Example sentences of "[vb pp] as [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The thrill was out of all proportion to the event , of course , and serves only to reflect the overwhelmingly domesticated aspect of much British countryside , dominated as it is by cows and sheep , as well as some of what historian Keith Thomas has called ‘ our anti-urban bias ’ . |
| 2 | One of my lasting impressions as an undergraduate studying at the London School of Economics in the early 1960s , dominated as it was by the Popperian conception of science and the quest for a Positive Economics , was of the great gulf that was fixed between the two worlds of social science and religious belief . |
| 3 | It is also clear that the transport sector , dominated as it is by private modes , represents the fastest growing source of airborne pollutants , including greenhouse gases . |
| 4 | ‘ It 's not good for the Konica League to be dominated as it is by Southern teams . |
| 5 | Gordon Harris ( of Wragge & Co ) leads the seminar on Music in the Film and Television Industries when the current issues for independent producers , broadcasters and music companies will be addressed as they relate to copyright , clearances , liaison with PRS , MCPS , record companies and the musicians union . |
| 6 | In some of them the Friend is described in the third person ( often as ‘ my love ’ ) and time addressed as Thou . |
| 7 | Consultants can provide a source of expert advice for local groups , but the issue of who controls the process must be addressed as it was absolutely crucial for any community economic development . |
| 8 | Surrounded as we are by solutions of all kinds , each one supported by persuasive evidence of attested success , we can not but be tempted into the belief that somewhere among them there will be one which matches our particular teaching problem and which can therefore be slotted into our situation like a cassette or a computer programme . |
| 9 | Surrounded as I was by supremely negative images of homosexuality such as ‘ the man in the dirty mac living out a lonely old age in a filthy garret ’ , I still felt that there was for me a clear choice between expressing or repressing my homosexual desire . |
| 10 | The whole resort is very picturesque , surrounded as it is by the Kitzbuhler alps . |
| 11 | If there is such a place as an ideal situation , Donnington Brewery must surely be in it , surrounded as it is by beautiful scenery , an abundance of wild life and a remarkable air of peace and tranquillity . |
| 12 | Her mother , once rid of the armour-plated respectability of Maître Henri and his phalanx of parents , brothers and sisters , all devoted to the law , had married a happy-go-lucky literary exile from Leeds , as nearly as possible his opposite , and the half-English , half-French child had been absorbed into their slapdash household with the greatest enthusiasm and affection , and never given time to doubt or worry , surrounded as she was by joyous evidence of her own importance and value . |
| 13 | Surrounded as he was by flatterers and sycophants , Constantius may have disposed of some of the land as rewards for service and information , but he needed money to recoup the heavy losses in his army . |
| 14 | Surrounded as he was by the glamour of the acting world , he could pick and choose from the world 's most beautiful women — women like Marianne , with her lush body and provocative , slanting green eyes . |
| 15 | Both O'Flaherty and Sherington were severely wounded as they got into the warehouse , but with grim determination they staggered clear , leaving a few equally determined Germans in an inner room of the building . |
| 16 | The story of victims number 37,38 and 39 was : ‘ In an apparent ambush , a gang member , fourteen , is killed and two others are wounded as they stand at a bus stop . ’ |
| 17 | This outstanding man had been seconded from the Royal Welch Fusiliers to serve as Consul at Adana in Turkey , where he behaved with courage and firmness during the Armenian massacres , rescuing several hundred people before he himself was wounded as he rode round the town . |
| 18 | Hitoshi Motoshima , the mayor of Nagasaki , was shot in the back and seriously wounded as he emerged from Nagasaki City Hall on Jan. 18 . |
| 19 | His gentleness was fake , she knew that now , his face distorted as she looked at him . |
| 20 | A remarkable film of 1955 , Rebel without a Cause , claimed as ‘ new realism ’ when it was first screened , showed delinquent boys and girls in the mid-teens proving their worth in ‘ chicken ’ contests whose violence , distorted as it is by social pressures , does express a genuine personal pride : the dares and challenges of the groups of Hell 's Angels today , leading to criminal actions , have a distant debased origin in the concept of honour . |
| 21 | She heard her name called from below , the sound distorted as it echoed from the depths . |
| 22 | His buttocks were clenched as he moved towards her . |
| 23 | He saw the man 's limbs , tightly clenched as he drove his horse towards the Cutcherry guns , suddenly relax as if something inside him had snapped . |
| 24 | She was silent for a moment , and my stomach clenched as I saw her face soften , her eyes grow dreamy . |
| 25 | Maria 's heart clenched as she slanted a look at his grim countenance . |
| 26 | There were no worries when entire troupes toured as their Captains were always experienced travellers but often one or two replacements were needed and they had to travel in couples or even alone . |
| 27 | Franca observed sadly , but without surprise , that her strange feeling of love for Patrick had waned and finally abated as he continued steadily to come to life . |
| 28 | Maria 's anger abated as she realised how much the answer meant to him . |
| 29 | His jaw cracked as he gave another cavernous yawn . |
| 30 | Katherine 's voice cracked as she called her daughter 's name , and she repeated herself , more softly this time . |