Example sentences of "as befit a " in BNC.
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| 1 | As befitted a man who had sung the pleasures of the ordinary , it occurred on a bus going up Headington Hill , on his way back to Mrs Moore 's house . |
| 2 | As befitted a resurrection , Surkov looked shattered . |
| 3 | In Tsarist Russia , two different traditions stood side by side , as befitted a country straddling two continents . |
| 4 | It should have been cold and raining as befitted a funeral . |
| 5 | As befitted a man who had been an assistant professional in his youth he had great sympathy for those afflicted by golf mania . |
| 6 | Topaz had pictured her as tall and brawny as befitted a martinet . |
| 7 | McAllister , happily unaware of who made up the party , watched these inhabitants of the world in which she had lived since she was eight years old stare and chatter as they made their way through the doorway , Mr Sands bowing and scraping at them as befitted a poor relation to whom they were doing a favour , the rest of the bazaar 's patrons staring at these strange beings , male and female , as though they were visitors from another planet , perhaps one described by Mr H. G. Wells . |
| 8 | Haroun had been given a small separate room at the end of the hut , as befitted a VIP . |
| 9 | President Suharto has urged his country 's five million Catholics to give the Pope a restrained welcome , as befits a tiny minority in the world 's most populous Muslim country . |
| 10 | ( As befits a writer on a broadsheet newspaper , my laptop concealed my … laptop . ) |
| 11 | As befits a country where the police wear pith helmets , the Governor is the leading player in the pageant of public life . |
| 12 | As befits a building of such national importance , there are numerous myths concerning the castle 's foundation . |
| 13 | The decoration is lavish as befits a bejewelled reliquary writ large . |
| 14 | This is because Western religion has come from a Semitic origin where life was serious as befits a desert people . |
| 15 | She precedes him rather than staying behind as befits a consort . |
| 16 | As befits a Quaker , Sewell was a humane man . |
| 17 | As befits a New Zealander , Dame Kiri Te Kanawa did her bit for the game during the World Cup . |
| 18 | Anne Pennick 's essay on Glastonbury produces no convincing evidence at all , yet concludes that there is ‘ a vast subterranean complex beneath Glastonbury , as befits a place of such ecumenical and mythological complexity ’ . |
| 19 | Kitted out in old-fashioned sky -blue and navy quartered shirts instead of pinstripes , sequins and chevrons , Wycombe spurn modern methods of airborne football — as befits a disciple of Clough . |
| 20 | The music for the two lovers is predominantly lyrical , rather than heroic , as befits a Singspiel . |
| 21 | As befits a killer debut , it 's a shit-kicking brag that warns competitors not to step to The Undertaker , or face the lyrical consequences . |
| 22 | As befits a national centre , the research team is supported by superb equipment for research on fermentation , downstream processing , biotransformation engineering , bioprocess monitoring and control , and process simulation . |
| 23 | The tone of the last three words was neither bitter nor jocular , merely neutral , as befits a statement of fact . |
| 24 | As befits a member of the millionaire class , we 've arranged for your family 's private jet to take you to Moscow . |
| 25 | As befits a signatory of a neo-Dada Manifesto Against Style ( 1957 ) , many of Manzoni 's works are unsigned , untitled and undated , and are improvised with a bewildering variety of materials and processes ( ‘ achromes ’ might be made from kaolin , felt , cotton , polystyrene , wool , rabbit fur , bread rolls or stones ) . |
| 26 | He looked exultant , as befits a man who has conquered territory , but abashed too , because of all these evidences of concern for the material . |
| 27 | It is also a very English subject ( as befits a Professor of English Law ) and it is an interest which I share with my distinguished predecessor , Professor Sir Gordon Borrie . |
| 28 | It is a wonderful example of learned eloquence considering the problems associated with writing poetry and spiritual expression as befits a man who was a Cambridge University Praelector in Rhetoric and University Orator . |
| 29 | Current research in the Faculty has the diversity of approach and subject matter as befits a major , innovative law faculty . |
| 30 | As befits a £21,000 morsel , equipment is lavish with air-conditioning , electric windows , mirrors and sunroof , central locking , cruise control and a good sound system . |