Example sentences of "of [noun sg] [be] as [pron] " in BNC.

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1 Erm the reason why parental investment theory is is particularly sensitive to , to the female point of view of course is as we 've seen one of the fundamental consequence of anisogamy is the fact that females normally invest more in offspring than do males , whereas males concentrate on mating success normally , females normally concentrate on erm parental , in individual offspring .
2 And of course being as it was with everybody watching , we got applause for this .
3 Erm , the final point on the shortfall of funding is as I 'm , keep emphasising , forgive me for repeating this , this is going to be year two of a four year transition .
4 The only moment of danger was as she laid him in his cot again .
5 Within religions of Indian origin , such as Hinduism , Buddhism and Sikhism , certain views of reality being as it is are taken for granted , such as dharma — the existence of a moral law , and karma — the impact of this on individuals according to how much they fulfil or fail to fulfil dharma , and samsara — the process of reincarnation .
6 And , if the situation with regard to individual psychological development and the evolution of culture is as I have represented it , then this is merely the first of many profound insights into the psychology of the ego — and perhaps most especially the superego — which can be expected but which were totally unobtainable as long as the individualistic fallacy blocked the way .
7 So the chief basis of argument must be indirect : when the relations of production are as they were in this case , people will make history of this kind .
8 The art that comes of them is one in which imagination takes power , the power to distort and exaggerate , in which difference of person is suspended , in which the experience of time is as it is in dreams .
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