Example sentences of "that as [pron] " in BNC.

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1 The Hawaiian lavas are so fluid , in fact , that as they stream away downhill they are often very graphically described as ‘ rivers of fire ’ .
2 At best they were regarded as a distraction , if not a danger ; the assumption being that as they did not smoke or play outdoor games , ‘ they devote themselves … to inducing lads to leave humming-tops and marbles , and cleave only to them ’ .
3 Anyone can make use of that as they see fit .
4 I 'm sure that none of the Springbok players will have felt like that as they came off the pitch , but , in the long run , the losses will benefit them .
5 That as they 've been made redundant , as they 've been victimized for trade union activity possibly , we then as a union decide that they can not stand for office ?
6 I only wish and I mean this very sincerely I only wish we could spend as much time and as often as is spent discussing fox hunting on the county 's homeless , on abused children , on the handicapped , on the increasing crime and on unemployment and I only wish that the media and the public and even members of this council would take as much notice of that as they do about this debate on fox hunting .
7 You can understand sort of you know , th the coppers and that that as they say get down behind sofas and what have you but erm it is quite amazing where notes get to is n't it ?
8 that as we move down the age range , so the proportion of young black inmates confined in custodial or child care institutions increases .
9 Do you want me to comment on that as we go through or
10 Now the water was chest-high — more than that as we struggled round a corner , to meet a great frothing wave .
11 We keep as much power as we can in Britain and we devolve as much of that as we can to our regions .
12 Increasingly , as we 've been studying the problems of developing countries , two major changes have been occurring ; one in our own thinking that in many ways problems of developing countries are linked in extricably with things that are going on in Britain or Europe or other parts of the so-called industrial world , and secondly that as we 've been studying developing countries , we 've been finding that more and more problems in Britain and other industrial countries begin to look like some of the same problems that we 've been used to in developing countries .
13 It was this : that as her father had consented to allow her to make her home in Corcaguiney , her family should have the same right of any one of our daughters . "
14 And to be his was what she wanted — which made it such a nonsense that when , as he caressed his hands over her naked behind and then pulled her to him , that as her body came into contact with the pure maleness of him , she experienced a moment of totally unexpected panic .
15 With that as its dominant posture , particular schemes could fail and it would still retain and perhaps even enhance its support , if it could claim that it pursued a course which was known to be difficult but which was still the ideologically sound thing to do .
16 Presumably , if you felt sad about that , what you 're saying is , you were n't as happy about that as your mother was .
17 You can go so far as to say that I mean , you will be safe in saying that if your , that as your benefit is suspended your income support for you , not for your family but for you , will be reduced .
18 It was a Nonconformist shipowner , Sir Christopher Furness , who warned that England must realize that ‘ we are neither omnipotent nor omniscient , that as our fathers have struggled to obtain supremacy , so we their sons must struggle to maintain it ’ .
19 It 's also ironic , I guess , that as our hired mini-bus travels through Harlem , the Belfast-bred trio should feel so intimidated by the possibility of violence .
20 That as his will he may do danger with . ’
21 ‘ Farmer Bolsover is n't as sure about that as you are , ’ laughed Brownie Owl .
22 Fill your home with lots of varieties of fruit — you can eat as much of that as you like .
23 [ Applause ] I can only say , and say again , that as you move forward , we are right behind you .
24 In practice , you probably have to err this way and that as you tell your story , sometimes risking the reader learning too much , sometimes risking losing interest by not giving the reader the feeling that there is enough material for tentative speculation .
25 And er in , within that as you know you can actually er go for er the higher income if he wanted to he could push the income up on the hundred thousand say , we could make the income round about seven percent if we wanted to do .
26 Is there any hint that you might be forced to make an inver an inversion o in that sense that er you would be able so that you would have to make statements like that as you 've made you you 've turned them that the employer 's statement on it 's head ?
27 We were told that you might have as much effect on that as you 're having with central government .
28 Erm checking the willingness to proceed , you did that as you went along .
29 You know that , doing that , fabricating , and things like that , you know like actual welding and that type of Er , we would n't make as much money out of that as you probably would
30 I mean you did the same with that as you did with the other did n't you ?
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