Example sentences of "as [pers pn] is [adv] [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | Her Frenchness , and whiteness , seem very much under threat as she is always surrounded by Africans , and Africa . |
2 | The text implies that Veronica has tea separately from John as she is still fed by her mother . |
3 | Rather than once again review the authorities in chronological order , therefore , I propose to encapsulate their effect in a number of propositions which can , I believe , be so stated as to reflect the law as it is presently understood with a reasonable degree of accuracy . |
4 | I should like my hon. Friend the Minister to imagine the effect of the Bill as it is presently drafted on the preserved and private railways . |
5 | 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 . |
6 | So the English village is neither as immemorial nor as unchanging as it is conventionally believed to be . |
7 | But the Army is making war not because of any fanatical nationalism , nor , as it is frequently accused of doing , out of ideological fanaticism . |
8 | Standard controls are a single wheel on a fixed left-side-only or throw-over yoke pivoting fore-and-aft on a centreline pillar ; but as it is partly intended for training G-DHCB has twin control wheels at either end of a Y-shaped structure . |
9 | It would have been parochial of us not to have mentioned it as it is still used in many other countries . |
10 | As it is occasionally covered by the sea this sand is not compact so that at times we could walk fairly comfortably , but at other times we sank in unexpectedly , which broke up our rhythm and made us tired and frustrated . |
11 | By this time , Edinburgh had emerged as the recognized centre of " the Female Question " ( as it is always known in the union literature ) . |
12 | Then , finally , came the biggest task of all — ‘ coping with the aftermath ’ , as it is euphemistically described on the help form . |
13 | HyperSparc is Cypress ' Mbus-compatible alternative to the Texas Instruments Inc superscalar SuperSparc chip ( or Viking as it is often referred to ) , which Sun Microsystems Inc is using in its new generation of Sparcstation 10 systems . |
14 | The possibility of conflict is reduced because of the expectation of the continued availability of the increment to avoid the questioning of the existing budget ( or baseline as it is often referred to ) . |
15 | As it is often undertaken by senior pastoral staff , it could be argued that calculating the percentages every week is not the most effective use of their time . |
16 | Strauss 's annotations of Hofmannsthal 's libretto are discussed in detail , as is the harmonic structure of the opera which Gilliam identifies as tonal , thus supporting others ' views that Strauss 's next opera , Der Rosenkavalier , was not such a change of tack as it is often represented to be . |
17 | The benefits of this are dubious , specially as it is often used for electoral purposes with destabilising inflationary effects for the domestic economy . |
18 | How children sometimes experience learning difficulties because they can not cope with the specialist language of science , as it is often used in books or by teachers . |
19 | Language delay is one of the most important areas to check as it is highly correlated with behaviour problems and later reading difficulties at school ( Stevenson 1985 ) . |
20 | This gave the BDN , as it is commonly referred to , the chance of reaching a readership beyond the ranks of the BDDA , and the new paper under its editor Kenneth McDougall , the BDDA 's Chairman , took full advantage of this opportunity . |
21 | As for the meaning of dependent conditionals , it is possible and perhaps necessary to say of them , as it is commonly said of " if " statements of various kinds , that they are to be taken as primitive , in the sense of not being open to analytical definition or reductive analysis . |
22 | What is missing is the sense of the reality of childhood as it is directly experienced by children . |
23 | This is not , as it is sometimes believed to be , a matter of crude protectionism ; it is a measure of Japanese difference , and has to be recognized as such . |
24 | Section 61 empowers the SIB ( by virtue of delegated powers conferred on the Secretary of State ) to apply to the court for , inter alia , a restitution order ( or , as it is sometimes referred to , a ‘ disgorgement order ’ ) requiring any firm who infringes , inter alia , the SIB 's conduct of business rules , to disgorge their profits . |
25 | This is , perhaps , the closest that social science has come to pure " empiricism " or , as it is sometimes referred to , " vulgar fact gathering " . |
26 | Is this a very one-sided picture , as it is sometimes claimed to be ? |
27 | The British Mesozoic Committee ( who concerned themselves with such matters ) therefore found it impossible to accept the stratotype concept as it is usually proclaimed on the continent . |
28 | There is a genuine difference of opinion between the experts on whether statementing , as it is now applied in sixth-form schools but not in further education colleges , is a desirable tool . |
29 | The excellent graphics and animation sequences keep them interested to the end , especially if you have a soundblaster card as well as it is now supported with this program . |
30 | It may have had a more sinister purpose later , as it is now known as The Whipping Stone . |