Example sentences of "[noun prp] as [pron] [vb -s] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | So these are the things that are worrying Robyn Penrose as she drives through the gates of the University , with a nod and a smile to the security man in his little glass sentry box : her lecture on the Industrial Novel , her job future , and her relationship with Charles — in that order of conspicuousness rather than importance . |
| 2 | Complex natural ecosystems are replaced by unsustainable simple ones , with a resulting loss of biodiversity — and that applies as much in the de-natured agricultural prairies of Alberta and East Anglia as it does to the hamburger ranches of Brazil . |
| 3 | One of them is the beginning of the biographical sketch of Ernest Hemingway as it appears in the Penguin edition of his novel For Whom the Bell Tolls ; the other is the same biographical sketch with the order of information in each sentence altered . |
| 4 | It is a system opposed by CAMRA as it interferes with the natural processes of beer maturation . |
| 5 | Britain 's Overseas Development Administration has its Manual of Environmental Appraisal which will presumably apply as much to East Europe as it does to the Third World . |
| 6 | Try explaining it to Ashley as he sits in the back of the minibus watching the streets of Salzburg slip by for the last time as — filming finished — we begin the journey back home . |
| 7 | The Kyle road from Achmore curves round to renew acquaintance with Loch Carron as it passes through the narrow straits of Strome and widens into an estuary . |
| 8 | just beyond , spanning a feeder of the Dee as it passes under the viaduct , is an ancient packhorse bridge , happily preserved but appearing incongruously insignificant below the mighty railway arches . |