Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] as the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The doctor must do as the patient directs . |
| 2 | The size of the latent inhibition effect should decline as the interval is increased and the short-term effect is lost ; and when the exposure conditions are poor for association formation ( e.g. when there is just a single , brief exposure ) there may be only a short-term effect and no latent inhibition at all at the longer interval . |
| 3 | The standards should improve as the service becomes more efficient . |
| 4 | Amplitude changes should occur as the core is rotated in space . |
| 5 | What should suffice as the connecting factor remains a matter of controversy . |
| 6 | Critics of Siporax claim that the material must clog as the pores are so small but without the adhesion problem , Peter Oakes of A1 says that Siporax 's bacteria will break-down anything organic . |
| 7 | You should start as the planners do ; draw up a plan or outline for the essay in some form . |
| 8 | It must be said that our test tractor was fresh off the stocks , so fuel consumption may improve as the engine loosens up . |
| 9 | ( Note any fears or uneasiness you might feel as the Chalice gives you what you desire . ) |
| 10 | She 'd visited him regularly when he was in prison ; but he could see as the months went by that whatever that special something they 'd had , it was withering away . |
| 11 | Sioli warns that ‘ dust bowl ’ conditions may develop as the protective vegetation cover is removed causing soils to dry out , and in some parts of Amazonia where seasonality is more pronounced there is already evidence of blown dust on newly constructed roads . |
| 12 | Over time , however , the balance of effect may change as the technology matures , competitors develop rival products or regulations shift . |
| 13 | For you would see the jeep in front of you proceeding along the Egyptian highway in a very dignified manner , when all of a sudden it would swing in to the side of the road near a fruit-barrow , a large brown hand would shoot out , and a succulent water-melon would disappear as the jeep accelerated away again . |
| 14 | The Department of Employment itself took the view in 1988 that evidence was lacking on the extent of age barriers in employment and argued that the problems facing older workers would disappear as the demographic changes became better understood by employers . |
| 15 | Thus the list of books mentioned in the example above , could be keyed in and sorted in RAM but if the microcomputer was switched off , the information would disappear as the RAM would be cleared . |
| 16 | It would include as the policy is drafted light industry in town centres . |
| 17 | ‘ I fancied I would improve as the season went on and I think that 's proved to be the case . ’ |
| 18 | Bloodshed would ensue as the rival sides fought each other , as had happened in India after British withdrawal and as was happening in China . |
| 19 | The understanding would develop as the child grew older , and a clearer explanation could be given than was possible in earlier years . |
| 20 | This showed that the radiation must come from beyond the Solar System , and even from beyond the galaxy , as otherwise it would vary as the movement of Earth pointed the detector in different directions . |
| 21 | At the end of the 2nd year all benefit payments would cease as the contract has expired . |
| 22 | They would pass into the baby universe and would reemerge as the particles emitted by another black hole . |
| 23 | ‘ Oh , God love us , the dirty old east wind is coming up , ’ her mother would say as the trees turned colour . |
| 24 | He said the 10.30 deadline caused congestion on High Row and this would increase as the year progressed to more busy shopping times . |
| 25 | In particular , it was believed that the speed of light ought to change as the earth moves through the ether on its orbit around the sun . |
| 26 | The first of these reflexes will be subject to the influence of habituation and will decline as the subject becomes familiar with the stimulus , forms an accurate representation of it , or whatever . |
| 27 | Perhaps even that future may be judged providential , but in such a story Vatican II will appear as the final occasion when Christianity was at the centre of significance for human and religious history , and John Paul II will be judged not the healer of a divided Church , but the gravedigger of Pope John 's aggiornamento . |
| 28 | Returns in recent weeks have been impressive and will improve as the weather warms . |
| 29 | The number of deals will grow as the finance ministry eases restrictions on raising capital offshore . |
| 30 | Understanding of change ( Attainment Target 1 ) will grow as the enquiry progresses . |