Example sentences of "[noun pl] [prep] [noun] as [adv] [conj] " in BNC.

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1 They made peaces , and created a fragmented Peace ( fragile and ungoverned ) from a series of bilateral contracts between groups as well as by reciprocal threats .
2 All contributing organisations receive acknowledgement on their specific vehicle as it travels hundreds of miles between schools , demonstrating commitment to the need for technology based skills for girls as well as boys .
3 If women enjoy low status they may need sons for prestige as well as protection .
4 Gibbons 's verse anthems generally have accompaniments for viols as well as organ , while Tomkins 's organ accompaniments are full and sometimes marked by florid ornament in strong contrast to the frequently sketchy organ parts of the previous generation .
5 The HelpDesk Request screen provides Client History and Inventory buttons which will allow us to view past specific requests for support as well as the configuration of the machine on which the problem was experienced .
6 I have as a matter of course made a point of attending to those particulars which hereto for have been overlooked not only by collecting the birds in their various changes of plumage but by preserving all the principal forms for dissection as well as preparing skeletons of the same …
7 We asked the guards for news as soon as they appeared .
8 Will the single European market affect relationships between countries as well as trade ?
9 They are usually well-disposed towards researchers and are good subjects for interview as well as questionnaires .
10 Other options include using kerb stones to form the steps ( which will then be of a narrower depth than usual ) ; placing the bricks which form the risers on top of the paver which forms the tread , or alongside them at the back of each tread ( this alters the height of the risers , and the depth of the tread ) ; and using bricks or paviours for treads as well as risers , which will give a slightly more ‘ rustic ’ look .
11 There remains a duty to ensure that there are sufficient schools appropriate to the needs , abilities and aptitudes of children as well as securing adequate provision for further education .
12 What is now home to the rare hen harrier , the short-eared owl and 170 species of birds , will shortly become the habitat of mechanical gorrillas , robot sharks and cheap imitations of nature as more than 70 per cent of the the 1200 acres are developed with prime riverside housing , studios and hotels .
13 In these decades the Intercolonial railway was built to connect the eastern provinces , the Grand Trunk and several other railway companies penetrated the country districts of Ontario as well as connecting Canadian cities to each other and to the United States , while Canadian Pacific stretched its metals westwards to Vancouver .
14 He says we ca n't until we 're properly married in the eyes of God as well as man ; he says it 's worth waiting for .
15 He owed loyalty to fitzAlan by ties of friendship as well as family , and would return her to his brother-in-law before she could blink .
16 This meant some easing of the burden , which he liked , but it also meant that he was not Prime Minister , which he also liked being , that he did not have Chequers , for which his affection was second only to that of MacDonald , and that his salary as Lord President was £2000 instead of the £5000 which Secretaries of State as well as the Prime Minister were paid .
17 As the answers themselves acknowledge , the conduct of governments in their relations with each other may be affected by considerations of policy as well as by considerations of legal characterisation .
18 The precise reasons why this is so may well be complex , and derive no doubt from considerations of deterrence as well as of legality .
19 ‘ He has police badges from 837 forces worldwide and has also met many heads of state as well as Mother Theresa , the Pope and the Dalai Lama .
20 Hall has made the covers of Time as well as the Village Voice , and ascended into ratings heaven ( only one rival tops his statistics : the evergreen Johnny Carson Show ) .
21 Ever since 1986 , when the Wyoming Game and Fish Department took the last black-footed ferret from the wild and placed it in a captive-breeding programme , the intention has been to reintroduce the species to the prairies of Wyoming as soon as enough individuals had been bred .
22 These are intended to go well beyond simple reading comprehension checks , and they focus on aspects of style as well as giving abundant opportunities for vocabulary work , language development , and discussion .
23 and focus on aspects of style as well as giving an opportunity for vocabulary work , language development and discussion .
24 Later , in the chapter on modern French structuralism , we shall see how Saussure 's concept of the linguistic sign can lead to theories of the non-linguistic aspects of literature as well as of its language .
25 JIM WATT 'S reputation as a TV commentator has been rightly earned as much for his honest appraisals of boxers as well as his technical expertise .
26 I must choose my words with care as well that my clients and I think that there was very much an effect of people wanting to have a relief road , but also wanting to have it as far away from themselves a as they could have it .
27 In 1444 he was officially entrusted with the care , maintenance , and teaching of the eight chapel children : the creation of Plummer 's post probably reflects the growing use of treble voices in part-music as well as in plainchant .
28 Probably no other mountains in Britain have such extensive scope for a natural arrangement of marvellously assorted shapes in breadth as well as depth .
29 They were slaves in Anglo-Saxon England and survived in Italy well into the nineteenth century , singing castrato roles in opera as well as in the Vatican Sistine choir .
30 The Rawtenstall store is the first of the supermarket chain 's English stores to get Cashline , and to celebrate the occasion staff from the town 's branch handed out carrier bags and keyrings to shoppers as well as answering account enquiries .
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