Example sentences of "[noun] [vb pp] [conj] [verb] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hamburg , for example , has about 30–40 per cent of its road system designated as 50 km/h main streets , with all of the remaining non-industrial roads designated or planned as Tempo 30 . |
| 2 | The band had been thrown together at the last moment ; and none of the musicians looked or sounded as if he was enjoying the experience . |
| 3 | On his paunchy torso a spined snake curled and flexed as if in ecstasy , slowly shrinking . |
| 4 | In the stillness of the empty church , the words echoed and re-echoed as if every rafter vibrated in sympathy . |
| 5 | This made Abie grip the reins tightly ; the muscles of his neck knotted and grew as all his worlds — past and future , real and imagined — became jumbled together and in his confusion the voice in his head rushed out of his mouth . |
| 6 | It says that , in that short space of time , 317 historic settlements had been affected , 241 heavily or lightly , while 76 had been destroyed or burned down ; 358 individual monuments registered or filed as cultural treasures , including 26 museums , seven archives and 13 library buildings , had been damaged . |
| 7 | Which factions won or lost as a result ? |
| 8 | Any regiment may include a Boss armed and equipped as the rest of the unit ( see Equipment List for points values ) . |
| 9 | Apart from 446 cancers notified and coded as anal cancers ( 172 men and 274 women ) , some anal epidermoid carcinomas were notified as rectal cancers . |
| 10 | There was even a deep cellar under the chicken run that served as the family 's fridge . |
| 11 | Old Tintern Station , just off the A466 is now a visitors centre and museum , with the original station buildings restored and used as an excellent refreshment room , plus a fine display of artifacts from the railway scene . |
| 12 | Any regiment may include a Champion armed and equipped as the rest of the unit ( see the Equipment List for points values ) . |
| 13 | The muscles swelled and twisted as if some snake was coiling itself around and about . |
| 14 | ‘ Cash , claims to cash ( for example , debt securities of another entity and accounts and taxes receivable ) , claims to goods or services ( for example , prepaid items ) , consumable goods ( for example , supplies inventories ) , and equity securities of another entity obtained or controlled as a result of past transactions or events . ’ |
| 15 | More important , it was necessary that somebody should he acquainted with the details of imperial finance , and the Athenian constitution , like that of Rome in the republic , had no provision for a civil service , and like the Roman Senate , the Athenians governed and legislated as amateurs . |
| 16 | The application by a non-natural person must name the person who is to be responsible for the day-to-day running of the premises , and the licence granted or transferred as a result of the application must name both the non-natural person and the person who is to run the premises . |
| 17 | Angelo Heilprin , an American geologist who visited the scene a few weeks later and wrote a book about the tragedy , described ‘ twisted bars of iron , great masses of roof sheeting wrapped like cloth about posts upon which they had been flung , and iron girders looped and festooned as if they had been made of rope ’ . |
| 18 | In a country where the media is state controlled and acts as a mouthpiece for the Party , putting up posters was one of the few forms of communication and free expression . |
| 19 | How last year the crop had meant nothing to him at all ; how , without understanding , he had walked about the harbour and warehouses of Episkopi , and the misuse of the Order 's cargo of sugar had been simply a matter noted and used as a playing-counter . |
| 20 | Spectators booed and hissed as the colony 's new Governor — former Tory Home Secretary David Waddington — stepped forward to honour 24-year-old Diana Mitchell . |
| 21 | Under this guise it probes the ‘ labyrinths and inward turns of the mind ’ in abuse of power in human relationships , especially that of mistress to servants or ‘ humble companion ’ , with acute psychological insight , no doubt won while living as a dependant . |
| 22 | The front tyres jerked and bounced as the Zetor bored into the pile and began to climb and crush it . |