Example sentences of "[conj] as [noun] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some stations stood in the heart of thriving capital cities and teemed with life day and night ; others in desolate fastnesses , where as Dickens remarked of the remote New England depots , ‘ the wild impossibility of anybody having the smallest reason to get out is only equalled by the apparently desperate hopelessness of there being anybody to get in ’ . |
| 2 | Whether they believe in heaven and hell as places that physically exist with a geography of their own , or as concepts existing on the spiritual plane alone , this view holds good . |
| 3 | We may contrast with this the phrase semantic components , where the two interpretations are virtually indistinguishable ; it will be seen that this phrase will always come to the same thing in practical terms , whether we regard the components as being semantic , with ascriptive use of the adjective , or as components connected with semantics , taking the associative interpretation . |
| 4 | He was threatening to dis-honour anyone who refused to come over to him : in other words , the price of continued loyalty to Charles would be loss of estates granted by previous kings ( whether as benefices or as lands associated with office-holding ) . |
| 5 | The same press represents homosexuals as the corrupters of public morals , of children , the family , and even the armed forces ; or as deviants conveying to other aliens ( their external counterpart ) the state 's innermost secrets . |
| 6 | This chapter follows the COB Rules in referring to SFA members as dealing as principal or as agent depending on the circumstances . |
| 7 | Much of this material has ended up as the bedload of streams or as infill deposited along the valley bottoms . |
| 8 | Then we need to see that as Jesus prayed for it , it is possible for it to occur ! |
| 9 | This involves the channelling of policy initiatives upwards from lower levels so that as proposals move through the company they gather support leaving the final decision-maker with the simple task of confirming the agreed consensus . |
| 10 | It is interesting to note that as unemployment fell from 14 per cent in January 1986 to 7 per cent in January 1989 the disparities between the regions actually increased . |
| 11 | Based on these findings , and on those by Villanova et al showing that : ( i ) patients with multiple primary stones tend to develop multiple recurrent stones while those who originally had solitary stones tend to develop single stone recurrence ; and ( ii ) the recurrence rate in those who initially had solitary stones is only one third of that in patients who originally had multiple stones , we can predict that as patients selected for extra corporeal shock wave dissolution mainly have solitary stones , the recurrence rate after lithotripsy should be lower than that reported here . |
| 12 | It is not surprising that as opera spread over Europe it tended to preserve its original language , resisting the various vernaculars . |
| 13 | Mabel Peacock suggests ( Folklore 15 , 1944 ) that as Stamford lay at the junction of Rutland , Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire , perhaps ‘ the men of these shires anciently met by the Welland to observe the traditional rites intended to secure the prosperity of their territories ’ . |
| 14 | It is also worth noting that as rates rise in the money markets equities by comparison may be seen in a less favourable light , and if this produces a greater level of uncertainty about prices , options combined with the money markets may constitute a refuge for those investors wishing to avoid such doubts . |
| 15 | The theory of demographic transition suggests that as nations move towards maturity that the decline in death rates , occasioned by higher living standards , will be followed by a decline in birth rates to a more or less similar level . |
| 16 | Some modern parents would be horrified at this ritual but my mother had the strong belief that as death comes to all , the sooner you learnt about it the better . |
| 17 | Ironically , the fresh agitation which started on Dec. 6 was based around a programme of satyragraha ( peaceful protest ) so that as violence erupted in other parts of the country , Ayodhya itself remained relatively calm . |
| 18 | From eqn ( 9.4 ) it is quite clear that as r tends toward rO then t tends to infinity . |
| 19 | It is obvious that as r decreases below the equilibrium bond distance and the atoms ‘ penetrate ’ each other , the potential energy must increase dramatically so that some singular behavior ( in the mathematical sense ) must occur before r reaches zero . |
| 20 | Observers noted that Georgy Khizha and Vladimir Shumeiko did not attend , although as ministers brought into the government from the defence industry sector in May [ see p. 38923 ] they were thought to support the interest group represented at the conference . |
| 21 | Many groups have entirely disappeared except as blood mixed with immigrant blacks and whites , but some tribes resisted , to the despair of well-wishers imbued with the inevitability of Euro-Christian civilization . |
| 22 | The bright sunlight had straightened the ball 's flight-path , and as Gower fed on the short balls and what he converted into half-volleys , there were fleeting thoughts of a century before lunch , such was his willingness to go after runs . |
| 23 | The post-war commitment to full-employment increased their bargaining power ; the strike weapon in the context of a complex and interdependent economy meant that they could exert considerable pressure " through their capacity to disrupt and delay ; and as inflation came to be seen as the problem ( and as a problem caused by " excessive " wages demands backed by strikes ) so trade unions found themselves in a new position of strategic importance and power . |
| 24 | The frosts and lack of plant growth will serve to make molehills stand out more , and as moles thrive in light soils , their mounds are a good source of clean local earth for potting up a floral arrangement or a small tree . |
| 25 | And as Owen reflected on Yussuf , and on the effects of shame , the glimmerings of an idea began to come to him . |
| 26 | All day long the murky weather had held over the River Thames and as night closed in the February fog swirled out into the narrow cobbled lanes and backstreets of Bermondsey . |
| 27 | And as Fabia gasped at the implication she saw behind that statement Lubor was going on , ‘ It is I who asks you , for myself . |
| 28 | I can sill see in my own mind the ball knocking down the middle stump , and as Hearne walked past Lowry he said , ‘ This is quite unfair , Mr Lowry . ’ ’ |
| 29 | The unnerving grey-green eyes narrowed slightly , and as Tara appeared with a tray he gestured for Virginia to sit at the table , his gaze not leaving her as she reluctantly did so . |
| 30 | She was standing on the drive , reaching the end of a discussion about a kitchen order with Leif , and as Vitor climbed from the car she felt herself grow tense . |