Example sentences of "as they [vb mod] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Under Pavel Bunich , these Communists for Business , as they might be called , want to reconcile entrepreneurship and planning . |
| 2 | Inside you sit well , the trim is all that is should be but , after driving in some more modern interiors , are the buttons and switches as handy as they might be ? |
| 3 | ‘ A bit , but not as much as they might be considering the rain we 've had , ’ Charlie answered . |
| 4 | Two very important indexing journals not always used as much as they might be by social researchers are the British Humanities Index and the Public Affairs Information Service Bulletin . |
| 5 | If you feel that your powers of visualization are not as strong as they might be , there is a simple series of exercises you can practise in order to improve them . |
| 6 | ‘ Even though the viewing figures are up to 7.5 million — from an all-time low of less than four million — there 's no doubt they are not as high as they might be . |
| 7 | Towards the end of the era , in fact , the attendants in the salons of homage became alert to the fact that among their few Western visitors , the majority were not as in awe of the Conducator as they might be and photographing the exhibits or taking notes of the sycophantic citations attached to the awards by their Western donors was discouraged . |
| 8 | What makes science distinct is not the unique possession of these features but the unique rigour with which they are pursued , even though not all scientists are as rigorous as they might be . |
| 9 | In its place , Carr proposed an approach that saw international relations as they were , rather than as they might be . |
| 10 | Not only were religion and the state virtually synonymous , as they might be today , for example , in Iran . |
| 11 | In this book we will be looking at the level at which facilities are provided in electronic hardware , as they might be seen by a system programmer about to implement the most basic software on the computer . |
| 12 | There are other signs that might lead you to believe that there 's things not as they might be , the legs may not be equal length particularly if only one is dislocated and that 's fairly obvious is n't it because the , the , the ball joint 's not in the socket and there 's a bigger gap so the leg hangs down longer and you 've all changed a baby have n't you and you see that they 've got little creases in the insides of their legs and across their buttocks , and those creases may not be a mirror matching they are normally , so those are clues . |
| 13 | No one in the room is excluded , as they might be from a maths activity that some of them ca n't do ; or from a games session , where physical prowess is such an important factor . |
| 14 | Many previous , and indeed popular , diets have been based upon fads and fashions and not as scientifically based as they might be . |
| 15 | So maybe that 's kept us going when the times were n't so good as they might be . |
| 16 | Then , ‘ some clients are n't always as good as they might be : they do n't like being distracted from other parts of their businesses and , when solicitors need information and documents , there are delays in locating them ’ . |
| 17 | The research investigates the concepts of peacekeeping and peace enforcement as they might be applied to United Nations maritime operations . |
| 18 | Members of the department do what they are asked but we wonder if they are all as innovative as they might be . |
| 19 | Youth Hostels are not as popular as they might be because the type of accommodation is limited , the hostels are over-regulated and wardens are n't given enough scope for private enterprise . |
| 20 | Up there she 's got no disrespect , somebody who 's not quite as bright as they might be er and she 's not working overtime as they would do here if they got behind , they 're working half eight to half four is it Ray ? |
| 21 | Her agent , Cleveland County Coun Alan Sykes , told The Northern : ‘ Things do n't look as well as they might be . ’ |
| 22 | The British never thought their Allies were as tidy about burying their dead as they might be , but under the non-stop shelling at Verdun an attempt at burial not infrequently resulted in two more corpses to dispose of . |
| 23 | Cut panels squarely around door architraves , there 's no need to scribe to fit the profile as they 'll be covered by the flooring . |
| 24 | He said : ‘ I shortly will be announcing club profits which may be a bit difficult for people to understand , appreciate and accept as they 'll be close to £1m from last year . |
| 25 | Marriage wo n't be a big change for them as they 'll be living in the same place , you know . |
| 26 | But in passing , as they may be thought to have done , from journalism to fiction , Naipaul 's feelings , and their objects , underwent a change . |
| 27 | IF THE Home Unions XV are tempted — as they may be after all the disruptive absentees and injuries — to go into tonight 's Parc des Princes Bicentenary bash less than seriously , they should consider the way the French are treating it . |
| 28 | It will be said by many that there is no rational way of doing the job , and that the lobbying and jockeying , demeaning as they may be , are unavoidable . |
| 29 | As they may be engaged in a wide range of adult activities , such as cooking , shopping and so on , their dependence on others for safety is especially important to recognise . |
| 30 | These too are obvious starting points but should be treated with caution , because the authors , conscientious as they may be , are almost always non-professional antiquaries , historians or architects , and errors or misapprehensions frequently creep into their work . |