Example sentences of "as [noun] [verb] done [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But concentrating all attention on the pus cells , as researchers have done for the past 20 years , is perhaps to miss the most important elements of process . |
| 2 | With uncertain optimism , the report concludes that ‘ if this were to be achieved , we consider that prosperity , once created , could spread in the same way as blight has done in the past ’ . |
| 3 | In the same spirit Athens purified Delos in 426 — as Pisistratus had done in the previous century : control of Delos , the birthplace of Apollo the father of Ion , helped to justify control of Ionia . |
| 4 | ‘ Unfortunately , it 's just human nature that keepers mistakes are magnified and replayed over and over again — but I 'm always pleased when they bounce back , as Bobby has done at Blackburn . |
| 5 | In 1989 the government banned exports of unprocessed timber , as Indonesia had done in 1985 [ see p. 36794 ] , a move designed not only to slow logging but also to encourage the development of the Vietnamese wood processing industry . |
| 6 | Neff built up the firm 's business in the USA not by dint of one overwhelming individual personality , as Roche had done for Heidrick and Struggles , but by exemplifying the success of the Spencer Stuart method of problem-solving in management crises across a range of corporate sectors . |
| 7 | As Thorfinn had done at the start of his reign , in Fife . |
| 8 | In place of Aristotle 's association of time with motion and his appeal to the uniform daily revolution of the heavens as its basis , St Augustine turned , not as Plotinus had done to the concept of the ‘ world-soul ’ , but to the human mind for the ultimate source and standard of time . |
| 9 | Then he raised his wings and lifted himself up as Slorne had done to the very top of his cage . |
| 10 | She wanted to throw them wide and let in as much air as possible , as Cobalt had done on her earlier visit . |
| 11 | Lloyd George discovered in 1919 , as Law had done in 1914 , that a Unionist party that had given its total commitment to a cause would not be fobbed off with a compromise . |
| 12 | Nevertheless , he viewed Coenwulf as a tyrant , who had compounded his deficiencies by putting away his wife and taking another ( as Eardwulf had done in Northumbria ) , and urged the Mercian patrician to advise the Mercian people to observe what he referred to as the good and chaste customs of Offa . |
| 13 | County clubs , meanwhile , can help by welcoming former players , be they great or small , and in particular by forming old player associations , as Somerset has done in the last few seasons , as some have been doing for decades . |
| 14 | The government had stated that it was considering making a formal application for membership , as Sweden had done in July . |
| 15 | Both also operated as armies had done for many previous centuries by finding their supplies from the land as they moved about . |
| 16 | Not everyone destroyed the puppies in their dogs ' litters , as Kalchu had done with the red bitch 's , and there were any number of dogs that belonged to no one — wandering through the village , scavenging what they could find , breeding and multiplying . |
| 17 | How can we represent other cultures ? asks Said , as Lévi-Strauss had done before him . |
| 18 | IN a quiet , residential street in the suburbs of Edinburgh , a family argues over the state of society today , as families have done for generations . |
| 19 | There was no question of simply negotiating a deal with one American company , as producers had done in the 1930s , and then just hoping for the best . |
| 20 | He could , as Balestre had done before him , mould a new image for international car racing . |
| 21 | Latvia also declared a transitional period for negotiations on independence , as Estonia had done on March 30 [ see p. 37322 and below ] , but without rejecting the validity of the Soviet Constitution and laws , provided that they were not in conflict with Latvia 's laws and sovereign rights . |
| 22 | That is the first appearance of the dog , a delicate insertion ; afterwards , Emma holds its head and kisses it ( as Gustave had done to Nero/Thabor ) : the dog has a melancholy expression , and she talks to it as if to someone in need of consolation . |
| 23 | The whole tone of the letter appears designed to urge Cuthbert to hold a synod — as Boniface had done among the Franks — the implication being that he had not recently done so . |
| 24 | And he was lukewarm about putting a cap on prices as Oftel has done with telephone charges . |
| 25 | Moreover the fact that after 1713 no State in Western Europe was in a position to dominate the area , as France had done during much of the reign of Louis XIV , introduced into the politics of the period an element of flexibility which had previously been lacking . |
| 26 | North Korea would probably still have to admit , as Iraq has done under UN sanctions and as South Africa did voluntarily , that it had been up to no good . |
| 27 | ‘ Tomorrow we will face the Orcish scum and will triumph , as men have done since the time of Sigmar ! ’ |
| 28 | She has not used her wealth and prestige to act as a patron of the arts , as monarchs have done in the past and millionaires still do today . |
| 29 | Besides mobilising thousands in mass rallies , thus involving the common people as Gandhi had done in India in 1921 and 1931 and somewhat chaotically in 1942 ( but not in the final tussle for power ) Aung San also constructed a power base in the people 's Volunteer Organisation or PVO ( in Burmese , Pyithu Yebaw Tat ) . |
| 30 | He did not use the existing Defence Committee , which he chaired , as Attlee had done for Korea . |