Example sentences of "as [adj] [vb base] [art] " in BNC.

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1 It is desirable that as many parties to a conflict as possible apply the humanitarian provisions of the Conventions , and Article 2 facilitates this goal .
2 So we are anxious that as many people as possible enter the debate .
3 Nothing short of absolute impossibility ought to prevent those measures from being taken which will as soon as possible restore the — pre-war productivity of the building industry in new houses .
4 Achievement by Prior Learning ( APL ) , ensures that as many trainees as possible have the opportunity to move through the programme and the results are very encouraging .
5 Mrs Elaine Rodger , director of health care development for the NRHA , said : ‘ We are striving to ensure that as many people as possible have the opportunity to receive information about this consultation and can comment on the proposals .
6 Athelstan , distracted , vowed to remember to place a cross there and as soon as possible sing a Mass for her soul and that of poor Hob .
7 At the moment , it is the policy within our community to help as many people as possible achieve an independent life outside of an institution .
8 The surviving fraction of stem cells , which may be as low as 1/100000 mount a proliferative response .
9 As well as half board the hotels tempt you with breakfast extras , mid-day hot snacks and a social session of tea and home made cakes after sailing , totted up on your room bill .
10 The slide out inner door panel and Valorclean liners fitted as standard take the hard work out of keeping your main oven clean , and if you need to move it you 'll find the adjustable rear wheels and lever operated front wheel a great help .
11 A trigger-happy city where children as young as 10 roam the streets brandishing Kalashnikovs .
12 Similarly , those who claim that Foucault removes the possibility of resistance as such miss the point : all that he downgrades is a theory of resistance centred on the individual subject as sovereign agent .
13 Nevertheless they should have no place in pure classical ballets because they are largely acrobatic , and as such have a place only in certain modern works which discard the old conventions in order to display the athleticism and freedom of movement that today 's choreographers use as part of their material .
14 An individual can not , for instance , as such have a right of way over my land , but only as owner of some adjacent piece of land .
15 These people were to be their ‘ lay ’ representatives , as , of course , the Panel Hearings are not Courts of Law , and lawyers as such have no role there .
16 Their place is taken by geodesics which are the straightest lines that can be drawn between a pair of points in a curved space and as such have no component of curvature in that space .
17 Such behaviours as these require the development of the basic ego-function of drive-inhibition and re-direction — the suppression of an obvious , instinctual response in favour of an indirect , but intelligent one .
18 The NRA also warns against attempts to dispel the blooms with algicides , as these release the toxins and the algae soon reappear and multiply even more rapidly
19 Avoid plastic and battery-operated toys as these use the most resources , and go for long-lasting crayons , rather than felt-tips , which dry out .
20 Such substantial flows of funds as these show the effect that the tax system or changes in the tax system can have on the patterns of finance in the UK .
21 Such words as these prepare the reader for a retreat .
22 Except in rare cases , a similar analysis has to be applied to finds as these have no inscriptions or written records to identify them .
23 Always rinse off all salt and chlorinated water after swimming , as these have a drying effect on the skin .
24 Such qualities as these minimize the risk of violence .
25 It is also useful to remove all the adult leaves from waterlilies ( or indeed any lily-like aquatics ) before planting , as these give the plants buoyancy and can lift them out of the basket .
26 BELOW When administering tablets do not break them as many have an unpleasant taste .
27 Fighter Operations ( PSL , 176pp , illus , hbk , £17.50 ) by Jerry Scutts , puts forward an overview of the role that pilots have played over nearly eight decades of flight , not as gung-ho gladiators ( as many view the fighter pilot ) , but as part of a finely honed fighting unit .
28 But this does not undermine the fairness of the outcome of the bargaining as long as all acknowledge the Rawlsian assumption of the overriding goal of achieving a common agreement concerning a doctrine of justice .
29 The claims will also leave the country stunned today as millions count the cost of Christmas and the chances of losing their job in the New Year .
30 Those entries which are not marked as obsolete constitute the active population of the archive .
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