Example sentences of "[to-vb] as [pers pn] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ What makes Worsdale 's work so interesting to you ? ’ he wanted to know as they walked through the gallery , passing among the tourists and the students and the other visitors . |
| 2 | UI and X/Open were due to meet as we went to press . |
| 3 | If we fail to do so , economic policies will remain more show than substance and the unemployed , the low-paid and others on low incomes , as well as manufacturing industries and small businesses , will continue to suffer as we lurch from one recession to the next . |
| 4 | It may be that none of these incidents , taken by itself , would be very significant , but the cumulative effect of them supports the view that the plaintiff and her husband subordinated their own interests to the wishes of the deceased … the plaintiff 's acts went well beyond what was called for by natural love and affection for someone to whom she had no blood relationship , and both she and her husband made it very clear in their evidence that there was no great love and affection between her husband and the deceased , and that he was only willing to pay for meals that the plaintiff provided for the deceased and to work as he did in the garden of the cottage because of the expectation that the deceased 's estate would in due course pass to the plaintiff . |
| 5 | In turn , these two characteristics permit hierarchy to meet four of any organization 's fundamental needs : to add real value to work as it moves through the organization , to identify and nail down accountability at each stage of the value-adding process , to place people with the necessary competence at each organizational layer , and to build a general consensus and acceptance of the managerial structure that achieves these ends . |
| 6 | Eddery had been ‘ seen briefly , ’ but refused to comment as he left for Kempton 's evening meeting . |
| 7 | However , new things were to come as we departed on the tiny ferry to Værøy , the penultimate island in the Lofoten chain . |
| 8 | For a moment she thought he was n't going to answer as he stared at his glass , then slowly he raised his eyes to hers . |
| 9 | ( This belligerent insistence on Washington 's right to behave as it chose in the interests of US ‘ security ’ must have aggravated Cuban fears . ) |
| 10 | Rain told him she had a better one and he went with her to listen as she talked to Riley and the lawyer , Wilmot , about the prison release dates . |
| 11 | On parents ' evening/parents ' consultation sessions it 's a good idea to invite neighbouring schools serving other phases to send displays of photographs , children 's work , brochures , prospectuses etc to be arranged for the parents to view as they pass through the school during the evening . |
| 12 | This is the sort of thing we want to discuss as we go through each of the areas which we shall do under matter one C. |
| 13 | Her teeth began to rattle as she stared at him , transfixed . |
| 14 | I do not know what to do and sneak looks at everyone else , while the ‘ real ’ campers pause to stare as we sit on Karrimats eating supper . |
| 15 | Taylor added : ‘ Nigel will be asked to play as he does for his club , his normal game . |
| 16 | Well , he now has his stepmother to thank for the beautiful house that has been restored to look as it did in the 18th century . |
| 17 | She still wanted to look as she did in waking life , but there were improvements she could make . |
| 18 | British industry is well placed to grow as we recover from the recession . |
| 19 | This idea of flexibility applies as much to exercise as it does to food . |
| 20 | The thought gave her a pain , yet she forced herself to smile as she said in a steady voice , ‘ I hope you 'll both be very happy . ’ |
| 21 | He was trying to joke but he was unable to smile as he looked at the old cow . |
| 22 | But such speculation is very difficult to predict as it depends on often highly volatile expectations . |
| 23 | May I thank the Prime Minister for allowing his Ministers to vote as they wish on the Wild Mammals ( Protection ) Bill on Friday 14 February , St. Valentine 's day ? |
| 24 | Mandy had begun to whistle as she worked on Charity 's hair . |
| 25 | But in the future a diverse ecology will only be able to coexist with an efficient agriculture within the context of a planned land-use strategy , and such an attempt to resolve the various and conflicting demands on the countryside can not be successful without farmers surrendering at least some of their freedom of action to do as they wish with their own land . |
| 26 | It is by no means clear how farmers would react to any system which threatened to control their freedom to do as they please with their own land . |
| 27 | They passed an Emergency Powers Act which , under the guise of doing anything they felt necessary to ‘ relieve the distress of the people ’ , allowed them to do as they pleased without resorting to the Volkstag for authority . |
| 28 | Since Paul 's departure — she grimaced at the memory — Dinah had been able to do as she liked with it , and she liked to have objects about her that reminded her of herself . |
| 29 | It 's a hard fact of life , but a landlord must be free to do as he likes with his own land . |
| 30 | A general principle in the employment field was laid down in Printers and Finishers Ltd v Holloway [ 1964 ] 3 All ER 731 where Cross J said that employees are prohibited from using information which " can fairly be regarded as a separate part of the employee 's stock of knowledge which a man of ordinary honesty and intelligence would recognise to be the property of his old employer and not his own to do as he likes with " . |