Example sentences of "as [pers pn] [be] often [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The woman was never offensive in Stephen 's presence , but Tamar knew that should she retaliate , as she was often tempted to , her conduct would immediately be reported to her husband . |
| 2 | These " bookers " , as they are often referred to , operate as a sort of informal agency . |
| 3 | Shakespeare 's A Midsummer Night 's Dream and Hamlet would be a good starting point — As You Like It , Twelfth Night and Julius Caesar you may already be familiar with , as they are often set for O level courses . |
| 4 | Mixtures of the large-flowered kinds are likely to be best for naturalising , as they are often sold in bulk very cheaply for this purpose . |
| 5 | The history of the divisions of the kingdom , or Teilungen as they are often known to modern scholars , is a complex one , and it is one that has to be reconstructed from narrative sources which are not concerned to describe those kingdoms , but which provide the relevant information only in passing . |
| 6 | The signet rings were probably the prerogative of the rich , as they were often made of gold or silver . |
| 7 | HyperSparc is Cypress ' Mbus-compatible alternative to the Texas Instruments Inc superscalar SuperSparc chip ( or Viking as it is often referred to ) , which Sun Microsystems Inc is using in its new generation of Sparcstation 10 systems . |
| 8 | The possibility of conflict is reduced because of the expectation of the continued availability of the increment to avoid the questioning of the existing budget ( or baseline as it is often referred to ) . |
| 9 | As it is often undertaken by senior pastoral staff , it could be argued that calculating the percentages every week is not the most effective use of their time . |
| 10 | Strauss 's annotations of Hofmannsthal 's libretto are discussed in detail , as is the harmonic structure of the opera which Gilliam identifies as tonal , thus supporting others ' views that Strauss 's next opera , Der Rosenkavalier , was not such a change of tack as it is often represented to be . |
| 11 | The benefits of this are dubious , specially as it is often used for electoral purposes with destabilising inflationary effects for the domestic economy . |
| 12 | How children sometimes experience learning difficulties because they can not cope with the specialist language of science , as it is often used in books or by teachers . |