Example sentences of "[adv] as [pron] was the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Did it really matter from whom a bishop had received the lands and symbols of his office so long as he was the representative of Christ to his flock ? |
| 2 | Gwendoline had enjoyed it too , especially as she was the cause of it , though nobody knew that of course . |
| 3 | We may be sure that the panache of the French royal chancellor inspired Thomas Becket to make the office equally great in the court of Henry 11 , just as it was the quarrel with Becket which no doubt determined Henry 11 to make the office ineffective after Becket had surrendered the Great Seal on his elevation to Canterbury . |
| 4 | That 's the work of every one of us here , just as it was the work of Paul and Jeremiah centuries ago . |
| 5 | Robin Smith is deceived by Mushtaq Ahmed 's googly and bowled , just as he was the one-day international at The Oval earlier in the season . |
| 6 | No one fishery will ever be exactly as it was the previous year . |
| 7 | When the Renault RSO1 1500 cc turbo-charged car failed on lap 17 of the 1977 British Grand Prix at Silverstone , there must have been many people who did not see a future for this power-booster , particularly as it was the turbo-charger that caused the car 's withdrawal from the race . |
| 8 | Lucy ignored her , deciding that Silas could deal with this little scene , particularly as he was the cause of it . |
| 9 | I have accepted part of it , and I 've amended it to ensure that we can overcome the criticisms er that would have been involved if we 'd left it er as it was , er and above all , and I think this is the most important thing , we 've made sure that it will work , er and that it will meet our objectives of getting competition into the franchises , if we 'd just ended up with one great monolithic British Rail , after all each franchise remember will be coming gradually , they wo n't be doing them all at once , there will be one next year , several the year after , and so on , if British Rail had been able to go around and pick them off , and say , Well we can run this now in the future much better than we 've done it in the past , so we 'll bid , and we 'll bid a low bid , that really would n't have been getting fair and proper competition into the system , so what i what I 've done is ensured , as I 've done all the way through in this bill in accepting amendments , that we make sure we achieve our objectives , and that above all it 's workable , the , as it was it would n't as it was the Paignton amendment would n't have been workable , because there would have been total chaos and confusion |