Example sentences of "as [pron] be [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not all the congratulatory letters were complimentary , but I 'm just as grateful to those who took me to task or argued with me or lectured me as I am to those who gave me a kind pat . |
| 2 | ‘ I am as sure of it as I am of this water . ’ |
| 3 | Almost as frightened as I am of this gang . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Well , considering I 'm working as hard as I am with all the stress involved , I think I 'm probably very fit . ’ |
| 5 | We were conservative in our working habits , Emily Lightbody and I , as I am in much else . |
| 6 | Nevertheless , as long as I am in this world I remain a sinner , still capable of letting him down . |
| 7 | ‘ I must say , ’ answered the pregnant girl , ‘ that I had never expected to be as tired by anything as I was during those awful nights in the Blitz when sleep seemed something one would never have again — but this is worse ! ’ |
| 8 | I had never been so tempted to hit any man as I was at that moment . |
| 9 | Strenuous laybacking for 40 feet or so brings better holds , allowing exhilaratingly steep bridging , and the whole rope will have run out by the time you pull onto the platform at the top , all too soon for the fit , but thankfully for the tired or those leading at their limit , as I was on this occasion . |
| 10 | Full of admiration as I was for these brave , sturdy survivors , it was kidneys I was now interested in . |
| 11 | But fascinated as I was by these aquatic birds , I longed to see the falcons and owls I 'd seen at the zoo flying free , and this is a rare occurrence . |
| 12 | Once again , I 'm stuck , as trapped as I was in that tree — and I do n't think a well-timed lightning bolt from Lil will spring me this time . |
| 13 | As soon as I 'm over this bit , we 'll just melt away in the fog one morning and send everybody postcards . |
| 14 | Is it strange going thousands of miles away to Australia and finding out that you 're as known there as you are on this island ? |
| 15 | If we if they were n't as quick as you are like that working that out what you could try is say well I 've given them one each there 's the four people one two three four right you 've all got a whole one so you can start eating that while I sort out how I 'm gon na share this out . |
| 16 | ‘ As long as you are in this shoddy squadron , there are certain words you will not use . |
| 17 | Astonished as she was by this bitter description of the home she loved , Louisa kept her voice gentle . |
| 18 | She was an enterprising cook , as she was in all things , and fed her family well . |
| 19 | … ’ bit once the sun and beer has gone to the head and we 're talking as we are after this weekend severe overcooking . |
| 20 | Now if we took this view about parental investment theory , it would immediately erm concentrate our attention if we 're talking about human beings as we are in this course on er one critical factor which er is astonishingly important and that is er body fat . |
| 21 | But when we 're dealing as we are in this case , with fraud , then clearly there has to be regulations , there has to be er primary legislation er so that was the point I 'm making but as I say , it 's not just me , it 's the stock exchange , the S I B , all of them believe that we need a single enforcement body to look at these matters and I do wish perhaps the minister does but the government must acc eople and a number of ople obviously with a number of traumas and a number of di exploit the different rules and regulations and to get through them because they know they are never going to be caught and the little chance of being prosecuted and even if they are prosecuted er then the chances of being convicted are remote and even if they are convicted I 'm afraid that the judicial shi system shows er that the worst they can expect is a few hours mowing the grass in front of an old folks home or perhaps a few months er in the country residence , albeit owned by Her Majesty . |
| 22 | Conditioned as we are by such great Lieder writers as Schubert , Schumann , Brahms and Wold , Mendelssohn 's songs have been neglected because of their conservatism and often , it must be admitted , superficiality . |
| 23 | I should say at this point that the channel 1 ‘ clip ’ indicator on this example does n't work , although you ca n't blame the British distributors , as we were in such a rush to lay hands on the Acousticube that they did n't have time to check it ( also , pushing the Line/Mic button on channel 2 produces a large bang through the speaker ) . |
| 24 | There are various ways about that as there are with many road schemes er where there are structure plan policies for a particular scheme and there are arrows on key diagrams , there are many ways of getting from A to B er they are not er in terms of outer and inner , they are going from the same A to B. They they start and finish at the same locations , it is just a different way of getting from A to B. Which quite properly as I understand it would be a matter for debate er either at the local plan or if a planning application is made er earlier than that er then at a at a planning enquiry into the specific road proposal . |
| 25 | It is true that there are some fringe benefits available to farm workers ( as there are for many occupational groups ) , but their value amounted to only an estimated £1 per week for free food and a net £2 per week for low-rent tied cottages ( Brown and Winyard 1975 ) . |
| 26 | These appear to be a stylised cornice pattern , i.e. a partial or simplified representation of the pattern which encloses the central square in mosaic B. There are no hooked leaves in the former — as there are in that of mosaic B — and those which are " erect " do not have the long , thin stem of their more elaborate counterparts . |
| 27 | By way of a reminder that there are apparently religious connotations , as there are in that December festival , there will be a special service next week in Masham Methodist Church . |
| 28 | Bishop Konstant told the TV reporter : ‘ It is an area where there are great needs , as there are in many parts of Leeds , great social needs — but I think the publicity it has been getting recently is quite unbalanced and it is a good thing to see another side to it . |
| 29 | Is the Foreign Secretary awarere is a case for feeding people who are starving in Russia , as there is for those who are starving in Africa and Latin America countries ? |
| 30 | Again there is a corresponding mean , as there is with all of these measures . |