Example sentences of "as [noun] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 Nor could men be sure , as faith diminished , that death would only visit them , or their loved ones , in God 's good time .
2 But even when extreme and prolonged , they have a strange tickle of meaning in them that becomes more of a mystery as faith grows .
3 The Congress 's disarray — radical democrats argue that it should be disbanded — has been on embarrassing display this week as deputies argued over what to call their state .
4 A draft constitution bill prepared by the Sejm constitutional committee was rejected on Oct. 18 , as deputies felt that they should not restrict the work of the new parliament .
5 Last year , as deputies tried to dislodge him , he counter-attacked by forcing through elections to the new post of President .
6 In addition irregularities were reported in the voting , as deputies cast votes for their absent colleagues as well as for themselves .
7 Using it as fuel deletes transport 's contribution to the greenhouse problem at a stroke , as hydrogen burns to give just water vapour and NOx .
8 As Lisa stared back at him , numb and rigid , from the sofa , Alexander Vass rose swiftly to his feet and on long strides crossed to open the door .
9 ‘ Look what Mr Dobson gave me ! ’ were the first words from the little girl as Lisa had hurried through her next-door neighbour Josey 's front door .
10 As Lisa laid down the phone her hand was shaking .
11 As Lisa looked back at him , heart racing , eyes barely focusing , she was aware of the intensity of emotion that sprang from him .
12 As Lisa popped a breast of chicken into the microwave she glanced at the brightly coloured childish drawings secured by fruit-shaped magnets to the fridge door and her heart turned over with maternal pride .
13 As Lisa stuttered to a halt — had he read her mind or something ? — he added , ‘ After all , we 're not exactly strangers any more . ’
14 As Lisa pushed the door open she felt a rush of antipathy at the sight of the dark figure seated behind the desk .
15 Folly watched in awful fascination as Lisa flicked through the cards .
16 ‘ Alexander said I ought to wear these , ’ she explained , bright-cheeked , as Lisa sat up with a start .
17 Kerry exclaimed as Lisa joined the other members of staff in the fabrics store-room to have a look at the damage .
18 As Lisa held the stone-hard gaze her heart was clattering .
19 As Lisa pulled the door open Josey stepped out into the night … and literally came within a hair 's breadth of walking straight into the tall dark figure who was striding up the path .
20 Your average post-political millennial rap , in other words ( or as Colin says , ‘ the-end-of-the-millennium psychosis blues ’ ) .
21 With its pictures as well as text contributed by a team of experts , it portrays a colourful decade in which hope was more rekindled than lost .
22 Finally , another of the ‘ new ’ songs , the famous Plaint , ‘ O let me weep , is not in the manuscript at all ( as Shedlock noted ) , nor was any space left for it ; and the score also lacks ‘ When I have often heard young maids complaining ’ , a song that was in the first version of the show and actually published in 1692 , in a slim volume entitled Select Songs in the Fairy Queen .
23 Some of these are complete movements , and could possibly represent blanks that he had managed to fill , as Shedlock suggested .
24 A Squig Hunter Mob must contain at least five models ( a Squig Hunter team counts as two ) and may include Cave Squigs as well as Hunters armed with long prodders .
25 Elliott pushed the passenger door open with a foot as Goldman wrestled Nicola to the kerbside .
26 When Helen paused , he cannoned into her and she turned , offering a startled apology that turned into a cry of alarm as Goldman shoved her to one side .
27 As Crick points out , however , the right idea can only fit in to a mind which is trained , and predisposed to accept that idea .
28 Beckford was as impatient as Vathek to complete his building , but did not have a magical assistant ; the tower twice collapsed , for the last time in 1825 , and Beckford 's contractor confessed upon his death-bed that he had not provided it with foundations , although they had been specified and paid for .
29 A standard method of collecting image data was used : i.e. respondents were presented with a card listing 20 towns and cities which they then scored as interviewers read out 12 pairs of statements , each representing the positive and negative sides of an image dimension .
30 Before World War II , as Drucker relates , ‘ all the books on management filled no more than a modest shelf ’ .
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