside . |
| 5 | As guilty failures we all come beneath that ‘ curse ’ imposed on lawbreakers . |
| 6 | Where the English partners of these enterprises are carrying on their practice as English solicitors they will be bound by the Overseas Practice Rules 1990 as well as by the local laws of the countries in which they operate . |
| 7 | If people accept themselves as second-class citizens they will be treated as such … |
| 8 | This is because as Dickens wrote his novels as weekly instalments he had to put enough into each instalment whether it be a couple of chapters or many , enough to captivate his readers and cause them to wait with eagerness for the next instalment . |
| 9 | As universal gods they formed a higher order of nature and society , and the meaning of man 's life and death . |
| 10 | I know one thing she needs is mail from home , as this cheers her up and reminds her she is not alone . |
| 11 | ‘ Not as strange as some priests I have met ! ’ |
| 12 | As 1993 approaches we are conscious that factors like the expansion of the European Community , the emergence of the Eastern European democracies and the break up of the Soviet Union , not to mention events nearer home , will present us with new challenges and opportunities . |
| 13 | In any case , as social workers we have to struggle along in the here and now . |
| 14 | Once men were released from trying to defend them as scientific documents they were able to listen to what the text was actually saying . |
| 15 | As public documents they can be scrutinised by anyone prepared to pay the search fee . |
| 16 | As Free Churchmen we will not be the helots of either Mr John Morley or Mr Chamberlain . ’ |
| 17 | As part-time bobbies they juggle homes , careers and their ‘ special ’ beat which mixes crime fighting and community policing . |
| 18 | However as subject specialists they will be able to offer older primary school children ‘ the sort of organisation that they will meet in the secondary school ’ . |
| 19 | If it 's jointly owned property as joint tenants it will pass to the survivor . |
| 20 | As autonomous actors we create and modify the social world , bringing about events and states of affairs which would not otherwise have occurred . |
| 21 | What is crucial for our concerns here is that such a ‘ mentality ’ or ideology is constructed ; it is not something imposed by the form of literacy itself as though the ‘ technology of the intellect ’ , as Goody terms it , were determinate . |
| 22 | Since the life cycle of an adult worm can be as long as six weeks it is advisable to continue with these general hygiene measures for six weeks . |
| 23 | As central places they have attracted shops and services and a few small industries . |
| 24 | Over a period as short as three hours it is not surprising that no growth is revealed . |
| 25 | You can generally borrow up to 90% of the value of the new home , and you can borrow as much as three times you salary : the loan will usually be for a maximum of 25 years . |
| 26 | Briefly , in talking about meanings as objective thought-contents we are talking , in effect , about certain species of ( reconstitutable , re-thinkable ) thought , or thought-modalities . |
| 27 | However , there are other desires which do correspond to truly human values : the desire for friendship ( because as human beings we were made for relationships ) , or the desire to give happiness to others ( because our human nature makes us aware of the needs of others ) . |
| 28 | As human beings we consist not only of physical bodies but of minds , emotions and spirits too . |
| 29 | As human beings we can choose to believe anything , but we must believe something . |
| 30 | As human beings we are suitably horrified by this state of affairs ; but as penologists we wonder cynically how great a contribution this factor really makes to the penal crisis . |