Example sentences of "just as [pron] do " in BNC.
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| 1 | Shafts of sunlight probe down into secret nooks and woodland hollows , just as they did in the wintry days to frustrate the birds in their efforts to conceal nests . |
| 2 | Such standards , which exclude the possibility of adultery and divorce , appear today to be impossibly hard , just as they did to Jesus ' disciples then . |
| 3 | Naturally most of the boys opted for ‘ the strip ’ and each time the innuendo was made the girls pretended it was terribly witty and original , If a little naughty , just as they did when they were asked for the twentieth time if perhaps they might be the prize . |
| 4 | As fossil fuels become more difficult to recover from the earth 's crust , and supplies diminish , prices will shoot sky high , just as they did in the oil crisis of 1973 . |
| 5 | Volunteers constantly tug in all directions while others bewail the imminent end of the organization — just as they did last week , last year and ( in a few cases ) last decade . |
| 6 | There are a number of issues which still concern me about continuing education for students with disabilities , just as they did when I entered college life — for example , the fear and ignorance that often surrounds this seemingly homogeneous condition known as ‘ disability ’ , and the unmitigated prejudice and stereotyping of people who do not ‘ fit ’ into a mythical category commonly known as ‘ normal ’ . |
| 7 | The blue-greens , therefore , flourish uncropped just as they did when they were the most advanced form of life anywhere in the world . |
| 8 | The British could leave and half India would n't notice us leaving just as they did n't notice us arriving . |
| 9 | Just as they did not like her being sharp . |
| 10 | That was the year the city 's deputy was found beaten to death , in a village near Riba ; the landlords had paid a gang to kill him , just as they did in the old days , before Davide left for America . |
| 11 | ‘ It is here , in Ralarth , that the thing begins — here that the main characters come from , just as they did in the book . |
| 12 | These differences influenced success or failure just as they did in earlier state-making attempts , especially through their effect upon economic growth , which not only provides resources for extending the state apparatus and developing national education , but is also a major factor in conferring legitimacy upon the regime . |
| 13 | They 'll move him to some safe house just as they did with Hess . ’ |
| 14 | Is there any evidence that bats have " discovered " it too , just as they did the send/receive system ? |
| 15 | They are choosing to ignore it , just as they did with the poll tax . |
| 16 | Galway will obviously be keen to shake Kilkenny out of their stride in the early stages — just as they did to Tipperary , indeed . |
| 17 | Investment banks too are starting to publish opinions on credit , just as they do on equities . |
| 18 | It is certain that the seas of 600 to 1000 million years ago swarmed with drifting medusae , just as they do at present . |
| 19 | He , like Beatty , manipulates women just as they do the media . |
| 20 | Large quantities of gas may be involved in the eruption of basaltic lavas ; when the lava is below ground , the gas is kept in solution in the molten rock , when the pressure on the lava is reduced the gases come out of solution and bubbles form , just as they do when a bottle of champagne is opened . |
| 21 | Maintenance labour cost vary somewhat around NZ , just as they do here , but against the UK 's average hourly £15 to £25 or so for single-engine aircraft , NZ engineers seem to charge the equivalent of £12 to £15 on average . |
| 22 | STAR STYLES : Girls fell for fashionable Phillip ( above ) yesterday , just as they do when he 's stripped to play Joseph ( left ) . |
| 23 | Coelenterates will resort to territorial squabbles in the aquarium just as they do in the wild . |
| 24 | The whole effect is so convincing that flies not only visit flower after flower , transporting the stapelia 's pollen , but even complete the activity for which they visit real carrion — laying their eggs on the flower just as they do in a carcass . |
| 25 | Successful salesmen in bucket shops scorn weak or moralising colleagues , just as they do all the clients . |
| 26 | The laws of science will hold at them , just as they do at the North and South Poles on the earth . |
| 27 | And I see nothing wrong with allowing certain rooms to be used as bedrooms , just as they do at any English Dormy House . |
| 28 | But within the fields of the subtle tattwas comprising the inner energetic format , matrix or tapestry which makes each creature what it is , each one also possesses subtle perceptive abilities , just as we do . |
| 29 | So it is not only the inward patterning of particular species which makes creatures different , but individual members of a species are different , too , and most species can distinguish fellow members of their kind by sight , sound , smell or other senses and probably by behavioural patterns too , just as we do among our fellow humans . |
| 30 | Many , if not all , birds and animal individuals have distinct voices , just as we do . |