Example sentences of "as do [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I would construe ‘ wilfully obstructs ’ as doing deliberate actions with the intention of bringing about a state of affairs which , objectively regarded , amount to an obstruction as that phrase was explained by Lord Parker C.J. in Rice v. Connolly i.e. making it more difficult for the police to carry out their duty . |
| 2 | They exist ‘ merely as a means ’ which is only to say that , lacking language and self-consciousness , they are unable to plan and debate projects of their own as do moral agents . |
| 3 | Written communications are different because whilst what you write represents your behaviour even though you are not present , it is n't happening ‘ in flight ’ as do face-to-face behaviours . |
| 4 | They express a certain mental stance to the world which others are invited to accept or reject just as do factual statements , and as mere imperatives , exclamations and interrogatives can not . |
| 5 | Conrad and Rush ( 1965 ) showed that deaf children do not exhibit the same type of coding in memory tasks as do hearing children . |
| 6 | Lesser Black-backed Gulls nest on the cliffs periodically , as do Black Redstarts . |
| 7 | It may provide a government , as do European parliaments , or just legislate and oversee one , as in America . |
| 8 | The nation refers to itself not as " this sovereign land of ours " , as do other countries , but to " this , our land-and-water " — and considerable ritual effort is devoted to maintaining a balance between the two . |
| 9 | To suggest , as do other countries in the European Community , and the Commission itself , that there could be maximum daily doses of individual tablets prescribed , is not incompatible with saying that the products will continue to be freely available to all those who wish to use them . |
| 10 | If they wish to do so , companies should be able to have non-executive directors who do not have the same legal responsibility for its activities as do other directors . |
| 11 | We do not have to fear predators in the same way as do other animals , but because we are social beings and rely upon others for survival , learning and fulfilment in life , company is essential . |
| 12 | She therefore had to go into Intensive Care , as do other babies who may have had birth complications or other problems . |
| 13 | If it is true that , today as in 1869 , low-income families pay broadly the same percentage of their income in tax as do middle-income groups , then one needs to explain why a supposedly ‘ progressive ’ tax system has had this result . |
| 14 | A transfer test is an appropriate way of assessing the value of α since the Pearce-Hall ( 1980 ) model assumes ( as do similar models ) that the value of this parameter determines the readiness with which a CS will enter into associations . |
| 15 | They behave much as do similar characters found in the epics of other nations . |
| 16 | Many ‘ systemised ’ tanks combine all three ( as do external filters if you choose to load them that way ) but now in the BioLife unit Hagen have put together what is virtually the filter unit from a small systemised tank , complete with self-contained heaterstat , added the sort of wet-and-dry trickle filtration usually only available in under the tank units , and made the whole thing suitable for a three foot tank . |
| 17 | The evidence here is , perhaps , stronger ; published studies indicate significant improvements in functioning in many motor impaired children , as do personal accounts provided by the ever-increasing number of visitors to the Peto Institute in Hungary . |
| 18 | Areas of burning , such as hearths , give higher readings , as do filled-in features such as pits and ditches . |
| 19 | Women lose out , as do ethnic minorities , which renders the effects of patronage both wasteful and unfair . |
| 20 | Narrow ideas about the feminine inform the film , as do male fears about powerful women . |
| 21 | In may respects , my shop is just the opposite , although I certainly have a health foods section , as do many delicatessens . |
| 22 | I fear , as do many others , that the start of the rot was the forced repatriation of the Vietnamese from Hong Kong . |
| 23 | As do many insects , spiders , beetles , ants , butterflies and moths . |
| 24 | Perin ( 1983 ) has recently reported that good readers who are poor spellers have just as much of a problem with phonetic segmentation as do poor readers . |
| 25 | ‘ Political ’ pop need n't put text before textures , need n't deliver messages or manifestoes , or imagine that it can recreate ‘ community ’ , ‘ roots ’ or ‘ pride ’ ( as do senior ambassadors like Tracy Chapman , Elvis Costello and U2 ) . |
| 26 | You will also need a good selection of cloths for cleaning the pictures — pieces of linen work well , as do old T-shirts . |
| 27 | An elegant mill house adjoins the mill , as do several barns , all constructed of mellowed local stone . |
| 28 | Pollution , smoke , sunlight and extremes of temperature also have an affect on hair , as do fashionable hairstyles . |
| 29 | As do higher-order animals , as anyone who lives with a cat or a dog will confirm . |
| 30 | However , neither constituency MdBs nor list MdBs have quite the same conception of their responsibilities as do British MPs . |