Example sentences of "that [pers pn] [vb -s] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | The bikini is tiny , three triangles of cotton crochet , and her ribs protrude so much that she looks as if she is made of corrugated paper . |
| 2 | ‘ You remarked that she looks as if she were asleep . |
| 3 | The ballerina here is cleverly perched on a matchbox so that she looks as if she is standing up , but you might find it easier to omit her feet and just stand her flat on the cake board . |
| 4 | Lisa B says again and again that she knows as a model going into music she has to prove herself . |
| 5 | How can you praise people authentically so that it functions as an encourager ? |
| 6 | It might also be argued that it functions as metonymy , in which some element closely associated with the prime function of the whole comes to stand in for it . |
| 7 | This is a clear example of the third basic kind of doubt , a kind so common that it qualifies as the twentieth-century doubt par excellence . |
| 8 | Unisys Corp has introduced a clustering system for its 2200 series mainframes that it describes as a highly parallel processing technology yielding significantly higher levels of system performance for mainframe servers . |
| 9 | I do not see the theological basis on which we can go on saying that the human species is of such overwhelming and unique and colossal significance that it justifies as a matter of course the institutional exploitation of billions of other species . |
| 10 | The palazzo looks so much like a 1950s cinema ( or is it a small-town railway station ? ) , with its curves and ornate super-structure , that it comes as a surprise to learn that it is seventeenth-century . |
| 11 | Boulestin 's writing still seems so fresh and original that it comes as a shock to realize that these happenings occurred over forty years ago , and that his first cookery book Simple French Cooking for English Homes appeared in 1923 . |
| 12 | No , I mean that it comes as a surprise when you first experience it , and then after that you ca n't change the course of events . |
| 13 | The acrylic is then mixed in the stay-wet palette with a damp sponge , and the moisture in the sponge dilutes the acrylic paint so that it reacts as a watercolour . |
| 14 | Accordingly , the factors to be taken into account in deciding whether a government exists as the government of a state are : ( a ) whether it is the constitutional government of the state ; ( b ) the degree , nature and stability of administrative control , if any , that it of itself exercises over the territory of the state ; ( c ) whether Her Majesty 's Government has any dealings with it and if so what is the nature of those dealings ; and ( d ) in marginal cases , the extent of international recognition that it has as the government of the state . |
| 15 | Mr Patten said later : ‘ The important thing as far as I am concerned is that it looks as if we are going to have a Conservative government . |
| 16 | I 'm afraid that it looks as if the game will be completely ruined . |
| 17 | ‘ It 's a tragedy that it looks as if he 's quitting just when he 's developed from being a superstar into an awesome megastar . |
| 18 | I admit that all of this is completely out of order — that it looks as if I 'm putting men in a no-win situation . |
| 19 | The upshot is that it looks as if major and fundamental matters are at stake about the very nature of sociology itself and that , accordingly , a choice has to be made , and made soon . |
| 20 | Attach the arm inside the sarcophagus so that it looks as if it is coming out of the base , and bend it up slightly so that it looks as if it is pushing up the lid . |
| 21 | Attach the arm inside the sarcophagus so that it looks as if it is coming out of the base , and bend it up slightly so that it looks as if it is pushing up the lid . |
| 22 | Place the foot at the base of the door , and attach the arm so that it looks as if it is holding the door open slightly . |
| 23 | Erm , I think that the comments that Chair made ar are extremely bias , in what she 's saying , I think is , that it looks as if , if erm , the minister is beginning to realise this simply ca n't go on , this this disproportionate funding , and that is what is so unfair , and I think it does need to make quite clear to grant maintained schools , that there is , it , there is that possibility that that will be reduced , because they need to know that just as well , for balancing their own budgets in the future . |
| 24 | Everybody 's saying now , that it looks as if the Labour are now good , but what can they do to us Ded ? |
| 25 | Erm if you look at that it looks as if you spend a bit more on presents than stationery . |
| 26 | So that it works as a spring at the moment , just No you need something finer than this . |
| 27 | A different approach might aim to show that our perception of ourselves as intentional subjects has not always existed , and might then suggest that it arises as a feature of capitalist ideology . |
| 28 | Although the role of vitamin E in nerve function is unknown , Diplock and Lucy from the Royal Free Hospital Medical school have suggested that it acts as an anti-oxidant and protects the membrane of the cell by mopping up reactive free radicals . |
| 29 | Japan 's dense network of wholesale and retail distribution has been a contentious issue among overseas producers who claim that it acts as a barrier in their attempts to increase sales . |
| 30 | At the end of the book , Lowry states that the image of the Princess is conformist and reactionary , that it acts as a powerful form of social control , and that Diana is an unwitting agent of that . |