Example sentences of "as [pos pn] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As my two-year-old son said the other day : ‘ … ’ |
| 2 | As my transsexual obsession deepened I was prone to bouts of morbid depression and I spent a great deal of time thinking about suicide ; suicide was almost a twin obsession at times . |
| 3 | He is , as my Irish friends would say ‘ a broth of a boy ’ . |
| 4 | By 1915 he was advising one commentator ‘ to treat my verse … as my essential writings , & my prose as my accidental ’ . |
| 5 | I 've already informed them confidentially that as my future wife you wo n't be interested in continuing to work for them . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ And as my disgusting stepfather walked out two and a half years ago , ’ pointed out Perdita , ‘ the Committee are going to think it pretty odd that Mum 's got a bun in the oven . ’ |
| 7 | Wounded , the punks were stunned into silence as my vitriolic invective ricocheted around the stalls . |
| 8 | I have continued to live there as my sole residence and do not have any other home or accommodation . |
| 9 | ( I can remember , when I was a child , watching with amazement as my book-loving grandmother burned a copy of She on the sitting-room fire . ) |
| 10 | There is no truth that er ministers intend to withdraw from the I L O or to seek an opportunity to do so and despite T U C criticism , as I said earlier , we believe that our policies comply with all the I L O conventions which we 've ratified and as my honourable friends have pointed out , our overriding objective is to ensure the maintenance of continuous operations at G C H Q which is vital to the protection of national security . |
| 11 | As my honourable friend said from the front bench , the Labour party is absolutely firmly committed now both by the voices of the leadership and the votes and the resolutions at our party conference that we are in favour of a proportional representation system for the European parliament and I hope that when the elections come Mr Deputy Speaker , and people will be arguing about why they 're voting for Europe on June the ninth in one boundary as opposed to another and why they 've got erm erm different rules for this election of course as indeed for the last European election because the registration will be different , allowing all kinds of erm how can I put it foreigners in inverted commas , to vote in our elections in this country because it is the European elections that we will actually put the point across that er for the future there will be different arrangements made indeed . |
| 12 | One of those I saw in Northampton was extremely impressive and is founded as my honourable friend says , on positive partnership . |
| 13 | What I would hope that we could achieve in this country is more through erm opportunities for disabled people , greater opportunities for disabled people to gain access into work and as my honourable friend knows , we have put forward some proposals we 're presently considering the position following the representations that have been made to us after the er new access to work scheme was announced and I hope to make an announcement on that aspect shortly . |
| 14 | The way to secure future prosperity is by embracing change not resisting it and as my honourable friend er indicates , by using our skills to best effect and competitively in a global market place were we to embrace the policies of members opposite in the European community we would shut the job , the door to the jobs which will come from that inward investment because we have opted out of the social chapter we do indeed have the opportunity that comes from being , if I may qui may quote er President Delors a pa a paradise for inward investment . |
| 15 | So far as my honourable friend er is concerned he is right erm and we indeed suggested that the staff federation should be affiliated to the council of civil service trade unions to enable staff who belong to the federation to gain access to the facilities available to unions affiliated to the C C S U. Sadly , sadly the civil service unions did not feel able to accept this proposal . |
| 16 | was the source of extreme curiosity and even some apprehension , and I watched ( and recorded fieldnotes ) as my new colleagues sparred warily with the ‘ Doctor ’ in their midst . |
| 17 | As my new Job in Bennett 's Headquarters was ultimately to recruit Pathfinders . |
| 18 | By a week before Christmas , I was beginning to see my way across the spare bedroom at home , or the stockroom as my other half styles it , and light at the end of the tunnel . |
| 19 | He had a week owing , but mine went up , then up just as my other book finished , so . |
| 20 | I 'm not as much of a self-deluder as my fellow committee members . |
| 21 | As my usual walking activities are limited to a little fell walking in the Lakes or North Wales , with friends who usually do the navigating , the TMB was certainly ambitious . |
| 22 | I watched as my dear man made his way across the tarmac to the small Doha airport . |
| 23 | ‘ My good girl , you must be very naïve — as naïve , apparently , as my dear stepsister — if you think I 'd contemplate even for one moment sharing these very cramped quarters with you . |
| 24 | ( ‘ … As my dear brother said only last week , evenings spent with actresses … ’ ) |
| 25 | The dung only penetrated as far as my upper thigh as we struck up the devastated hillside towards Meall a' Choire Leith . |
| 26 | As my Mancunian boyfriend says : ‘ Hardcore — know the score . ’ |
| 27 | As my Spanish accountant said , Spain is so far behind not only will it not be ready for 1992 in that year , but it will not be ready by 2092 . |
| 28 | A lot of money has gone into their schooling but as my financial situation has deteriorated we have had to consider take them out of private education and sending them to state school . |
| 29 | Please could you confirm this is all OK , as if it is n't I shall be looking around for other people as my financial situation gets monthly more worrying ! |
| 30 | Nathaniel Houlton , a widower living in Bristol , itemized the details of his coffin in a will drafted on 26 May 1767 : ‘ First , It is my Will and Desire ( if it can be done without being Offensive ) to have my Body kept for the space of One Week at the Least after my Demise , before my Coffin ( which I direct shall have a Double or false Lid , as my late Wife 's had ) , be closed up ; … |