Example sentences of "[adv] as [noun] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sean watched admiringly as Paddy went to the side to read the Gospel from the Mass Missal , making the sign of the cross on the book , his forehead , lips and heart , saying , ‘ Gloria tibi , Domine . ’ |
| 2 | In this way he would , much as Darwin had during the voyage of the Beagle , remain in the public eye all the time he was away . |
| 3 | ‘ Diamonds , ’ he announced thoughtfully as Samuel emerged from the parlour into Nuckell 's Place . |
| 4 | Because the cake is covered in buttercream it will not keep so long as cakes made with fondant , so eat it fairly soon after it is made . |
| 5 | And of his views in the 1840s he wrote : " We were now much less democrats than I had been , because so long as education continues to be so wretchedly imperfect , we dreaded the ignorance and especially the selfishness and brutality of the mass … " ( p. 138 ) |
| 6 | For as long as U remains above NAIRU , inflation should be falling . |
| 7 | Competition for limited resources is an inevitable feature of life so long as reproduction occurs in the context of finite supplies . |
| 8 | So long as newspapers remain in awe of political authority , they are beyond criticism ; once they challenge that authority , they suffer the full force of its reaction . |
| 9 | On Feb. 6 the US Secretary of State James Baker announced that the US administration would delay submitting the CFE treaty to Congress for ratification so long as questions remained about Soviet compliance with the treaty . |
| 10 | Butenko called in particular for the establishment of a socialist civil society , based upon a wide dispersal of ownership ( so long as workers depended upon their employers , even under public ownership , they could never become the agents of their own destiny ) . |
| 11 | I never say my work is going to last a long time — usually five to ten years , though obviously the smaller pieces which are kept inside last as long as people look after them . |
| 12 | So long as demand stays at 1,000 units , no net investment will take place . |
| 13 | He did not expect domestic coal supplies to be insulated from world price trends — especially as government grants to the National Coal Board will have to rise over the next few years . |
| 14 | This is , however , extremely uncertain , especially as evidence relating to this aspect of Osiris , as opposed to his role as a fertility god , is so meagre before the end of the Old Kingdom . |
| 15 | The growth of executive power at the expense of legislative authority has been widely recognized as another feature of capitalism affecting bureaucracy , especially as capitalism moves through its monopoly phase , or as the class struggle intensifies and threatens the process of capital accumulattion . |
| 16 | At present approximately 50 per cent of the SSL 's purchase grant is spent on periodicals ; this proportion will rise annually as prices increase without a matching increase in the purchase grant . |
| 17 | Recipe maker allows you to enter and store all your recipes so as time goes on it will become even easier just to highlight the meals needed for the week . |
| 18 | So as time goes by everything will cost more . |
| 19 | At its lowest level , the beakers could be seen merely as souvenirs bought at the markets , which sprang up round the arenas and race-tracks at festival times . |
| 20 | He admits : ‘ The verdict was such a shock , but it 's only as time goes by you realise what the implications are . |
| 21 | He was using the opportunity to denounce the British as well as the Copts , bracketing them together as Christians combining against true believers . |
| 22 | The faint murmur of voices could be heard from inside as Jennifer talked to the nurse . |
| 23 | Sharpe caught her eye for a second , then turned away as Lucille ran to him . |
| 24 | She stared at him hopelessly for a fraction of a second and then she looked away as tears sprang into her eyes . |
| 25 | As time passes C t increases to ω and this period of temporary imitation dwindles away as play tends to the full information limit . |
| 26 | Armies from Sweden and Spain , France , the Netherlands and from as far away as Transylvania contended for superiority . |
| 27 | Police stand guard , not to keep people out but to ensure nothing is taken away as investigators sift through secret files , looking for evidence of official misdeeds . |
| 28 | Laughing , Niall swept her effortlessly from her feet , returning the kiss measure for measure , and Lindsey had to look away as jealousy seared through her like a forest fire out of control . |
| 29 | Today , cynics would say that a building contract never has the chance of being put away as disputes start from the moment it comes into operation . |
| 30 | She squeezed his shoulder comfortingly and stepped away as Eddie reappeared with a cloth wrapped bundle . |