Example sentences of "as [adv] [conj] [pers pn] [vb base] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We run into immense difficulties as soon as we attempt to project our minds any distance at all above or beyond the area of our concrete experience , for then our reasoning and arguing can not be properly controlled . |
| 2 | ‘ As soon as we start to canter downhill riders start to freak out . ’ |
| 3 | What it does say is neatly summed up by Bereiter ( 1980 ) : " the disappointing message of the Schools ' Council research is that as soon as we begin to look beyond syntax , vocabulary and the like and try to Investigate functional aspects of student writing , we begin to find out more about the school system than we find out about children . " |
| 4 | And as soon as we begin to enquire into the meaning of the term , we discover that it has been and still is understood in a variety of different ways , which may have a common core or root but are not identical . |
| 5 | Nevertheless , as soon as we begin to probe beneath the surface of the contemporary debate , political concerns sometimes seem to outweigh educational ones . |
| 6 | In other words , so far as I am concerned , unless and until we are prepared to deal with this demonstrated cause of inflation and want to do so , we are wasting our time ; and as soon as we want to do so , there is no reason to suppose that there will be any problem or therefore any reason for an incomes policy as defined . |
| 7 | But as soon as we have to commit this question to paper we discover ( or we certainly should discover ) that this is a difficult question to ask with absolute clarity . |
| 8 | But as soon as they come to rest the wings close and the animals become completely cryptic again . |
| 9 | At a very early stage of growth , the embryos of a fish , a reptile and a mammal may be virtually indistinguishable , but their development proceeds in different directions and the class to which they will belong is defined as soon as they start to acquire more specialized features . |
| 10 | They must be kept scrupulously clean and as soon as they start to feed on flesh — at about three weeks — the nest can be removed and new straw added . |
| 11 | Mercy is going to be shown as merciful , so as soon as they start to fight Mercy starts trying to forgive Cruelty and Cruelty easily wins . |
| 12 | So as soon as they start to fight Mercy starts trying to forgive Cruelty and Cruelty easily wins , whereas he wants to say of course that Cruelty , in this God-governed universe , is going to be defeated by Mercy . |
| 13 | That of Clark draws attention to the phenomenon of speech repair in two-year-olds , where speech errors are spontaneously corrected , indicating that children must have awareness of language at some level virtually as soon as they begin to talk . |
| 14 | You should tell your Social Services Occupational Therapist that you wish to apply to Social Services for financial help as soon as you know to prevent delay . |
| 15 | ‘ The social implication is what people respond to on a broader scale , their access to technology , their access to information , their comprehension of their environment — as soon as you start to manipulate that , then you get what I think was always related psychedelic experiences . |
| 16 | However , problems arise as soon as you start to think about what is actually happening when a tippe-top flips over . |
| 17 | ‘ It 's obvious , as soon as you start to think about it . |
| 18 | And you know very well that as soon as you start to launch yourself into the world of contracting by , by its very nature a contract a a automatically has loopholes in it , and the more you write in a contract the more loopholes you 've got . |
| 19 | As soon as you start to add in churches , organs , choirs , flowers and gowns , the figures start going up . |
| 20 | A : Yes it 's — er — it 's an enormous problem actually because as soon as you start to make a special thing about it then immediately I think you 're creating the wrong atmosphere , especially for sex . |
| 21 | As soon as you decide to attack your opponent , you must seize the initiative and strike first . |
| 22 | And now suddenly just as soon as I come to form twos they 've taken that away . |
| 23 | As soon as I get to sleep , I dream I 'm at the bottom of the sea . ’ |
| 24 | I 've sat at home with relations , preparing to watch the show with them , and they 'll sit through the opening music in respectful silence , but as soon as I start to speak , so do they . |
| 25 | Wonderful song still goes down as good as ever and I have to say we still get the same buzz out of singing it every night . |
| 26 | I 'm actually , I 'm quite high on as theorist as well and I like to write everything out in full and I clear structures and if I go to training sessions and they 're all over the place , it 's such a in about five minutes and I have to say hang on a minute it might not be structured in the way that you like it but you can actually learn from it . |
| 27 | Erm if I knew the pages in the report as well as I try to know my bible I could point you to another place Moderator where er |
| 28 | Well they could address their letters to myself Councillor David Poole or Councillor Stuart Argyle to the Council House erm the suggestion you know er their the thoughts the thoughts on this what er they could er erm help us in our campaign and also about the leaf stem as well if they want to write to me at the Council House suggesting and I mean proper places to where it should go because that 's really up to County Council but er at least if I had some suggestions we can pass them over to the County Council where where it could go . |