Example sentences of "as [conj] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The reason for such a power is that contemporaneous reporting may prejudice either the proceedings in question ( as where the material — although heard in open court — has not been made known to the jury ) or some further proceedings which were pending or imminent at the time . |
| 2 | ‘ If a dolphin can out-manoeuvre or outswim a shark it will do so … . if the dolphins can not take evasive action for some good reason , such as that a birth is about to take place , they will attack a shark . |
| 3 | In the planning sphere it has been used to invalidate conditions attached to planning permission such as that the developer should construct an ancillary road over the frontage of the site at his own expense to which rights of passage should be given to others , and that a property developer should allow those on a council housing list to occupy the houses with security of tenure for 10 years.u The test has also been adopted in the context of industrial relations , though in this instance the decision attacked was upheld . |
| 4 | About six months ago , our deputy general secretary wrote to Monseigneur , the general secretary of the bishops conference , and er told him that we hoped progress was being made , referred in particular to the degree of consensus that had been a arrived at in the baptism eucharist and ministry document and er also to the difference that had been made by the coming into being of ACTS and its commission on unity faith and order and we had a reply to that er a letter from Monseigneur assuring as that the hierarchy were taking this seriously , that they were discussing it er amongst themselves in Scotland and were also in discussion with Rome on the subject as well . |
| 5 | Most studies consider only social behaviour in the herd , or readily observed facts , such as that the horse is easily frightened , or that it will work better if it is rewarded rather than punished . |
| 6 | We require two types of jump instruction ; one ( the unconditional jump ) which always changes the program counter , and one ( the conditional jump ) which changes the program counter only if a certain condition is true ( such as that the accumulator contains a non-negative value ) ; if the condition is false , the next instruction to be executed is the one stored immediately after the jump instruction . |
| 7 | If all this had to be summed up in one sentence I suppose it would have to be that Wittgenstein 's treatment of the ‘ Other Minds ’ problem is an extended illustration of a point in philosophical logic : namely , that the meaningfulness of some of the things we say is dependent on contingent facts of nature — such as that the Earth revolves on its axis , and that we moan with pain and react as we do to others who moan . |
| 8 | Other possible inferences , such as that the teacher was angry , would remain appropriate but would not be essential for interpretation . |
| 9 | Perhaps one of the reasons for his impact — as a man — on so many varied people was this great and lordly carelessness about where he was ‘ going ’ : as if a mapped-out course was just a waste of precious time . |
| 10 | ‘ When I saw you at the side of the road , it was as if a nightmare had come true . |
| 11 | He simply looked startled — as if a worm had just lifted its head and answered him back , Carrie thought . |
| 12 | This is not an experiment that can ever be done , although some people assume that certain remote and isolated faunas , such as those of Australia and Madagascar , can be treated as if they were ancient , as if a trip to Australia were like a trip backwards in a time machine . |
| 13 | But not one of them had made her feel as if a candle had been set to kindling within her . |
| 14 | It was as if a bit player had become a star , a menial suddenly promoted into the centre of things . |
| 15 | I feel as if a bit of me had been chopped off . |
| 16 | The sitting-room was long , and looked as if a child had been let loose with buckets of primary colours . |
| 17 | ‘ as if a person could belong to anybody other than themselves ! |
| 18 | Admittedly , we do sometimes talk as if a person could have a pain in his foot and be unaware of it , perhaps while his attention is on something else , but this is explained by there being different levels of consciousness , or self-consciousness , in the mind ; it does not require our saying that pains have the same sort of mind-independent existence as tables . |
| 19 | Coming in behind him , she did n't see Midnight 's glance flicker to James Lambert , then away , as if a question had been asked and answered . |
| 20 | But I always wonder , as if a film had been taken from my eyes and I saw new worlds . ’ |
| 21 | place , on the other hand , is a determination of space as a coincidence of event and geography that is itself productive of meaning : as if a film were made only to be seen in one place , not another . |
| 22 | erm as if a window had never been opened for years and years and years that type of a house . |
| 23 | It was as if a harvest festival were enacted daily , for throughout the hours of market the church bell tolled quietly . |
| 24 | Her face seems to glow with happiness as if a vision has of a sudden become reality . |
| 25 | He turned back , as if a thought had just struck him . |
| 26 | It was as if a statue had started to weep . |
| 27 | It was as if a looking-glass had been diverted . |
| 28 | His very own face frowned back at him doubtfully as if a homunculus was imprisoned in the card , a mute model of himself . |
| 29 | It was as if a door had opened before him into a dim but positive light . |
| 30 | It was as if a voice not my own was making the call . |