Example sentences of "[noun sg] as [pron] [vb base] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is at times like this when people begin to lose the true principles of religion as they become too involved and so wars begin . |
| 2 | But when Diversion hit their stride as they do tonight with the EP 's lead track , ‘ Cheese ’ , they can make guitar pop which is unpredictable and original , seething with speedy adrenalin , immediately catchy and funkily danceable . |
| 3 | Whether the Council I , I personally would be quite keen to go down there and see A , and we 'd need permission of the land owners , to do this , to see where the link could go across , you know , the best position , so that we , and I believe this is what Councillor is saying , so that we can actually come forward and maybe this ought to be a meeting with the Amenities Committee , maybe the Ramblers and bear in mind as I say again I hate to do these things and the land owner think we 're steamrollering 'em into something without their knowledge . |
| 4 | Because social workers face considerable stress and often feel depressed and beleaguered , such suggestions for research as they make often reflect current problems rather than long-term issues . |
| 5 | ‘ But that does n't bother me now — in fact I sometimes stick my tongue out in reply as I drive away . ’ |
| 6 | Cannons can be used to pound the enemy as you advance just as easily as they can blow holes in oncoming enemy formations . |
| 7 | A full day excursion by coach to the spectacular bulbfields ; ablaze with the glorious colours of spring as they stretch as far as the eye can see . |
| 8 | When they hit the ground , they may stop abruptly , embedding themselves still glowing , fuming and sizzling slightly in the loose ash ; or they may bounce off , to leap down the steep sides of the cone in a series of great bounds , developing a rapid spin as they do so , and whirring downhill like cannonballs , ending up in a rattling shower of small stones at the bottom . |
| 9 | Hunters are also prone to dehydration and electrolyte loss as they work very hard , sometimes hunting two or three times per week . |
| 10 | Here we add to the complex as we have clearly shown that basal gastrin concentrations are neither affected by age nor by sex , but are influenced by H pylori . |
| 11 | Not so many went out to work as they do now . ’ |
| 12 | Defence is n't always at the top of the political agenda and in periods of long time peace as we have now enjoyed , people tend to forget the dangers are still genuine and still there . |
| 13 | Children were n't allowed to share the adult world to the same degree as they do now . |
| 14 | They believe that it is possible for man , and that it is indeed his highest intellectual and emotional task , to survey his own being , to call into the forefront of his mind every attitude and habit of mind , of emotion , of passion and feeling , to penetrate down beneath these superficial layers , to deeper and deeper and ever more tranquil , untroubled generalized forms of the self , until eventually you come within sight of some inner absolutely undisturbed pool which every person has within himself , and which if he finds it removes him finally from the distracting passions of ordinary life , and with this rider , that in proportion as you get there and find this thing , this true self within yourself , you find that it is n't just something subjective and peculiar to you , it is something identical with the world , so that in solving your own problems in one sense , you do it by transcending your ordinary nature . |
| 15 | You 're as big a fool as I 've always suspected — ’ |
| 16 | We in com in coming to a view on the principle of an orbital system , looked at erm those issues in very general terms and clearly erm we 'll will through the process of either a planning application or the local plan and i would say at this point that we we already have er a member commitment to include the preferred option of the County Council within the local plan as we move forward to our consultation draft next year , we would obviously look more rigorously at the the pros and cons of er particular road schemes . |
| 17 | And er I remember this Miss very well , she was i , skirt down to her ankles sort of thing , black skirt you know and high collar and sort of tied hair , very dark person but she was a very nice charming lady as I recall now . |
| 18 | The annual migration of some one and a half million wildebeest is an awesome spectacle as they travel about 800 kilometres in search of water and green pastures for survival . |
| 19 | In the 1920s the owners of large private cellars did not , with the possible exception of vintage port , lay down wine for future consumption as they do now . |
| 20 | Erm whether And the District Council as you say clearly clearly considered it appropriate that it should not expand any further at that time . |
| 21 | Well , in the first round we shot a 74 , two over par as I remember then . |
| 22 | Oh shame as you 've just got your tennis racket , I thought you 'd be out in the garden around . |
| 23 | In addition , the actual breakdown of the membrane polyphospoinositides by calcium-stimulated enzymes may promote degranulation as they have highly charged polar head groups which would tend to impede membrane fusion ( Allan & Mitchell , 1979 ) . |
| 24 | The first thing to remember is that as you turn the boat away from the wind , you let out the mainsheet , the sail only works properly at one angle to the wind and so it 's essential to let out the mainsheet as you bear away . |
| 25 | Not all video machines have this property but it is becoming more and more common to be able to see the picture as you run forward or back on the tape or disc . |
| 26 | Dig over any empty sites , adding large quantities of compost as you do so . |
| 27 | This increases your heart rate and encourages more oxygen into the body as you breathe more quickly . |
| 28 | Perhaps symbolic is the typical picket line of today ; people in high spirits shouting slogans and singing to the beat of a salsa band as they march defiantly under the eyes of the police contrast with the solemn processions of strikers we had seen in the 1940s , walking through the streets in silence and in proper order , as if to create any disturbance was a mark of poor breeding . |
| 29 | And in such a state of war as we have now in Wales , mischances can happen all too easily . |
| 30 | Sun streams into the upstairs room as I step gingerly through a maze of wires and find a corner to sit in amidst the jungle of electronic equipment . |