Example sentences of "as [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course if you smoke cocaine as crack it 's a much more potent way of taking the drug . |
| 2 | It was a dispiriting affair , and since the material was being auctioned on behalf of the gallery 's creditors , there were no reserves and auctioneer Ian Mackenzie was forced to lower as well as raise his bids in order to find buyers for each of 144 lots which raised £97,070 ( $166,300 ) . |
| 3 | Around it , people do their work and linger to chat as well as eat : ‘ Tea passed pleasantly ’ for Emma 's guests , ‘ and nobody seemed in a hurry to move ’ . |
| 4 | I 'm asking … could you do any one of those things as well as eat , sleep , do it a lot , and phone your mother , if you were permanently in the chemical state induced by falling in love ? |
| 5 | It is this latter Committee 's task to lay before Parliament for its approval , after consultation with the Legislative Committee of the Assembly , such Measures as commend themselves . |
| 6 | Again , it 's vital not to overheat the liquid because it will curdle as well as lose its taste . |
| 7 | Basically the system is our cover note book control , er , we issue cover note books to agents and it 's up to us to make sure that they 're all issued in sequence , as their legal documents etc , and a minute a gap comes up we have to chase them etc , it 's run by erm , people quite low units and they scared of a job and tend to put it off as lose , and I want to visit and try and influence them so I can give them some help and to change it and bring it up to date , because it 's er . |
| 8 | I think there 's a lot of the co , er , the smaller companies feel that way , but the bigger companies have tried the smaller ones , and I think we , we 're not likely to lose the bigger ones as easy as lose the small ones . |
| 9 | These are intended for returners and will help you develop confidence as well as introduce you to a range of jobs where ‘ late starters ’ are needed . |
| 10 | It lost half its ten million since it started a speculator for BBC wants to buy This is Your Life and Thames the seven o'clock with Wogan as host it 's a |
| 11 | The programme did n't work particularly well , it was pretentious and chaotic , and the audience was so noisy you could n't hear the performers or the presenters , but it did try to get away from conventional gender roles as well as subvert the arts programme format . |
| 12 | This is appropriate , for the story that the letters not so much tell as adumbrate comes through with a wistful fragrance that is very affecting if one reads slowly . |
| 13 | The information centre alternative can speed up the development of applications and maintenance ( as the users should be able to maintain the systems as well as develop them ) . |
| 14 | To deny mothers the opportunity to pursue a useful career as well as bring up their children is wasting their talents . |
| 15 | He did not take his readers back into history so much as bring Thomas Paine , William Hazlitt , Sir Arthur Conan Doyle , Sir Walter Scott [ qq.v. ] , and others forward , as if they had suddenly walked in from the street . |
| 16 | Equally they sustain as well as designate those who discharge public functions . |
| 17 | and erm I 'll be , we knit jumpers as well there , cardigans and as pick them a cardigan I bought from Blacks in Newcastle |
| 18 | In practice , it has been extremely rare for the Lords to use even such powers as remain to it to reject Commons Bills . |
| 19 | Consequently at a US National Security Council meeting of 9 July 1953 , although note was taken of a report which recommended " greater independence and greater responsibility in the area by the United States vis-à-vis Britain " , it was still thought necessary to add an important rider : Capitalize on such elements of strength as remain to the British in the area by such support of United Kingdom positions as may be consistent with U.S. principles and policy objectives . |
| 20 | That is the same as pardon me for being rude it was not me it was my food |
| 21 | This slightly understates the true cost of credit union lending for their members , as credit unions can work only if their members save as well as borrow , and the interest paid to members on savings with the unions ( though at the moment tax-free ) may be rather below the interest they could get from other institutions . |
| 22 | The third section ( ‘ Palestine ’ ) does not conclude the novel so much as make explicit the narrative implications of what has happened so far . |
| 23 | The idea was proposed to Priestley that his carbonated water , which could be prepared on board , might provide doses of carbon dioxide and thus prevent scurvy ( as well as make the distilled sea water more palatable ) . |
| 24 | But Sunday 's win should erase those ghosts , as well as make up for last year 's defeat to France in the final in Lyon . |
| 25 | WE WILL LOSE MONEY AS WELL AS MAKE IT |
| 26 | ‘ It 's the nature of our business that we will lose money as well as make it . |
| 27 | This was to be the sixth show organised by the Priestfields & Ormesby Knitting Club and this year they were hoping to use the proceeds to boost club funds as well as make a donation to Kirkleatham Special School in Redcar . |
| 28 | But then it 's probably beyond your powers to design boots as well as make them . ’ |
| 29 | A lot of finishes are slightly porous and it will help seal out moisture , as well as make the beast look a lot better . |
| 30 | Oh dear me so I 'm hoping that the system that I give you will allow you to deal with all those situations as well as make a longer presentation where you do have some preparation time . |