Example sentences of "[adv] [num] [noun pl] as [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But higher school education is far behind the pre-war level , with only 43 schools as against over 270 in 1941 . |
| 2 | The huge difference in size between the drum and oval window means that sounds , particularly low frequencies , are amplified 100 times , instead of just eighteen times as in the human ear . |
| 3 | There were now 13 militiamen as against 6 in the old regime ; 7 secretaries in the medical centre as against 2 ; 72 administrators in the uezd-level agricultural centre as against 16 . |
| 4 | There 's always something that could have gone better in any lesson — and there will always be at least two views as to how it should have been conducted anyway . |
| 5 | I want to put forward four reasons as to why current initiatives are of limited value . |