Example sentences of "as they [adv] [verb] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The South Hey would be the same , as they both acted in tandem . |
| 2 | Sensibly , as they generally sail for pleasure , most yachtsmen ( encouraged by their insurance companies ) lay up for the winter . |
| 3 | On now to Barry Humphries ' autobiography , More Please ( Penguin ) ; Carol ( second wife of Walter ) Matthau 's memoirs Among the Porcupines ( Orion ) ; Ranulph Fiennes ' search for the city of Ubar ( the Koranic version of Sodom and Gomorrah ) , Atlantis of the Sands ( Penguin ) : A N Wilson 's Jesus ( Flamingo ) , coming at the same time as Barbara Thiering 's Jesus the Man ( Corgi ) , as they also did in hardcover ; and Miranda Seymour 's much-praised life of Ottoline Morrell ( Sceptre ) , £25 in hardcover and so welcome as a £7 or £8 paperback . |
| 4 | Phosphorescent purple eyes peer out from beneath shells ; black sea urchins swivel their spines as they slowly perambulate on needle tip ; starfish of an intense blue spangle the sand ; and patterned rosettes unfurl from holes in the smooth surface of coral . |
| 5 | If governments respond , as they typically do by intervention to control price and wage rises , the inefficiency created by inflation is only compounded . |
| 6 | They deserve to be listed in this context , as they often operate in unison even if they do not always do so . |
| 7 | The words of the Spell picked just that moment to surface from the depths of his mind , as they always did in time of crisis . |
| 8 | The league champions could scarcely believe their luck as they then moved into overdrive scoring four tries in the final quarter without reply . |
| 9 | They would pay exactly the same under the rents-to-mortgages scheme as they currently pay in rent — but they would be acquiring their homes , rather than simply being tenants . |