Example sentences of "as [adv] [verb] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Furthermore , extensive spreads of such seas can as effectively isolate pieces of emergent continent as spreading ocean floor , thereby creating barriers to migration of terrestrial organisms , and should also promote equability of the continental climate .
2 From this standpoint , the efforts of Schleiermacher and Ritschl came to be diagnosed as effectively displacing God by man , reducing theology to anthropology , resting on the hidden assumption that God and man were ultimately somehow identical , and thus failing to take sufficiently seriously the reality of God himself , the need for revelation , the authority of the Bible as the vehicle of his Word , the finiteness and sinfulness of man , and the radical character of authentic faith .
3 THERE WAS a fin de siecle air in London 's clubland last night — flames danced in the rarely used gas lanterns along Pall Mall as elegantly dressed members of the Institute of Directors , the Athenaeum , Reform and Travellers ’ Clubs digested the implications of early poll results .
4 A small Interior Design practice , offering our own exclusive range of fabrics , wallpapers , tiles and matching bed linen , as well as skilfully chosen collections from other leading manufacturers .
5 We are saying to those councillors , ’ Wo n't pay , ca n't say ’ ; in other words , ’ If you are not prepared to obey the law and pay your rightful contribution to the cost of the local services which , as locally elected representatives , you have a say in providing , it is unjustifiable for you to have any influence , through your votes , on the amount of local tax that is levied in your area . ’
6 The descriptions , far from gesturing to an external or subjective reality , merely affirm their own status as verbally constructed artefacts .
7 Secondly , we should note that the adding of information is not the same here as expanding units omitted through ellipsis ( see 2.7 ) ; nor is it the same as tautologically duplicating elements included in the meaning of words and saying , for example :
8 Sangster joined forces with the legendary Irish trainer Vincent O'Brien , and they virtually cornered the market in the stock of the great stallion Northern Dancer as well as successfully syndicating stallions such as The Minstrel and Alleged .
9 As such it is this realm which is seen as eventually dominating forms of social and personal life and the progress ( or otherwise ) of localities .
10 Just one relevant instance is Roland Barthes 's celebration of difference , so much difference in fact , as eventually to subvert repression itself , producing a concept of desire wherein there would be , for instance , not homosexuality but homosexualities ‘ whose plural will baffle any constituted , centred discourse ’ ( Roland Barthes , 69 ) .
11 The fact that several of the boys were active members of the National Front , for example , had an all too direct bearing on how they positioned themselves as narrators of the fight , even though they were anxious to characterize their role as merely voicing public opinion on the estate .
12 The government published its White Paper on the Environment on Sept. 25 , 1990 but it was widely criticized both by politicians and by environmentalists as merely reiterating measures already incorporated into the Environmental Protection Bill which was going through parliament and was enacted on Nov. 1 , 1990 .
13 Thirty-three died , as apparently did passenger airships .
14 It suffers therefore from the same problems as all needs theories .
15 Holy wells are defined by Edna Whelan and Ian Taylor as naturally occurring springs , only slightly modified by human hand .
16 The synthetic oestrogen , stilboestrol ( see Chapter 5 ) , was as effective as naturally occurring oestrogens .
17 In this way , the Minoans may have seen the enshrined trees as divinely appointed trysting-places where gods and mortal men and women might meet .
18 I mean are we still trading as much agricultural goods , or as much manufacturing goods as we
19 Stokenchurch Dog Rescue and Welfare Society is always looking for voluntary dog walkers , blankets , towels and newspaper , as well as much needed finance so that they can continue to care for the other 70 dogs they have in their kennels at present .
20 All of these foundationalisms are subjected to thoroughgoing challenges , as perhaps given voice to with greatest immediacy and impact in Nietzsche 's radical epistemological , ethical , and aesthetic scepticism , in turn-of-the-century cultural modernism .
21 As highly trained animals , the dogs do not need to be restrained at the warren site .
22 As long serving employees they will be able to bring a wealth of company experience and represent the views of members more effectively than outsiders .
23 It 's really , I mean next year I was sort of quite co I 'm quite committed to not having a year off so much as just exploring things and that 's what
24 erm The other parts of the job are that we do erm all of the fundamental and much of the applied research which the nation needs , we provide an increasing range of advanced courses in technology for people in industry , and continuing education generally , the number of mature students at all levels is rising , and there are a number of other service functions we do for the community as well as just teaching undergraduates .
25 This need not be of concern as easily chewed food like fish fingers , beefburgers , and rissoles are commonly provided as children 's foods .
26 Since the number of suitable translocations , reciprocal and Robertsonian , which can be used as easily recognized markers is limited ( see 17 for listings and linkage information ) , it is proposed here to describe a more general approach to in situ hybridization assuming no prior knowledge of the position of the unique sequence in the genome .
27 It would be a mistake to think of them as exactly tied options .
28 As new found wealth arrived , the Elves became ever more indolent and luxury loving .
29 No demand , however , was made on us by the gate-keeper , the authorities being so liberal as not to charge persons for walking either on the roads or footpaths .
30 Answer : when it is called Microsoft Windows/NT Advanced Server — Microsoft Corp says that it has invoked the name change so as not to confuse customers since a lot of the functions of the OS/2-based LAN Manager which we know and love are already incorporated into the base operating system and Advanced Server will provide only the extras such as multi-domain management ; coincidentally of course , Microsoft will avoid discouraging any users that were n't particularly enamoured of LAN Manager 's original incarnation .
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