Example sentences of "[noun] [adj] as it [vb -s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unfortunately Infinitary rule 1 as it stands is not strong enough to give us a complete system when the set of basic values is infinite . |
| 2 | Illus.4 shows the opening of Act 5 as it appears in both quartos . |
| 3 | References below to the 1988 Act are to the Copyright , Designs and Patents Act 1988 as it applies to the semiconductor design right . |
| 4 | Increasing aggregate demand along with expansionary fiscal policy-lower taxes , raised government expenditures on transfers and goods and services-looks attractive as it moves the economy towards full employment at . |
| 5 | In addition to the familiar tail-wagging of a cat in a conflict , there are a number of other tail-signals that indicate the changing moods of the pet feline as it goes about its business . |
| 6 | A rare view of GN ‘ Large Atlantic No. 4420 as it speeds past Pilsley box heading north in 1939 . |
| 7 | A visitor to the GC from distant Birkenhead comes in the shape of 8F No. 48441 as it climbs the bank at Arkwright hauling an up mixed freight on 28th November 1964 . |
| 8 | Holmewood 's ‘ whistling ’ bridge ( it made noises if the wind was blowing through the rafters from the right direction ) has just been passed by K3 No. 60896 as it heads a southbound coal train up the 1 in 100 in about 1961 . |
| 9 | He exhibits a number of adjectives which differ in precisely the way required while maintaining the same or essentially the same lexical value ( we modify his examples slightly where it is possible to do so without damage to his case , so as to make the distinction sharper ) : ( 19 ) visible stars vs stars visible the only navigable rivers vs the only rivers navigable a handy tool vs are your tools handy ? guilty people vs people guilty As it happens , the examples which Bolinger uses employ words which can make the distinction a rather subtle one , with perhaps the exception of visible stars ( a group recognized astronomically ) beside stars visible ; but it is quite easy to produce further instances which seem to confirm his view : ( 20 ) a complaining visitor vs a visitor complaining the eligible bachelor vs the bachelor eligible In other cases , the divergence of lexical value between the two positions may be greater but still with the characteristic value for the former , and the occasion value for the latter : ( 21 ) the responsible man vs the man responsible a sorry sight vs the girl is sorry He notes that the acceptability of an adjective in pre-adjunct position may apparently depend on whether or not it can be regarded as indicating a relatively enduring characteristic of what is expressed by the noun , as in : ( 22 ) the faint girl vs the girl is faint an asleep man vs a man asleep This possibility of course depends not only on the adjective itself but also on the nature of the noun being qualified , so that " when one scratches one 's head the result is not *a scratched head but when one scores a glass surface the result is a scratched surface " . |
| 10 | The crisp Highland air makes for a fine display of steam form K1 No 2005 as it hauls the Royal Scotsman along the shore of Loch Eil on the Fort William to Mallaig line in 1988 . |
| 11 | The extremely utilitarian front end of the Sprinters is displayed against the massive ironwork of the Forth Bridge by No 150284 as it heads south working the 13.40 Dundee to Edinburgh train on 29 August 1988 . |
| 12 | ( This would be in sequence with another simple process for managing the final values of unc Note that no unc can start up until unc has terminated : it is this that makes the transformation so general , but it also makes the resulting parallel program useless as it stands . |
| 13 | And since it is a counter motion , I will take it at the very end with any other counter motions , and therefore I am not asking the convenor to reply to it because if we had a vote on it at this stage , we 'd either be we , we would therefore be sealing completely this deliverance number four as it stands . |
| 14 | Could I then ask the clerk to read the words that have been proposed to be added to number two as it stands on page one eight five . |
| 15 | There 's only one thing that struck me when I was reading through it but a as I say , we we got to look at this from point of view are we going to date this as it lies at the present moment and add to it pieces that we want , or do we start off by having the pieces o i its its now whe w w |
| 16 | Detailed ultrasound scanning has been shown to be cost effective as it detects most cases of Down 's syndrome as well as other life threatening conditions . |
| 17 | In this approach , it is assumed that the initial conditions are determined by the functions and which represents the wave in region II as it reaches the boundary , and by which represents the wave in region III as it reaches the boundary . |
| 18 | In this approach , it is assumed that the initial conditions are determined by the functions and which represents the wave in region II as it reaches the boundary , and by which represents the wave in region III as it reaches the boundary . |
| 19 | In both these cases , should the child appear before a children 's hearing again , then , reading section 4 as it stands , no questions can be asked and no answers received on the earlier offence or the previous hearing or any review hearings or the disposal . |
| 20 | Moderator the counter motion is in section four as it stands to stop in the second line after the word commentary . |