Example sentences of "as [pers pn] would [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's quite Crampsy , I probably would n't be as swift to the bar when they started playing as I would be when the Lemonheads were on , though . |
| 2 | PAMELA : I wish the lady would be as tender of her reputation as I would be . |
| 3 | It is — Some of my hon. Friends are not as generous as I would be prepared to be . |
| 4 | As I would be , Caroline thought , if you 'd only be still for a moment . |
| 5 | I was made sorry for her at first , as I would be for any young girl , crippled — it is hinted by the cruelty of her husband — and a mother , but even at the beginning there is a niggling doubt that she is rather superficial and shallow . |
| 6 | Unfunded ‘ top-up ’ schemes , i.e. where the employer does not fund the top-up benefits but simply promises to pay them at retirement , are more tax-efficient but offer less security as you would be dependent on your employer keeping his promise . |
| 7 | ‘ Do unto others as you would be done by ’ was a more positive social prescription of societies like Toronto but ‘ Scratch my back and I 'll scratch yours ’ was a workable Asian substitute . |
| 8 | as you would be here . |
| 9 | Perdita , covering the bottom of the lorries with straw to protect the ponies ' feet , suddenly heard Alejandro shouting that she better dig out a pair of clean breeches and polish her boots , as she 'd be playing in the match that afternoon . |
| 10 | So you see , in schools like that we would never go uniformed and we would have to discontinue visiting those schools as we would be jeopardizing the children and teachers . |
| 11 | We could , of course , try sympathetic detonation by dropping a depth charge on it but as we would be in the immediate vicinity at the time I do n't think that would be a very good idea . ’ |
| 12 | If D set out to trick V into having sex , realising that she probably would not consent otherwise , are not his intention and his method sufficient to condemn him for rape , as they would be for obtaining property by deception ? |
| 13 | However , subject to the Note below , we will pay to our clients the equivalent of such damages as they would be entitled to receive under English law in an English court for any personal injury to the client including illness or death , caused by the negligence , as understood in English law , of the servants or agents of ourselves or of any of our suppliers contracted or sub-contracted by us to provide any part of the arrangements for your holiday as described in this brochure , or excursions as described above , except for air or sea transportation arrangements for which separate conditions apply ( see 8 opposite ) . |
| 14 | On the front of the astrolabe there was a thin plate ( the tympan ) on which was engraved a stereographic projection of the lines of altitude and azimuth ( angular distance along the horizon ) as they would be for an observer at a given latitude . |
| 15 | The members of the audience were asked to watch the film closely as they would be asked questions about it afterwards . |
| 16 | Where a number of service points are involved — as they would be in a centrally organized stock revision for a public library authority — the choice of locations for titles ordered is an additional complication . |
| 17 | Boullee was the architect of the sublime , and he said that there should be poetry in architecture , and that men should be moved emotionally by it as they would be by a poem . |
| 18 | He believes that manufacturers simply need to be aware of the electromagnetic environments surrounding their products just as they would be aware of temperatures . |
| 19 | Most of the game is mental — being able to keep your head clear and retain a certain outlook on life should mean that bad times are neither so frequent nor so lengthy as they would be if you start examining your technique or doubting your ability . |
| 20 | As a couple , they appear as ‘ babes in the wood ’ , helpless and hopeless together as they would be on their own , beset by the awfulness of everyone else . |
| 21 | Japlish words are pronounced as they would be written in katakana , a Japanese phonetic syllabary . |
| 22 | The petrol fumes could be far more dangerous to your fish , especially as they would be pumped into the tanks by your air pump , as well as settling on the water . |
| 23 | Also , she was acutely embarrassed at having to share her cousin 's bed , especially as they would be squeezed so closely together in the small space . |
| 24 | But that is not a view held by those who lack the imagination to enter into the hearts and minds of others , and to do to them as they would be done by ; among them the then Home Secretary and the then Lord Chief Justice . |
| 25 | It has been known , but parents who do such a thing are as disliked as they would be in any society , and such marriages are often barren . |
| 26 | I have made the reflected objects darker , just as they would be if seen in real life . |
| 27 | The techniques prohibited might include deliberate manipulation of earthquakes , tsunamis , changes in weather patterns , and changes in the state of the ionosphere , It may be presumed that under this convention such changes would be unlawful if achieved by use of nuclear weapons , just as they would be if achieved by any other means . |
| 28 | If blind people 's drawings of objects ( more or less as they would be touched ) reflected their thoughts , then deaf people 's writings obviously showed a difference . |
| 29 | Travellers are often forced to live in exposed public situations where social inequality and harsh conditions are not hidden from more affluent members of society as they would be in an outlying council estate or an inner city back street . |
| 30 | Fourth year pupils were the principal subjects of the study as they would be members of their school for a full school year and were likely to have a lower absentee rate than the fifth year . |