Example sentences of "[noun prp] as [pron] is [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nearer to hand , you can also see steeply down 2,500 feet from the Col d'Aspin into the broad valley of the river Aure — the Neste d'Aure as it is called , neste here replacing gave as the local designation for a river . |
| 2 | He did this by contrasting Jesus with Socrates as he is described in Plato 's dialogues . |
| 3 | Piggott is comforted by leading American jockey Eddie Delahoussaye as he is stretchered into an ambulance after his horrific fall from ill-fated Mr Brooks in the Breeders ' Cup . |
| 4 | The teachers need to be informed about the aims and content of foreign language teaching in the UK as it is controlled at present by exams such as GCSE and in the future by the National Curriculum . |
| 5 | Candles are special to Sam as he is allowed to blow out the altar candles after Mass at church . |
| 6 | Yes its Orange Walk season , when we are invited to rejoice in celebrating the victory of King William of Orange ( or Good King Billy as he is known in some circles ) at the Battle of the Boyne . |
| 7 | Christianity is about following Christ as He is portrayed in the Bible . |
| 8 | He was convinced that , in the words of the Barmen Declaration which he with others drafted in May 1934 in opposition to the German Christians , ‘ Jesus Christ as he is attested to us in Holy Scripture is the one Word of God , which we have to hear , and which we have to trust and obey in life and in death . ’ |
| 9 | It was noted that the rising of the Nile occurred when the last star to appear on the horizon , before dawn obscures all stars , was the dog star Sothis , or Sirius as it is known to us . |
| 10 | END OF THE ROAD : It was Fun while it lasted — but now it 's all over for downcast David Mellor as he is driven away from Westminster after announcing his resignation |
| 11 | Older Kashmiri women stick to the traditional Kashmiri form where the Kamiz ( or the Kurta as it is called in Kashmir ) is rather long , usually with a distinct waist , and the trousers are full , almost bulbous , with a deep and stiff cuff at the ankle . |
| 12 | Siemens has licensed SoftBench as it is incorporated in the Toolbus environment from Informix ; Encapsulator , a tool for adding software products to the SoftBench and Toolbus environment for integration of tools supplied by independent software vendors or users ; and the C++ Developer software construction and browsing tool used for object-oriented programming in C++ . |
| 13 | SNI may well be involved at this stage too — it already has a licence to HP 's SoftBench as it is implemented in Informix 's ToolBus , going back to June this year ( UX No 388 ) . |
| 14 | Cam is denied the colour and glamour of Barbados as he is kept at work on a tally of the cargo as it is landed : later , a talk with the captain helps him to see this and other causes for resentment in a different light . |