Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [conj] as the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the resulting breed , the body is covered with a short , soft down in place of the usual fur and as the cat grows up this down persists only on the extremities . |
| 2 | This is of clear benefit to French artists but as the present exhibition shows , other European artists gain also . |
| 3 | It was not simply a matter of counter action , for the chapel with its meetings , services , love-feasts , etc. became in itself a centre of non-work-time activities and as the nineteenth century advanced , a deliberate purveyor of counter attraction . |
| 4 | Biograph , it seemed , was giving the public a new social cinema and as the years went by it seemed that D. W. Griffith in particular was just taking the main problems of American society as his subject-matter . |
| 5 | Those were exciting days and as the money began to pour in we all felt we had joined a successful crusade . |
| 6 | They were convinced that the Catholic Church needed a credible account of how God 's word acts in history , from the first formulation in human language through the gradual process of understanding , under changing historical conditions and as the Holy Spirit gives new insights . |
| 7 | Mr Botham explained his reasoning , saying : ‘ Farmers have enjoyed exaggerated returns in recent months but they should remember that we as a country have to import many of our basic raw materials and as the pound has fallen costs have risen on a pro rata basis . ’ |
| 8 | The trucks themselves had to be manhandled down the steep rock-strewn defile and as the men were sweating away at this in the hot sun an Italian aircraft picked them up . |
| 9 | Since this book first came out the use of mechanically-tuned drums , or pedal timpani , has pretty well become standard practice and as the notes can be changed instantaneously on these drums composers are able to write any note they like without having to allow time for retuning . |
| 10 | Banbridge was receiving 13lb from Clever Folly but as the winner subsequently went on to triumph in the A F Budge Gold Cup at Cheltenham , breaking the track record in the process , there is little wrong with the form . |
| 11 | Perhaps over confident , his application to the first set seemed to lack the determination he had applied in their previous meetings and as the first set ebbed away 6–3 , Wilkinson found difficulty getting his game together in a slipping match . |
| 12 | The core issue really is the control of natural resources and as the resources become scarcer , then there 's a greater possibility for conflict . |
| 13 | Each point on the curve is normally recorded after allowing the polymer time to equilibrate at the chosen temperature and as the rate of measurement affects the magnitude of T g quite noticeably the equilibration time should be several hours at least . |
| 14 | His father had died serving the Empire as one of the Black Riders and as the boy looks down on the great imperial road from the quiet house of his foster-parents he listens to tales of the powerful Count Jasper , Governor of the Citadel and commander of those orthodox forces . |
| 15 | It was soon realised that there was a gang operating on an international scale and as the investigation grew it eventually involved Sussex police No 6 Regional Crime Squad and customs authorities in the Mediterranean area . |
| 16 | It was not a long journey and as the sun was shining it was a very pleasant one . |
| 17 | By the time Khrushchev sat down , Stalin stood revealed not as the dear father but as the mass murderer of his people . |
| 18 | The King and his politicians were usually on good enough terms to avoid these extreme steps but as the decades passed the King found he was sharing more of his power with Parliament . |
| 19 | It was on cine-variety lines and as the producer was Francis Mangon , he naturally brought over Ethel Helliwell to choreograph for him . |
| 20 | It 's a wonderful place for the adventurous walker and as the moor is criss-crossed with bridleways it 's ideal for horse riders and mountain bikers . |
| 21 | The system works excellently over short distances but as the length of the tube increases , so it becomes more and more inefficient . |
| 22 | The music playing on the stand was vintage Shadows and as the guitars belted out ‘ Apache ’ David helped Belinda into one of the brightly coloured cars and Rachel followed Danny to another . |
| 23 | When Ramakrishna saw Kasi the Holy City , he did not see it as a physical city but as the dreams and hopes of holy pilgrims that had fallen on the city , stratum on stratum so that it became a city of holy ideas , a spiritual city . |
| 24 | Somewhere nearby a field of broad beans was in full flower and as the exotic scent drifted across I found myself inhaling with half-closed eyes as though straining to discern the ingredients of the glorious melange . |
| 25 | There is a small beach and as the beach can not be reached by traffic , so there is a really relaxed , holiday feel . |
| 26 | When we arrived the carp were present all over from our margin to the far bank but as the time went on the fish moved out and only seemed catchable from the far side . |
| 27 | Over-the-counter medicated skin cleansers and washes can help to control superficial grease but as the problem acne bacteria are inside the follicle , they can not get rid of spots on their own . |
| 28 | Somehow , the aircraft had not been adequately lashed down on the low loader and as the lorry moved forward the Firefly rolled off its trestles on to the bed of the lorry damaging the undersides of the aircraft in the process , the aircraft was then reloaded and secured and thankfully the reset of the trip to Duxford was uneventful . |
| 29 | At first this was a slow process but as the group got bigger the church planting gained in momentum . |
| 30 | Even then he had a special devotion to subterranean tracks and as the train came to the Wellington tunnel ( he and his parents had been on holiday to Cornwall that summer ) he began letting out a series of long drawn-out hooting sounds . |