Example sentences of "[coord] as [noun] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 ) . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | This chapter follows the COB Rules in referring to SFA members as dealing as principal or as agent depending on the circumstances . |
| 6 | Much of this material has ended up as the bedload of streams or as infill deposited along the valley bottoms . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | And as Owen reflected on Yussuf , and on the effects of shame , the glimmerings of an idea began to come to him . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | And as Fabia gasped at the implication she saw behind that statement Lubor was going on , ‘ It is I who asks you , for myself . |
| 13 | 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 . ’ ’ |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | The intersection of the AD and AS curves shown in Fig. 13 illustrates a long-run equilibrium position in the neo-classical model . |
| 17 | And as England found to their cost only last month , it is an ideal which still thrives on the Continent , Norway 's equaliser coming as it did from a 30-yard out-of-the-blue effort . |
| 18 | The feed pipe is fixed at the throat and as water flows from the tap the suction draws up chemical from the drum to mix with the water . |
| 19 | And as Pete emerged by the rocky edge of the water , he saw her . |
| 20 | For a chain molecule composed of a large number of segments , movement of the complete molecule depends on the co-operative movement of all the segments , and as stress-relaxation depends on the number of ways the molecule can regain its most probable conformation , each possible co-ordinated movement is treated as a mode of motion with a characteristic relaxation time . |
| 21 | The sun caught her dazzling hair , and as Edouard sprang to his feet she smiled at him . |
| 22 | if , if Freud 's theory of the group is correct , that it 's centred on the leader playing the super role then the presumably the leader could exhort members of the group to act better than they normally would , because after all one of the super leader 's functions is to set the goals for the ego and to give the the goal , the ego something to aspire to so er and as Joy mentioned in her papers and I 'm trying to remind you of , y you , you said that quoting Freud if you recall that , that , that Freud says and I think he , he , he repeats this from the also made the same observation that in a group or a crowd people can act a lot worse than they normally would , they can be more destructive , primitive erm and er more governed by their erm base emotions as it were , but equally in a crowd people can act better than they normally would . |
| 23 | The interesting thing , just in passing , that particular time of the year was not actually harvest time , and as Jesus looked over the harvest field it was n't the harvest field that was ripened corn , it was actually full of green shoots , and it is the harvest now is ripe , it 's plenteous because he was n't talking about that , he was talking about men and women . |
| 24 | All went according to plan and as Jesus came into view Zacchaeus could see him clearly . |
| 25 | I pull the Daily Telegraph out of my coat pocket and as Dixie explained to me I point to an article on the front page . |
| 26 | Here were two superior intellects — " Cocky " with a vast Air Force-trained mind ( and as Bennett quoted in Pathfinder " … an energetic and conscientious man … no Air Force officer with more zeal … a magnificent-brain … " ) and I , as one who basked in the favour of them both , fully endorsed these views . |
| 27 | Tranmere now were not only confident but cocky , and as Spurs deteriorated into a formation as ragged as a returning Battle of Britain squadron it was the Third Division side who found space and time . |
| 28 | Following expansion overseas and as recession deepened in 1989 , the group folded . |
| 29 | And as things stood in 1558 , she could still afford to wait ; for the Protestants , whatever their renewed fervour within Scotland , still had no support from outside , and without such support their chances of success remained remote . |
| 30 | And as Swindon found to their cost , it 's what happens after that matters . |