Example sentences of "[noun pl] [prep] [noun] [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | A flower or tree might well be said to show signs of distress much as an athlete might unwittingly show symptoms of it , although it would be inappropriate to describe a watch in that way . |
| 2 | It is perhaps more appropriate to regard the personal/subjective and objective forms of discourse merely as different forms of textual practice : putting " voice " into text is just a stylistic convention . |
| 3 | Lying in bed at dawn on Tuesday morning at Swans ' Meadow , she felt the stirrings of grief more as a physical process than a mental one . |
| 4 | His expert knowledge of classical history was sharpened by a deep interest in Indian law based upon his years of service there as a senior legal official . |
| 5 | For another five years work , so I served five years in Germany too as a , as a miner . |
| 6 | ‘ Since most experts seem to preclude a major upturn in energy prices before the end of the century , we may have to develop a combination of policies and taxes to stimulate the market for improvements in efficiency now as insurance against disruptions from climate change later . ’ |
| 7 | These households have higher median levels of RNR mainly as a result of the income from paid employment of one or more of these younger household members . |
| 8 | As a safeguard , the Bank of Italy 's rules are likely to allow banks to take stakes in industry only as the strength of their balance sheets and the depth of their merchant-banking experience permit . |
| 9 | I stress that point because the fashionable view of some London-based political commentators is that regional government has become popular among Labour party members in England only as a response to the position in Scotland . |
| 10 | Oxford schoolchildren have been taking a peek behind the scenes at Sainsburys today as part of the Green Consumer Day . |