Example sentences of "as [pers pn] is [verb] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So long as yu is living an yu want eat food |
| 2 | In reality , it is to introduce as a solution a concept which itself poses a theoretical problem , for as it is adopted and understood it is an uncriticized concept , a concept which , like all ‘ obvious ’ concepts , threatens to have for theoretical content no more than the function that the existing or dominant ideology defines for it . |
| 3 | Software , as it is written and developed , can be deposited with an independent person ( for example , a bank manager or solicitor or the Stationers ' Company ) who can verify important dates such as when the software was first written and when it was modified . |
| 4 | The clear lesson here is that the IT archive , whatever form it should take , is not only the carrier of information which the future historian would want to use , but that the very form , structure and dynamic of that archive as it is created and used will make a vital contribution to an understanding of the social relationships , the culture and the power structures of the late twentieth century . |
| 5 | This is because the adjacent peat , as it is drained and dried out , wastes away by a process of oxidation on exposure to the atmosphere . |
| 6 | This paint will run as far as it is allowed but will not bleed . |
| 7 | This paint will run as far as it is allowed but will not bleed . |
| 8 | E. Griew , The Theft Acts 1968 – 1978 , 6th edn , Sweet & Maxwell , 1990 , 211 , wrote : [ i ] f a blackmailing demand is " made " as soon as it is spoken or dispatched beyond recall , the possibility of a case of attempted blackmail is limited to fanciful situations such as where [ the accused ] is affected by a stammer or interrupted in the act of posting . |
| 9 | The final plan , as it is adapted and developed by Lorestan , has less of a boy 's melodrama in it but it is the Rat 's plan , and it is the Rat who advises Marco to pose as a poor , insignificant boy so that the two of them can reach Samavia without attracting attention . |
| 10 | I do not rebuke the hon. Gentleman for the length of his speech , as he is defending and promoting the interests of his constituents fiercely and properly . |