Example sentences of "as [vb base] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In may respects , my shop is just the opposite , although I certainly have a health foods section , as do many delicatessens . |
| 2 | I fear , as do many others , that the start of the rot was the forced repatriation of the Vietnamese from Hong Kong . |
| 3 | As do many insects , spiders , beetles , ants , butterflies and moths . |
| 4 | An elegant mill house adjoins the mill , as do several barns , all constructed of mellowed local stone . |
| 5 | Mr Grovey likes to appear cool and trendy ( as do most teachers under thirty ) , but for Mr Grovey the attempt at an up-to-date image is ruined by his liking for wearing highly patterned , sleeveless pullovers of the sort seen hanging in charity shops the length and breadth of Britain . |
| 6 | A number of plums , including the varieties ‘ Czar ’ , ‘ Victoria ’ and most gages and damsons , will set on their own , as do most acid cherries , but ‘ Stella ’ and ‘ Cherokee ’ are the only self-fertile sweet cherries at the moment . |
| 7 | Despite most eventers having to be clipped fairly frequently , Ambassador has a very fine coat , as do most entires . |
| 8 | Predators may select prey in order of abundance , as does the barn owl , for instance , in which case they preserve the original pattern of equitability , or they may select less abundant prey preferentially , as do most mustelids , in which case they change it . |
| 9 | There are many more , far too numerous to mention here , but The Body Shop stock a good selection of aromatherapy oils as do most health food sores . |
| 10 | But it is none the less effective for that , and it would be wrong to see it , as do some liberals , as a superstitious remnant from a blighted past . |
| 11 | When pressed , Clematis montana leaves and tendrils turn almost black , as do some orchids , and several autumn leaves , including Japanese maple , become burgundy . |
| 12 | Are we to understand that all work , when not alienated , is to provide the same freedom for the creative development of mind and feeling as do those pursuits we may choose to follow when our time is our own ? |
| 13 | in such a condition , there is no place for industry ; because the fruit thereof is uncertain : and consequently no culture of the earth ; no navigation , nor use of the commodities that may be imported by sea ; no commodious buildings ; no instruments of moving , and removing , such things as require much force ; no knowledge of the face of the earth ; no account of time ; no arts ; no letters ; no society ; and which is worst of all , continual fear , and danger of violent death ; and the life of man , solitary , poor , nasty , brutish , and short . |
| 14 | On the contrary , he assumed that it is constant , as have all physicists before and since . |
| 15 | It has been converted to rhd at some point after manufacture ( as have many others , which if done properly is of no consequence ) . |
| 16 | The 110 we have , had its well known make of tyres replaced at less than 10,000 miles due to sidewalls breaking up ( as have many others , with punctures from steel tyre cords penetrating the tube inside the tyre ) . |
| 17 | It would be agreeable to pass it by , as have many inquiries into determinism pertaining to our decisions and actions . |
| 18 | We pick out those pieces which match our needs at the time [ My emphasis ] As have most people in the field , this author has participated in this game , using these data for illustration or emphasis in the classroom , as arguments in a paper , or as support in negotiating a budget or a new piece of equipment . |
| 19 | The sale of some companies — the Belgian subsidiaries , for instance — has cut down the need for audit , as have some reorganisations . |
| 20 | Some low-grade salt mixes have been found to give high nitrate readings , as have some algae fertilizers |
| 21 | As have several players , notably Arsenal 's Ian Wright , also accused by Chelsea fans . |