Example sentences of "as [verb] [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As powerful as drawing description files can be , they would get a bit unworkable if faced with , say , a colour photograph of a budgerigar . |
| 2 | But one does not have to go so far as to support child benefit for the qualitative demographic effect it may or may not have . |
| 3 | In minutes he was dressed and looking for his signallers at the Dutch HQ , for as second in command of the Company he must warn headquarters and the platoons in their hill positions above the town , as well as contacting Sparrow Force , whom he did not know were under attack the same night . |
| 4 | It 's the same as typing star dot star . |
| 5 | Water safety demonstrations will also take place and there will be a chance to learn first aid and resuscitation techniques as well as enjoying lake cruises and illustrated talks . |
| 6 | The chances of seeing wildlife on a wildlife trail are about as good as seeing Frank Sinatra play a gig at The Milton Motor Hotel in Fort William . |
| 7 | It was pride , she supposed ; deep down the prospect of fading away , giving up , was just as terrifying as seeing Luke Denner again . |
| 8 | The £230 million package to provide more than 100,000 new opportunities for the long-term unemployed and the , widely expected , go-ahead for joint Government/private sector involvement in the three huge capital projects were also seen as underlining Mr Lamont 's commitment to a Budget for Jobs . |
| 9 | A progressive rise in mortality was noted as resting ejection fraction fell below 40% and multivariate analysis showed an ejection fraction below 40% to be the most significant independent predictor of mortality . |
| 10 | Worse , two of Lear 's plates , of the ptarmigan and the peregrine falcon , are cited as proving John Gould to be ‘ the first delineator of ornithology of the day ’ . |
| 11 | These involved such things as assisting labour mobility , expanding training when unemployment rises , and creating special work projects for the unemployed . |
| 12 | As well as assisting technology development , MITI organized a leasing corporation to lease only Japanese computers on competitive terms to those available abroad . |
| 13 | If competition generated raw aggression resulting in defeat or death this can hardly be seen as assisting fitness maximisation . |
| 14 | Animals have died as a consequence of coming into contact with the algae , and it is known to have caused serious illness , such as liver damage , in human beings , as well as producing skin reactions and allergies . |
| 15 | As cornering acceleration increases , the increasing castor of the outer wheel and the substantial elasticity of the front longitudinal arm bearing point support the car against side forces . |
| 16 | To achieve this , we believe in the personal touch , as well as using computer technology . |
| 17 | Some find her inconsistencies maddening , failing to understand how a right-on feminist could have done such a thing as using Mandy Smith in her show at the very height of the tabloid fuss over Smith 's under-age relationship with Bill Wyman . |
| 18 | Such recognition is reflected , for instance , in the enhancement by statute of the rights of employees against dismissal , which from an aggregate wealth viewpoint may be depicted as inhibiting factor mobility and hence on occasion as being wealth reducing . |
| 19 | He did not take his readers back into history so much as bring Thomas Paine , William Hazlitt , Sir Arthur Conan Doyle , Sir Walter Scott [ qq.v. ] , and others forward , as if they had suddenly walked in from the street . |
| 20 | Punch lace ( as I shall call it ) is almost as easy as knitting Fair Isle . |
| 21 | The treatment of social beings as colliding billiard balls must ignore important idiosyncrasies . |
| 22 | DTS claims the Accommodator system , as well as handling telephone traffic and the facilities mentioned above , makes an important contribution to housekeeping , maintenance and billing functions . |
| 23 | Wear protective gloves and safety specs , as handling steel mesh is tough on the hands , and masonry nails can shatter . |
| 24 | Harry Briggs was a burly centre-half from Shotton in County Durham who came late into Football League soccer when he joined the Palace in 1947 at the age of 23 years , but he developed into a pillar of our defence in the early 1950s as well as becoming club captain . |
| 25 | Conran has gone so far as ending catwalk exhibitions totally in favour of presentation by video . |
| 26 | … flows of capital investment , population , technological information , generated energy , water , and the like , together with such constraints as involve interest policies and the mechanisms of group decision-making , can be reduced to comparable units so as to be structured into energy linkages similar to those of ecosystems is clearly an illusion … |
| 27 | Mr Rifkind , the Transport Secretary , retained his Edinburgh Pentlands seat — a result seen as justifying Mr Major 's decision to confront demands for devolution and separation by emphasising his support for the continued union between Scotland and the rest of the UK . |
| 28 | As expected Mal Donaghy reverts to centre back to cover the absence of injured skipper Alan McDonald ; Bingham believes the match is too big to ‘ blood ’ new recruit Pat McGibbon . |
| 29 | This segregation within an integrated unit is justified as protecting dementia sufferers from the intolerance of lucid fellow-residents and of ensuring that their special needs are met . |
| 30 | Price fixing ( Geis 1967 ; Smith 1961 ) and illegal monopoly pricing ( Klass 1975 ) both mean that customers pay more than they would under competitive conditions ; bribing corrupt officials ( Braithwaite 1979b ; Jacoby , Nehemlis , and Ells 1977 ) may mean reducing competitors ' profit margins or even driving them into bankruptcy ; illegal mergers and take-overs and other shady financial manoeuvres may result in many shareholders being defrauded ( Hopkins 1980b ) ; misleading advertising as well as trimming production costs may result in customers buying goods whose quality fails totally to match manufacturers ' glossy claims , thus leaving a swindled consumer population ( Moffit 1976 ) ; corporate tax evasion and avoidance may mean more average taxes paid by individual members of the public ( Vanick 1977 ) . |