Example sentences of "as [pron] [modal v] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These problems have been tackled in different ways and with different degrees of success , as I shall later try to explain . |
| 2 | If research is a varied activity , so are the methods we use to undertake such studies , as I shall now explain . |
| 3 | After eating , the farmer , or my master , as I shall now call him , went back to his work in the fields . |
| 4 | In this respect the UK system , though it also has substantial defects , is superior , as I shall now try to establish . |
| 5 | Both conservatives and feminists however , as I shall then consider , may take refuge in the suggestion that whereas Christ is a male figure , Mary ( or the Holy Spirit ) is an equivalent ‘ female ’ representation . |
| 6 | We ( or they , as I would probably have said at the time ) now lived in a detached , fairly large house in a village in Berkshire ; my father taught at a primary school in a nearby village , and my mother had a job at the Harwell Atomic Research Establishment . |
| 7 | Not that it mattered , as I would probably not see either of them again , but the scene last night had been strange , and my curiosity was aroused . |
| 8 | In the context of the Paganini , I would argue that minor imprecisions do little to interfere ( much as I would dearly do without them ) with the focal point of the work — it 's raison d'être , ie fabulous solo fiddle playing . |
| 9 | I was not successful in getting the system going as I would really have liked . |
| 10 | I would like to take this opportunity to wish Andre luck for Wimbledon this year , as I would really love to see him winning this great event . |
| 11 | I refer to my students by name and would never refer to any of them as ‘ a Down 's Syndrome ’ , just as I would never refer to any of my friends who wear contact lenses as ‘ a myopic ’ . |
| 12 | This one has been sounded to a depth of a mere 1,000 feet , but peer into it is as far as I would ever want to go ; such crevices are no doubt thrilling to explore when they widen out into great chambers , but the thought of the narrow places I for one find exceedingly off-putting . |
| 13 | I believe there are enough pictures to represent this School adequately in three collections , as I would naturally expect the best of post-World War I British pictures to be present in the new Modern Art Museum . |
| 14 | Elizabeth Adams : ‘ I think perhaps I did not require from Somerville as much as I might here , fromJean Stanier : ‘ Somehow the fact that it was wartime put a sharper edge on things , as if we had to make the most of something that might not last ’ . |
| 15 | Much as I might personally long for a world where sun and moon danced together and all the trees clapped their hands , it remained intangible . |
| 16 | It was a smashing walk on a beautiful day and sitting listening to the bands playing in the sunshine was as near to heaven as I 'll probably ever get . |
| 17 | Sorry to lay this on you , not fair I know as I 'll probably be right as rain by the time you get this . |
| 18 | Yeah I would class myself as a recovered anorexic , but as recovered as I 'll ever be ! |
| 19 | ‘ As I 'll ever be . ’ |
| 20 | As well as I 'll ever know he replied gruffly . |
| 21 | As ready as I 'll ever be . |
| 22 | As this was something of a lovers ' lane , he had a good chance of catching a couple knobbing on the back seat And Steve , as I 'd already found out for myself , always did like a bit of voyeurism . |
| 23 | But I got to write songs with Dave Anderson and Rab Handleigh for the first time and the reggae ‘ Interference song ’ which Terry Neason sang was a thrill for me as I 'd always wanted to write something for her absolutely amazing voice . |
| 24 | He was as good an advertisement for vegetables as I 'd ever come across . |
| 25 | As long as I could well I do know ho how to work it like before I go to bed and . |
| 26 | I turned as far as I could without rocking or creaking , but I could n't see him . |
| 27 | I left the broch and walked uphill as far as I could without disturbing the bird colony , then made my way towards the southern end of the island , where the land sloped gradually down to the sea in long , flat terraces of rock . |
| 28 | ‘ Personally , I would n't trust you as far as I could proverbially throw you ! |
| 29 | Usually I spend money on fish rather than on equipment , as I could never afford all the trimmings for 20-plus tanks ! |
| 30 | As far as I could ever determine , he really did do that — he actually sat down and wrote a song for them because he liked them and did n't want them to go away . |