Example sentences of "as [noun prp] [verb] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | As ICI struggles in the current climate to maintain its investment programme it might find the two thoughts sitting uncomfortably together . |
| 2 | As Dan noted in his Flight Log , ‘ Took photos of Mary Alice — What a mess ! ’ |
| 3 | As Fitzgerald said in This Side of Paradise , " None of the Victorian mothers had any idea how casually their daughters were accustomed to being kissed . " |
| 4 | A further consequence is , as Bogdanor states in ‘ Britain : the Political Constitution ’ in Bogdanor , Constitutions in Democratic Politics , p. 56 , that ‘ the term ‘ unconstitutional ’ can not in Britain mean contrary to law ; instead it means contrary to convention , contrary to some understanding of what it is appropriate to do . |
| 5 | The sophistication and range of this style of cooking grew , as Sheila describes in the first chapter of her book . |
| 6 | She walked through into the Lancaster Room again , where Phil Aldrich was still scribbling away on the hotel 's notepaper ; and for the moment ( as Sheila stood in the doorway ) looking up with his wonted patience and nodding mildly as Janet propounded her latest views on the injustice of the tour 's latest delay . |
| 7 | But , as Olga said in her letter to me , one weeps more often because one is not free . |
| 8 | As Gassendi insists in his Objections to Descartes , there is no need forever to be distrustful of them . |
| 9 | In particular , Simon Slater as the sarky office cad and Annette Badland as Beryl put in performances far above the level of the sitcom script . |
| 10 | as Younger did in January 1922 , that a coalition could best carry through the policies that Unionists wanted , but by then the main Unionist demands were directed against Labour anyway . |
| 11 | Swaggering is obviously best done in the full-length format , but tempered by the ‘ unique British context of compromise , Protestant seriousness and distrust of display ’ , as Wilton says in his eloquent introduction to the catalogue ( Tate Gallery Publications ) . |
| 12 | These limitations did not make rapid movement impossible , as Marlborough showed in 1704 and Frederick II in 1757 ; but they ensured that it should be the exception rather than the rule . |
| 13 | He normally never wears anything on his head — ’ He broke off as Buckmaster reappeared in the doorway . |
| 14 | On the other hand , as Acheson said in his memoirs , there are limits on the extent to which one may successfully coerce an ally . |
| 15 | To add to his worries , Webb saw defender Frank Sinclair sent off as Chelsea battled in vain to halt their alarming slide down the Premier League . |
| 16 | There was a pause ; Melissa overheard mutterings of ‘ shocked ’ , ‘ sick ’ , ‘ screamed ’ , as Sophie scribbled in her notebook . |
| 17 | These seemingly effortless designs were the cause of much exasperation , as Minton describes in the satire ‘ Doing the Book of the Film or ‘ How I Ruined My Life ’ which he contributed to the Royal College 's magazine , Ark . |
| 18 | Some Ealing posters collaged graphics with photography , as Minton did in the publicity leaflet for The Loves of Joanna Godden ( 1947 ) . |
| 19 | Bass frets take a fair old hammering and , as David mentioned in the guitar review , we ca n't accurately gauge their potential life , so that side of it remains to be seen . |
| 20 | The farm workers who became unemployed by this could move to towns & get jobs in factories & mines , which are also being improved , as are the living conditions in the towns , as Lucy described in her speech . |
| 21 | They crossed the field at a leisurely walk , and as Lucy drew in deep breaths of the clear , crisp air she felt thankful for her jacket 's protection against the sharpness of the southerly breeze which whipped colour into her cheeks . |
| 22 | It was ‘ perfectly beastly ’ as Warnie said in his diary , to see ‘ P's grave with its fresh turned earth and a handful of withered daffodils at its head alongside Mamy 's . |
| 23 | The couple 's love even endured three years of separation as Courtney worked in the Gulf to raise the money to buy their home in Cricklewood , north London . |
| 24 | These tendencies were carried much further by the younger men , Gibbons , Coprario , the younger Ferrabosco , Thomas Lupo , and a number of others , who would base a short section on a popular morris-dance tune ( as Gibbons does in a four-part viol fantasy ) and use motives more clear-cut in rhythmic profile sequentially as Giovanni Gabrieli does . |
| 25 | Como soon discovered that it was in the nature of winners to enjoy their winnings , as Barbarossa stayed in the north in an attempt to subjugate all the city states . |
| 26 | Kellerman grinned at her but the gesture faded instantly as Donna spat in his face , the mucus sliding down his cheek thickly like gelatinous tears . |
| 27 | In the summer of that year , Jack and Roman had a common interest in the talk in Hollywood , which was , as Polanski recalled in his autobiography , largely about the drugs and sex culture , a topic fanned through their own recent and separate films , and then by the tragic events in the Polanski house . |
| 28 | We 've got ta buy players Deane 's having a mare and Hodge is n't premier league material — he 's had a fairly long run in the side and has n't produced as much as Rocky did in his few opportunities . |
| 29 | We 've got ta buy players Deane 's having a mare and Hodge is n't premier league material — he 's had a fairly long run in the side and has n't produced as much as Rocky did in his few opportunities . |
| 30 | Interior Minister Shaikh Ahmad Hammoud al Jabir as Sabah confirmed in a newspaper interview published on Dec. 26 that Kuwait was to build a security fence along the length of its 250-km border with Iraq . |