Example sentences of "as [pron] [is] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I suppose Mum should know , as she 's always saying it only seems like yesterday that she was young . |
| 2 | ‘ I 've carved Maeve from hazel , as she 's sometimes known as the Hazel Queen , ’ Quirke continued . |
| 3 | As she is now studying fell-time for the Ministry , she resigned from the post at the end of October , 1991 , and we have appointed another worker , Mrs . |
| 4 | And if her husband comes back , as he is apparently hinting he might , or if she moves , or gets a job , as she is always threatening to do if he does n't , or if my colleagues in the DSS find out that I am paying her , then even this hopeless arrangement will come to an end and I shall be back to the agencies and the advertisements , back to the interviews and the references , back to strangers in the house . |
| 5 | Her Frenchness , and whiteness , seem very much under threat as she is always surrounded by Africans , and Africa . |
| 6 | We have been without this issue as she is still receiving the last of her treatment from Charing Cross Hospital . |
| 7 | The text implies that Veronica has tea separately from John as she is still fed by her mother . |
| 8 | Kanga , as she is better known , was an ex-girlfriend and has remained a trusted friend . |
| 9 | However , she is prepared to relax her views as she is currently looking for an accountant who is willing to do her books in return for , er , payment in kind . |
| 10 | She has two children under five and has just £50 to spend as she is currently paying off a social fund loan . |
| 11 | Her first record shows her to be as musical as she is technically accomplished . |
| 12 | If all goes well , Beech Road will start at 2-1 or less at Cheltenham as there is no mistaking his superiority . |
| 13 | As it is thereby illustrated and developed its implications should clarify . |
| 14 | Plasticine is a good medium for supporting all sizes of specimen as it is easily moulded and re-used . |
| 15 | If so , make a note on your file accordingly , as it is easily overlooked and your buyer client could end up being asked to pay that particular figure twice unless it is taken into account either at exchange of contracts or on completion . |
| 16 | The issue of ‘ reprivatisation ’ , as it is quaintly termed , is also politically sensitive , and the Polish Sejm has been throwing it back and forth across the Chamber like a hot potato . |
| 17 | This position is not heterodox so far as relinquo ( or , as it is here expressed , dimitto ) is concerned : Section i argued that the problem with it is precisely that it attributes property directly to a beneficiary rather than vesting it in a trustee . |
| 18 | This is enough in itself to make us want to reject conditioned attention theory as it is presently formulated . |
| 19 | Most surprising of all , it has demonstrated that the scientific method , as it is presently formulated , is not adequate to explain even the physical universe , let alone human beings and their psyches . |
| 20 | Likewise , further development of Open Look as it is presently constituted is being discontinued , although there will be a new release in the Autumn incorporating the COSE specifications and X-Windows X11R5 . |
| 21 | It is certain that we have to devise ways to move beyond antiracism as it is presently constituted . |
| 22 | Rather than once again review the authorities in chronological order , therefore , I propose to encapsulate their effect in a number of propositions which can , I believe , be so stated as to reflect the law as it is presently understood with a reasonable degree of accuracy . |
| 23 | Similarly , gender neutrality which is theoretically desirable might in practice have little to commend it if introduced into the law of rape as it is presently constructed . |
| 24 | I should like my hon. Friend the Minister to imagine the effect of the Bill as it is presently drafted on the preserved and private railways . |
| 25 | Though not all laws are enforced with equal vigour , criminal law defines crime as it is officially recognized . |
| 26 | Desktop Sunergy Classics will run a 50MHz Tsunami ( or MicroSparc as it is officially known ( UX No 406 ) ) , and are rated at 22.6 SPECint(92) , 17.4 SPECfp(92) and around 14 MFLOPS . |
| 27 | In February The Smiths released ‘ Hatful Of Hollow Part Two ’ or , as it is officially entitled , ‘ The World Wo n't Listen ’ . |
| 28 | While Mr Patiño may well be selling to simplify his life after he moves into his new London residence , Mrs Johnson 's reasons for selling are much more controversial , as it is generally believed that the heiress has not paid for the celebrated Badminton Cabinet which she bought at Christie 's , London , in July 1990 for a record £7.6 million ( $15.2 million ) . |
| 29 | Full length waders are essential as it is generally accepted that the best depth to work is knee to waist deep . |
| 30 | … the paradigm of development as it is generally understood is not suited to explaining change in mature organisms . |