Example sentences of "[adv] as taking " in BNC.
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| 1 | The final text substitutes waistcoat for frock-coat — ‘ I do n't think they 'll get as far as taking my waistcoat off ’ — even better for the pampered softy with his vein of oldwomanish guile . |
| 2 | Harold is a very good prime minister as far as taking the Cabinet goes . |
| 3 | They said they would send it , they got so far as taking her address , but she changed her mind , she wanted to wear it that night . |
| 4 | He also expressed regret that , so far as taking up arms was concerned , he was ‘ no good ’ as a shot . |
| 5 | As well as taking up good growing space , they compete with the other plants for light , moisture and nutrients . |
| 6 | A popular way of seeing the coastline and some of rural California as well as taking in the contrasting cities of Los Angeles and San Francisco is to drive up — or down — Highway 1 , known as the Pacific Coast Highway , or simply PCH . |
| 7 | Also note the wording ‘ one or increasing progressively more teaspoons ’ which , if appropriate to the case , can speed up cure by giving increased stimulus from the larger dose as well as taking the patient through the higher potencies more rapidly . |
| 8 | John Tennant 's father had died while John was still in his twenties and as well as taking over Laigh Corton Farm , he had taken responsibility for his mother and the rest of the family . |
| 9 | As well as taking a careful look at what lies beyond the marketing blurb , prospective purchasers need to be very sure of their requirements — before they even begin to consider whether any of the available systems can meet their needs . |
| 10 | As well as taking kids , eagles also try to flush or knock older goats off ledges . |
| 11 | The American , who was ranked as high as 22 in the world in 1982 , will be responsible for coaching the current Rover Scholarship players in the south east as well as taking international teams to tournaments abroad . |
| 12 | Disregarding Chinese neutrality , Japan forcibly seized all German concessions in the Shandong Peninsula , as well as taking over German-owned islands in the Pacific . |
| 13 | As well as taking , as in the preceding paragraphs , an employer 's perspective of the casual labour force , we can examine it in terms of the labour market situation and interests of the casual workers themselves . |
| 14 | He chose schools because they were usually the centre of the village activities and he hoped that the schoolmaster as well as taking care of the books would be likely to encourage both his pupils and their parents to read them . |
| 15 | We had all gathered for Hamish and Tone 's traditional Ne'erday partyette ; a necessarily quietish affair during which people exchanged tales of drunkenness , broken resolutions and recipes for hangover cures , as well as taking advantage of the opportunity to compare notes regarding blank spots in the memories of any of the assembled penitents . |
| 16 | Alternatively , if you can afford it , you can continue paying the premiums on the first policy as well as taking out your second joint endowment . |
| 17 | As well as taking remedial measures , the Broads Authority will be monitoring the situation together with the National Rivers Authority and the Ministry for Agriculture , Food and Fisheries . |
| 18 | ‘ I 'd like to hear you preach , as well as taking a look at the excavations , ’ he said dutifully . |
| 19 | Properties with a zone 1 location will be treated as high risk and as well as taking in all the London postcodes , zone 1 will include the G1 and G2 postal districts of Glasgow city centre and the EH1 and EH2 postal districts of central Edinburgh although , perhaps surprisingly , not EH3 which takes in several New Town offices and the area around which the new financial and conference centre is being constructed . |
| 20 | The Republic , however , was on the defensive everywhere , and the relentless enemy onslaught on Madrid was draining its human , material and spiritual resources , as well as taking a heavy toll in political terms . |
| 21 | The third and fourth years , as well as taking the study of certain central areas ( syntax , semantics , phonology ) further , allows a wide choice of optional courses , including , for example , Historical Linguistics , Sociolinguistics , Psycholinguistics and Computational Linguistics . |
| 22 | We will be dealing with all of those existing clients in terms of reassessing both their care needs and their financial ability to contribute to whatever package of care they 're getting , as well as taking on board all the new ones who present themselves for the first time in nineteen ninety four , five . |
| 23 | But we still are left managing those people in ninety four , ninety five , as well as taking on board the new triangles , the one with the horizontal lines , where we 're going to get people presenting themselves for the first time , and requiring services . |
| 24 | School press officer Adrea Menzies , said : ‘ The school gained a great deal of experience related to the issues of a general election and into voting procedures as well as taking part in a nationwide children 's election . ’ |
| 25 | But he has been the Labour Party 's chosen candidate for almost two years and in that time he has worked hard to build up a high profile , assiduously interpreting official figures on unemployment , training and hospital waiting lists as well as taking on directors of newly-privatised monopolies . |
| 26 | We are glad that is able to be with us twice this season , and that has agreed to continue her regular music lessons for the early birds as well as taking a number of sessions. , and make up the rest of the team and we all look forward to working with you . |