Example sentences of "[adv] as the [noun] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He sat down suddenly as the truck bounced off the bank again . |
| 2 | I try to rise above such prejudices , much as the communicators rise above the prejudices of the C2s . |
| 3 | Lecercle of course means death-knell but English has spoken through him , creating a new meaning for the noun that works very well as a metonymy : the bell 's tolling becomes the bell ( it has " sounded " ) much as the water boiling in the kettle has become the kettle as in the expression , " The kettle 's boiling " . |
| 4 | If plaque is not removed regularly it builds up , much as the scale does on a kettle . |
| 5 | Wilson in the end fails to escape from ‘ the nexus of moralistic ideology and patriarchal vision dressed up as social science , ( ibid. ) , much as the writers reviewed by Macnicol failed to do . |
| 6 | They were wonderful horsemen and gloried in their skills , much as the Cossacks did in later times . |
| 7 | In a sense the strategic visionary practises for the moment of vision , much as the actor practises for the moment of performance . |
| 8 | Much as the CMEA emerged as a diplomatic counterweight to the Marshal Plan and OEEC , the Warsaw Pact arose principally in response to the entry of the Federal Republic of Germany into NATO . |
| 9 | For as long as the sun rises over those rugged , evergreen hills to the east and the island 's wines continue to be so subtly perfumed , I shall never understand why Napoleon chose to leave Elba . |
| 10 | Our discussion has shown that so long as the resources used by producers are accessible to all , all their activities are entrepreneurial-competitive . |
| 11 | Most , however , had earned remission , which is given at a rate of five days per month , so long as the prisoner works to a satisfactory standard . |
| 12 | Yet I am puzzled as to whether that would mean that we should leave our radios on , so long as the music coming from them is beautiful , in order that our rooms be filled with beauty even in our absence . |
| 13 | The media which carry your response share your privilege , so long as the publicity given to your condemnation of your attacker is reasonably commensurate with the publicity given to the original attack . |
| 14 | And for as long as the public continue to be wary of , or feel sorry for Down 's children , there will be a considerable social stigma to contend with . |
| 15 | As this process continues , the scope for further squeezing of the wealth of households through inflation is being reduced , and , so long as the authorities rely on inflation as a method of financing government expenditure , they will be obliged constantly to speed up the rate of inflation in order to achieve the same real effect . |
| 16 | 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 . " |
| 17 | But the spraying must continue for as long as the temperature remains at freezing point or below , as the energy of the frost must be spent on forming more and more ice outwards . |
| 18 | The DIY element comes in when you find the sheet of self-adhesive stickers to label the blank keytops with ! It 's cheap , messy and unlikely to last as long as the legends painted on the original rubber ones . |
| 19 | The father promises to pay the mother up to £1 per week so long as the mother looks after the child . |
| 20 | However , there is reason to believe that with scientific explanations , the optimal approach would involve discussions between groups of children , so long as the children start with differing but partially relevant ideas . |
| 21 | The defences on the Danube had been neglected , for as long as the frontier lay on the Dniester the inhabitants of Moesia believed themselves to be secure . |
| 22 | ‘ If this interest be not determinable so long as the tenant complies with the terms of the agreement , it would operate as an estate for life ; which can only be created by deed … |
| 23 | This does not gainsay the fundamental proposition that it is every citizen 's duty to retain self-control — at least to the extent of not violating other people 's interests — but it does open the way to a manslaughter verdict and to sentences which are rarely longer than eight years ' imprisonment ( less than half as long as the time served by many convicted of murder ) and may be considerably shorter . |
| 24 | Inevitably , decision making in an organisation like the EEC would be complicated , especially as the treaty provided for several different kinds of decision . |
| 25 | Does the Attorney-General accept that the many letters protesting at his view about Sunday trading , as expressed in the House , suggest that the matter should be reconsidered by the Government , especially as the approach appears to be inconsistent and hypocritical ? |
| 26 | However , no hard-pressed city government is likely to fund accident reduction research or to experiment with possibly expensive infrastructure provision or management methods , especially as the cost saving from accident reduction does not for the most part accrue to the authority itself . |
| 27 | P/O Atherton was a very experienced pilot , with a second pilot as navigator , so one can not accept that they could be so far off course as to reach the target thirty minutes later , especially as the fires started in the docks by the bombing raid of Blenheims of 59 Squadron could be seen from many miles away . |
| 28 | Together the partners appear , consciously or not , to negotiate a different relationship based on their interests and activities in their forties , turning again to each other , especially as the children withdraw from their lives . |
| 29 | Your letters have been coming quite regularly , and apart from the couple of letters which reached me via Sian , nothing has interrupted the flow , and they are a comfort , especially as the children seem to be getting on so well , and the computer course as well . |
| 30 | A desk with an adjustable sloping top is useful as it provides storage space too , but probably the most practical aid , especially as the pupil progresses into secondary school , is a light , portable reading stand that can be easily taken from room to room as required . |