Example sentences of "as [verb] [adv prt] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His lips , too , seemed to smile ; but they were so mobile , even when he was silent — especially when he was silent — as to cancel out the cheer and leave instead the impression of a man unwilling to reveal how he might appear if he allowed himself to relax . |
| 2 | A European Court of Justice ruling on July 21 was seen as opening up the possibility of EC citizens applying for social security benefits in the United Kingdom even though they lived outside the UK . |
| 3 | It is plausible to see the first point as spelling out the root problem for a philosophical account of knowledge , and the second as linked to Peirce 's anti-naturalism . |
| 4 | Monet , Mobile Networks Integration Technology , is a new piece of software for interconnecting all kinds of wireless data networks , and intended to make make communicating from diverse mobile devices as easy as picking up the phone . |
| 5 | As well as soaking up the sun , Emma says she 's particularly looking forward to scuba diving and swimming in Stingray City . |
| 6 | Lawrence then supposes that bristles grow so as to point down the concentration gradient . |
| 7 | As well as phasing out the assembly and test operations in Germany , the company is writing down manufacturing assets and other items . |
| 8 | Advanced manufacturing technology is widely put forward as holding out the opportunity to change the competitiveness of businesses . |
| 9 | As the clients relaxation skills develop the exercises may be combined so as to speed up the process of relaxation . |
| 10 | They had a tiny room on the ground floor lit by a small leaded window and heated by an open fire from which as much smoke seemed to blow into the room as went up the chimney . |
| 11 | The products of prisons are seen as taking over the market for the products of honest working men . |
| 12 | Long after America had thrown off the yoke of colonial rule , Americans still held such a poor opinion of the perfidious English that such a pool shot was also described as Putting on the English . |
| 13 | Indeed , court documents show that the eight performers named in the livret as making up the harmonie rustique were all wind players in the employ of the king . |
| 14 | That is to say , your study will provide you with the knowledge that is generally accepted as making up the subject . |
| 15 | utterly unnecessarily imposed so as to fatten up the privatisation turkey — and the Government have the cheek to tell us how much better things are now . |
| 16 | As well as setting up the scheme , the council will be made to fill in quarterly returns so the government can monitor changes in numbers . |
| 17 | No discussion of tribunals can ignore the impact of the Report of the Franks Committee , which is still viewed as laying down the ground rules for the operation of tribunals . |
| 18 | He thought doggedly of Carol so as to blot out the image of Helen 's sad face that seemed to have become imprinted on his mind . |
| 19 | ( iv ) Teachers should discuss a variety of works so as to bring out the range and effects of different types of sound patterning , eg alliteration , assonance , rhymes , onomatopoeia , and of figures of speech , eg similes , metaphors , personifications . |