Example sentences of "[noun sg] as it is in " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ‘ not invented here ’ syndrome is as prevalent in US military thinking as it is in Britain 's . |
| 2 | This is as important in ethnographic research as it is in any other style of research ( see p. 20 ) . |
| 3 | It is as true in political campaigns like Greenham and against male violence as it is in the reconstruction of an education which serves the concerns , reflects the values , and enhances the priorities of women . |
| 4 | However , the distinction between discretions and duties is not so clear in practice as it is in theory . |
| 5 | David Profumo wrote in the Daily Telegraph : ‘ Heresy as it is in literary circles , I have to say I have never been taken with the work of the late Angela Carter . |
| 6 | In so doing it suggested a small but distinct improvement on that model : the party-list vote should be the first on the ballot paper , not the second as it is in West Germany , and the constituency vote should come second instead of first . |
| 7 | ‘ That mercy should season justice is a proposition as soundly based in law as it is in literature . ’ |
| 8 | Gentlemanly distaste for ‘ trade ’ is as out of place in sport as it is in the Conservative Party of Mrs Thatcher . |
| 9 | Nevertheless library and information promotion and orientation is relevant , and in fact this activity seems to be as common in this sector as it is in the educational sector ; something illustrated in a detailed survey by Sullivan of 1,437 UK special libraries . |
| 10 | So when you 're looking at a file on the screen , what you 're looking at is the file as it is in the , in the memory of the computer , and if you change your spreadsheet , then all you 're doing is changing what 's in the memory . |
| 11 | The problem of the observer is as crucial in biology as it is in physics . |
| 12 | If we take the ‘ developing countries ’ as a group , compared with the ‘ more developed countries ’ , infant mortality ( in the first year ) is more than five times as high in the first group as it is in the second ; but during the years from one to four — that is , after weaning — the mortality rate in the developing countries is forty times as high as elsewhere : forty deaths for every thousand children surviving their first year , compared with one per thousand in the more developed areas ( Pate , 1965 ) . |
| 13 | Irrigation programmes in the Sudan since 1955 , where cotton is a major export crop as it is in Egypt , have again created considerable environmental change . |
| 14 | It was known originally , however , as the ‘ Darby and Joan pie ’ as Mrs Kitson thought that the pensioners of Denby Dale should have their own community centre , but the village hall which was acquired from the proceeds of the 1964 pie — known appropriately as Pie Hall — benefits the whole community as it is in regular use by a variety of organisations . |
| 15 | Rhythm in ballet is not therefore a mere time-keeper as it is in such social ballroom dances as waltzes and fox-trots . |
| 16 | It is as natural to find conflict present in the work environment as it is in the family , marriage , or any other human context . |
| 17 | There were a privileged few who made the Grand Tour to complete their education and seek out Europe 's art treasures , but travelling for pleasure was not an accepted part of life as it is in Western industrialized countries today . |
| 18 | This is as true in any detective novel as it is in scientific research or investigative journalism , and in supposing that the test-tube fusion idea had been overlooked for half a century we are already repeating a media ‘ factoid ’ that is incorrect . |
| 19 | The use of stylistic criteria for dating coins should , in theory at least , be as valid in the study of coinage as it is in any other field of art history . |
| 20 | John has been getting to know the world as it is in 1992 , and coming to terms with both dramatic political changes and the way friends have moved on in their lives . |
| 21 | This is as true for the business world as it is in our leisure moments . |
| 22 | Frequently this is accomplished by changing the baton 's form as it is in motion . |
| 23 | A spokesman said : The traffic on the M4 is just as busy early in the summer as it is in August , and we wanted to get on with the work before the autumn to take advantage of the longer days and better weather . |
| 24 | The more esoteric or higher understanding of the reality of one universal , wholistic creative principle ( monism ) is embraced only by those who are able to transcend the confines of theistic involvement as it is in any country or civilization . ’ |
| 25 | It is not seen as a ‘ deadly disease ’ in the same way as it is in France . |
| 26 | It is obviously every bit as important to respect the wild flowers in a foreign country as it is in one 's own , and not to pick large quantities of anything as you will only need a few pieces to create a floral souvenir of your trip . |
| 27 | ‘ That 's not an improvement — I prefer your hair as it is in your photograph . ’ |
| 28 | For this reason schema theory is of as great importance in language teaching as it is in discourse analysis . |
| 29 | Besides building an 18-hole golf course , and charging trainers to exercise their horses on the track , he is instigating another new concept in this country by constructing American-style barns so that training can be done at the track as it is in the United States . |
| 30 | We do know that , when gripped by a golfer , a club 's behaviour is different from the way it behaves when gripped by a clamp as it is in the standard manufacturers ' tests . |