Example sentences of "as [v-ing] [conj] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He recovered sufficiently to make love once more before they went to bed , but it was n't as frantic or as demanding and he fell asleep afterwards on the sofa . |
| 2 | The association of thrust faulting on the margins of the Tibetan Plateau with normal faulting in its highest regions has been interpreted as suggesting that it has attained its maximum elevation , and that consequently it is tending to grow outwards rather than increase in altitude . |
| 3 | John Major did not publicly denounce Mr Churchill , but went as far as hinting that he disapproved . |
| 4 | By next morning I 'd only got as far as realising that I had to talk you round . ’ |
| 5 | The encounter could be read as establishing that he has been silly , while clearing him of a certain … imputation . |
| 6 | It quoted him as saying that " if the Iraqis had given a positive response to our call sooner , the situation would be different now " , but also as adding that it had become " evident " that " the USA and its allies are pursuing wider aims than Iraq 's withdrawal from Kuwait " . |
| 7 | Your special on the future of Microsoft ( May 22nd ) quotes Nathan Myhrvold as saying that we need an advance on ‘ smearing ink across dead trees . ’ |
| 8 | And here people can operate erm have that sort of segregationist attitudes , but that 's not the same as as saying that they had sort of hostile feelings . |
| 9 | Members of the Islamic Nahdah movement ( Mouvement de la renaissance ) , led by Rachid Ghanouchi , were reported as saying that they had not put up candidates because of the government 's continued refusal officially to recognise the party . |
| 10 | Officials from the fifth chemical weapons inspection team [ see p. 38548 ] , which completed its mission on Nov. 5 , were reported on Nov. 12 as saying that they had found Scud missiles fitted with crudely made chemical warheads . |
| 11 | European observers were reported as saying that they had witnessed no serious problems during voting but did not comment on the claim of fraud after the close of stations . |
| 12 | The non-profit Open Software Foundation in Cambridge , Massachusetts has been quoted in the US press as saying that it shipped a total of 85,000 binary versions of OSF/1 to developers and users last year . |
| 13 | The Sunday News , sister paper to the Standard , quoted the Government as saying that it welcomed criticism but would crush any attempt to change government by unconstitutional means . |
| 14 | When the 10-year defence agreement was initialled on Sept. 4 , a US Defence Department spokesman was quoted in the Washington Post of Sept. 6 as saying that it did " not in any way open the door for permanent military bases in Kuwait " . |
| 15 | Near panic had set in when Tass news agency quoted a woman who had just arrived in Novgorod , near St Petersburg , as saying that she had fled Kyrgyzstan a few days before the ‘ evictions ’ were to begin . |
| 16 | Following their release , a police officer was quoted by a local newspaper as saying that he had been forced to sign a statement implicating them in the murders . |
| 17 | Malcolm Toon , a special US envoy inquiring into US prisoners of war still held in the former Soviet Union , was quoted on July 1 as saying that he had found no evidence to substantiate the claims made by Russian President Boris Yeltsin in June [ see p. 38986 ] . |
| 18 | The right hon. Member for Blaby may not like the idea of a European central bank , but he is clearly on record as saying that he believes that in this country 's economy an independent central bank would be a guarantee against inflation . |
| 19 | Pérez de Cuéllar was quoted as saying that he welcomed the decision of the government to undertake reforms . |
| 20 | No formal time limit appeared to have been set on the US military presence , although Bush was reported on Dec. 4 as saying that he wanted the troops out by Jan. 20 , 1993 , when he was due to leave office . |
| 21 | The UK Chancellor of the Exchequer , Norman Lamont , was also quoted as saying that he did not believe that the present position of the dollar had rendered it " uncompetitive . " |
| 22 | Bush himself was quoted as saying that he did not " want to get into a major harangue down there " . |
| 23 | He was on record as saying that he regarded the agonizing over Equal Opportunities on a paper which did not even exist as — at best — a red herring . |
| 24 | The Katsina police commissioner was later quoted as saying that there had been no deaths , contrary to media reports . |
| 25 | Earlier this year , however , the state minister for primary industries , Dr Kang Yaik , had been reported as saying that there had been a " phenomenal " increase in production and that there was no need to for reductions because " exploitation is carried out very properly on a sustainable yield basis " . |
| 26 | In essence , B's claim can be characterised as asserting that he has been denied the right to a fair criminal trial . |
| 27 | And they interpret that as meaning that whatever happens in the money market exporters should still retain some of their current advantage . |