Example sentences of "as the [noun sg] [vb -s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As the Centre develops it is hoped that the staff of social work agencies will undertake research projects in conjunction with it . |
| 2 | As far as the sense goes , we would be better to say that line B specifies the way in which God brings the army of the stars out in flaIl number : it is by summoning each one of them by name . |
| 3 | Alicia Lockwood had said , " In front of them both , Mr. Crowther , so that they both catch on — I do n't care if it is embarrassing so long as the idea gets into their heads . " |
| 4 | But sales are now rising by about 50 per cent a year as the idea loses its social taboo . |
| 5 | It entitles every pupil in maintained schools to a curriculum which is balanced and broadly based and which , as the Act says : |
| 6 | As the Act states : — |
| 7 | The Court of Appeal stated that it was impermissible to make a finding of 100% contributory negligence , as the Act states that the plaintiff must suffer damage partly as a result of his own fault and partly as a result of the defendant 's fault . |
| 8 | The sadness is the greater as the Act comes at a time when the accumulated wisdom from attempts to improve schools was establishing a consensus on how schools might more effectively meet the needs of all pupils . |
| 9 | 8.38 to 8.40 ) , that , should ( as the Act has done by the previous section ) the currency of a licence be extended to three years , it was desirable that a licensing board should have some form of sanction against the licence-holder where the premises were being misconducted , or where their suitability had deteriorated , and that such a sanction should be the power to suspend a licence . |
| 10 | Mr Irvine has much the same difficulty within AT&T as the management does . |
| 11 | Minerals well up from the depths as the ocean strikes the land , which phytoplankton use as nutrients , and vast shoals of anchovies ( anchoveta ) live on the plankton , to provide one of the richest fisheries in the world . |
| 12 | As the Encyclopaedia points out , there are a number of clauses in common use in leases attempting to place a limitation on the landlord 's liability for misrepresentation , misdescription and non-disclosure , but fortunately ( from the tenant 's point of view ) many such clauses are ineffective . |
| 13 | Just as the magician fools his audience with his sleight of hand , so deflection displays confuse the pouncing predator by sending him false signals . |
| 14 | Therefore in the early stages nitrogen and phosphorus fertilizer will improve growth , but the sooner the deep-rooted mycorrhizal species become established , the quicker there will be self-sufficiency in phosphorus , though phosphorus is likely to be limiting as the agroecosystem matures . |
| 15 | In the gut , the main symptom of candidiasis is said to be bloating and wind , because as the yeast ferments its food it produces prodigious quantities of carbon dioxide gas . |
| 16 | Within a few hours a scum appears on top of the wort and this rapidly builds up into a great yellowy-brown crust as the yeast turns the sugars into alcohol and carbon dioxide . |
| 17 | As the user becomes more experienced , her/his needs become more sophisticated and the user can go on to explore the more specialist facilities and techniques of the program and learn how to use it more expertly . |
| 18 | The analyst can not hope to understand the business as well in a few weeks as the user does after many years . |
| 19 | ‘ At the end of the day , a system is only as good as the user wants it to be , ’ says Peterborough Software 's David Laking . |
| 20 | With both , it is important to keep an open mind and to be alert to the various clues and pointers to meaning that appear as the communication unfolds . |
| 21 | My own conclusions , which in this case are probably completely worthless , are that this ticking represents a period of grace — I mean that it can not explode — as long as the ticking lasts and that it 's not designed to explode when the ticking stops but is then activated and ready to explode when triggered by passing engines . |
| 22 | The troops crack on as the storm sets in over So Kon Po . |
| 23 | As the storm grows , cracks begin to develop in the stone of the Castle , radiating out from the point where the weather-vane was fixed to the Tower . |
| 24 | In the climb , air gets thinner as altitude increases ; as the mixture becomes progressively richer , combustion temperature and power output decrease . |
| 25 | As the mixture becomes too stiff to stir , turn it out onto a surface dusted with cornflour or icing sugar and knead in the remaining icing sugar . |
| 26 | As soon as the mixture begins to set , stir in the essences . |
| 27 | Additionally , few primary schools have the equipment or facilities to carry out scientific experiments as the syllabus suggests . |
| 28 | In such a case , as the brochure states : |
| 29 | Or as the brochure says ‘ whether you take to the sky for business or pleasure the functional fixed gear Tobago makes for plenty of fun en route ’ . |
| 30 | But , as the brochure makes plain , a structural survey may be provided as part of the provision of surveying and valuation or land services wholly unconnected with any application for the grant of an advance . |