Example sentences of "as [noun] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As faith is the opposite of unbelief , health is the opposite of death . |
| 2 | In keeping open the lines with the past , the redeemed memory carries encouragement and conveys warnings and lessons to faith as faith is engaged in fighting at that front line of the battle which is the present moment . |
| 3 | To change the picture ; presuppositions are not a booster rocket to get faith off the ground — to be jettisoned as soon as faith is in orbit — but are as vital to faith as an engine to an aeroplane . |
| 4 | The Supreme Soviet session , which had begun on Nov. 16 in chaos as deputies were unable to agree an agenda , continued until the end of the November . |
| 5 | It darted out in front of her , as sudden as quicksilver , as Lisa was driving her rusty old Mini towards the exit of the sunlit hotel car park . |
| 6 | Yes , the TQT system is well under way in INROADS and the benefits should become self evident as improvements are implemented . |
| 7 | User opinion , while not to be completely disregarded , is almost totally valueless in respect of performance as judgement is too often obscured by extraneous factors . |
| 8 | ‘ But as Colin is to me , so Maurice was to you . |
| 9 | As far as coverage is concerned , this comes out of the definition of the target group and the media available to reach it . |
| 10 | It moves to the right as text is typed and may increase in size in the selection ( highlighting ) of text for editing or for executing commands . |
| 11 | As text is dictated into a headset or lapel microphone , the program is trained to accept the speaker 's accent , analysing the speaker 's voice and displaying the text in a speech window . |
| 12 | As long as damage is not too severe , a modern repair system such as that offered by Sterling Roncraft can restore wood prior to redecorating , and protect it against any further attack . |
| 13 | In theory , as mass is the best sound insulation , it would seem that building a new brick wall alongside the party wall would make the best improvement . |
| 14 | This maternal influence on the housewife is likely to decline with age , experience and maturity , but , as far as marketers are concerned , its influence is strongest at a point in the couple 's life when heavy expenditure may be incurred to establish the " household " . |
| 15 | Frank remained standing as Carver was ushered with a wave of the hand to sit down . |
| 16 | As Meera is growing out her fringe , Caroline simply gave it more shape to tidy it up . |
| 17 | they 'll have a tough old game on their hands tomorrow as Colchester are playing well and getting results … |
| 18 | But as Consuelo is already kindly supervising here , we can give her another patient for the night . ’ |
| 19 | We lesser mortals who had been banished to such places as Wolverton were , however , less fortunate . |
| 20 | Girls as objects is yet another way in which girls and women in the book are treated pejoratively . |
| 21 | When release ceases , probably owing to a negative feedback effect of calcium , recovery occurs as calcium is pumped out of the cytoplasm ( by pumps on the plasma membrane and internal stores ) and the cell is ready to begin another cycle . |
| 22 | As malignancy is one of the rarest causes of menstrual disturbance the procedure is not helpful in the management of most women referred to gynaecologists . |
| 23 | So long as agriculture is an enterprise carried out in the open air , crops ( and therefore working capital ) will always be at risk . |
| 24 | So far as agriculture is concerned , the production group enables farmers to follow the principles of land consolidation and farm modernisation without the otherwise inevitable forcible retirement or migration . |
| 25 | As far as agriculture is concerned , Great Britain is the only country in Europe which has a research institute , the Hill Farming Research Organisation ( HFRO ) , with responsibility to investigate problems of food production in its less-favoured areas . |
| 26 | It is impossible to say how far this process will go , as agriculture is strongly influenced by a wide variety of external factors . |
| 27 | Although we do erm get some revenues from er import tariffs , as agriculture is increased its production and we 've become more self sufficient , right , we 're importing less , right so we get smaller and smaller tariffs right and tax payers pay erm y'know your V A T for example , where do you think your V A T's going ? |
| 28 | Well I think we 'll have to re-look at the whole question of village envelopes in certain cases , where it is decided that low cost housing is desirable , and see if in some way , they can encourage the farmer to make land available so that he can make some money which he badly needs at the moment , as agriculture 's going through one of the biggest depressions it 's been through for years . |
| 29 | The time constraints for decisions to be made are tight , as operators are required to give only six weeks ' notice of their intention to withdraw or change a service . |
| 30 | Many do not successfully complete this journey as anemones are often a limited resource on the reef and most of the fry are eaten by predators before they can reach protection . |