Example sentences of "as [pron] [verb] with " in BNC.
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| 1 | Kendall stormed : ‘ The players are letting themselves down as well as everyone connected with this club . |
| 2 | The damage this did to our criticism was as nothing compared with the harm it did to our poetry . |
| 3 | And last Monday Dr Harold Varmus let it be known that the thrill of winning the Nobel Prize for Medicine in the morning was as nothing compared with being at Candlestick Park in the evening to see the Giants take the National League pennant for the first time in 27 years . |
| 4 | But if February was dreadful , it was as nothing compared with March . |
| 5 | My own solitude was as nothing compared with their constantly patrolled loneliness , without hope of escape . |
| 6 | But any gloom on the grain front is as nothing compared with the problems for the oilseed rape harvest . |
| 7 | But however unpleasant monsoonal conditions can on occasion be , they are as nothing compared with the fearsome storms that hurl themselves on the Pacific with terrible regularity . |
| 8 | Human power was as nothing compared with the strength of God . |
| 9 | Reverting from Mr Jingle to Oliver Michaels , he added , ‘ Six months have proved to me that the passions of Lions are as nothing compared with those of Lionisers . ’ |
| 10 | The job losses in United Kingdom defence industries as a result of the change of emphasis in British procurement are as nothing compared with those that would be suffered under the Labour party 's defence policy — if so dignified a term can be used for something so confused , contradictory and misleading . |
| 11 | However , it is as nothing compared with the difficulties that we shall face if the generals , who have effectively staged a coup against civil authority , are allowed ultimate success . |
| 12 | The view from the tower was as nothing compared with the view Amaranth unwittingly presented . |
| 13 | No matter how painful the problems of economic recession here , he says , these are as nothing compared with the suffering of millions in less fortunate areas . |
| 14 | The reservations were , however , as nothing compare with those about the proposal for an audit review panel . |
| 15 | There was an explosion of laughter as someone observed with considerable accuracy upon the nature of the disturbance , and then the servants , the offending if well-meaning steward crimson-faced at their head , were entering the room with platters and trays to serve the meal . |
| 16 | But Miss Kenton had departed , and sure enough , as I continued with my work , an occasional footstep or some other sound would serve to remind me she was still there outside the door . |
| 17 | It would also allow me to experiment as much as I likes with the interesting colours of the Winsor & Newton Artists ' Acrylic Colour range and with some of the techniques that are particularly well suited to the acrylic medium . |
| 18 | As I struggled with my heavy bag at Navan , a strong old man ran to help me . |
| 19 | But to me as I struggled with his detoxifying diet , he was a disembodied , stern sounding voice , a god who had handed down the law . |
| 20 | But at once , for very fear that the bearded man who had reached out as I struggled with my hamper ( ‘ No , no , I do very well , thank you ’ ) might follow me and find out everything , I hailed a porter and then a cab , assuming a confidence I did not feel . |
| 21 | That morning , as I lay with my teeth chattering in anticipation on the wooden floor of the supply hut , I heard five more explosions . |
| 22 | I must say I agreed with them as I agreed with some of the misgivings expressed by our German colleagues , too . |
| 23 | Right just one last thing that we need to think about is that as I said with the with the learning styles , there 's no right or wrong |
| 24 | And why should n't I do as I please with my own body ? |
| 25 | He has raised the reputation of the Chelsea Garden so much that it excels all the gardens of Europe for its amazing variety of plants of all orders and classes and from all climates , as I survey with wonder and delight , this 19th July , 1764 . |
| 26 | It was a large field and I could see the barn at the far end as I walked with the tall grass brushing my knees . |
| 27 | I hope they will never feel as frustrated with their parents as I felt with mine . |
| 28 | I am writing as I disagree with various comments made in an article entitled A Pair of Glasses … by Linda Lewis , as I feel that it gave Indian Glassfish a very negative press . |
| 29 | Much as I sympathise with the plaintiffs , it would , in my opinion , be extending the implications based on the maxim … to an unreasonable extent if it were held that what has been done in this case was a breach of an implied obligation . |
| 30 | In very much the same way as I suggested with my analogy of the German and English rowers ( Chapter 5 ) . |