Example sentences of "[adj] as it [is] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | As with all COBUILD materials , the emphasis is on English as it is really used today , drawing on the evidence of the COBUILD corpus devised by Professor John Sinclair 's English Language Research team in the University 's School of English . |
| 2 | Of all Edward 's legislation , three pieces particularly affected the church : the statutes De Viris Religiosis , or Mortmain as it is commonly called , Circumspecte Agatis , and Westminster II , chapter 41 . |
| 3 | The label is awkward as it is also used loosely of anything inspiring a sense of inexplicable awe and mystery , however vaguely , or anyone thus moved . |
| 4 | So the English village is neither as immemorial nor as unchanging as it is conventionally believed to be . |
| 5 | There 's nothing , it seems , that ca n't be turned into a salad as long as it is properly dressed . |
| 6 | Caletti 's admirable attempt at removing fear , ignorance , and stigma from sexual topics is tempered slightly by his view that prostitution is ‘ disgusting ’ and that masturbation is not harmful as long as it is not indulged in more than twice a month ( my italics ) . |
| 7 | The notion of educational ‘ stages ’ is useful as long as it is not interpreted too rigidly or schematically ( Squires 1989a ) . |
| 8 | In other words science is seen by Parsons to be free from social determination as long as it is not penetrated by secondary selectivity or ‘ ideology ’ . |
| 9 | Obviously in many cases the car is a ‘ family car ’ and as long as it is generally used for the benefit of the disabled person it can be treated as any normal family car . |
| 10 | However , the guard can be loosened and repositioned for particularly awkward jobs , as long as it is fully retightened . |
| 11 | All said top businessmen deserved their success , ‘ as long as it 's not inherited ’ . |
| 12 | I love to see water , as long as it 's not dripping down walls , and Vince 's sitting room juts out over the Thames . |
| 13 | As long as it 's not going near your sleeve it does n't matter . |
| 14 | As long as it 's not to make a rabbit 's costume . |
| 15 | Anything you do is accepted as long as it 's not interfering with children . |
| 16 | No I do n't mind as long as it 's not wiped off . |
| 17 | CORNED BEEF : As long as it 's not infected with botulism ( which is pretty rare ) , corned beef is sterile from the tin and so it 's unusual to find high bug counts . |
| 18 | But they sho er er er , it 's good to have and sharing it but I but I , but I , I personally feel as long as it 's well monitored within the within the district council in the event of a minister not being able to be there then er a reco , er som , a recognised person to . |
| 19 | In accounts that were given of first meetings we find that the situation is often important as it is usually mentioned . |
| 20 | It is possible that our finding of inappropriate staining with anti-B , and to a lesser extent anti-A , antibodies reflects non-specific binding of the antibodies to carbohydrate epitopes in biliary cells and hepatocytes , although this seems unlikely as it is not seen in other cells . |
| 21 | Full length waders are essential as it is generally accepted that the best depth to work is knee to waist deep . |
| 22 | This assumption is not tenable as it is now recognised that the unstimulated output of prostacyclin by blood vessels is low ( reviewed by Dollery et al , 1983 ) . |