Example sentences of "of [noun prp] as [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Hong Kong was chilled as much by the implications of Tiananmen as by the spectacle . |
| 2 | Philippe Morillon , for Croatian regular forces to begin withdrawing from the self-proclaimed Serbian Republic of Bosnia-Hercegovina as from Nov. 30 , there was no sign of a decrease in fighting . |
| 3 | Just as Teddy itself was a diminutive of Theodore as in Roosevelt ( or was it Edward , King of England ? ) , so we began to hear of Charles Lindbear and Wilbear Wright the pioneer bearaviators . |
| 4 | To become a recognized bank an institution had to satisfy the Bank of England as to its reputation , the range of services it offers , and its financial status . |
| 5 | Prior to that , its House of Lords was a part of the Parliament of England as of Scotland . |
| 6 | The Crown was in such a strong position in 1685 because Charles II , in his last years , had taken a stance in defence of the Church of England as by law established , and was able to exploit the anti-Nonconformist prejudices of the Anglicans . |
| 7 | If the liberal accounts saw the House of Commons as at the centre of things , then the liberal-democratic accounts saw the Commons as a dignified part of the constitution that lacked real power . |
| 8 | An example of how little it matters to the speechreader is the sound of TH as in : |
| 9 | They would become subject to the same conditions of claiming benefit as men : for example , it would be a matter of discretionary decision on the part of the allocators of SB as to whether the existence of children or other dependants at home would relieve them of the need to register for work ( DHSS , 1978a , p.95 ) . |
| 10 | ‘ I may is well place before the dog over there the message of God as before those hungry millions who have no lustre in their eyes and whose only God is their bread . ’ |
| 11 | Willing volunteers formed teams of helpers to carry the Statue of Our Lady of Walsingham as with hymns and rosaries we trod the Holy Mile , conscious of those many pilgrims who had gone before us . |
| 12 | Not snow fallen on peaks alone , but the image of Christ as on Saint Veronica 's cloth , the dark eyes and the crown of thorns scorched and scarred on its folds and pleats . |
| 13 | This case is , as is readily appreciated , a case merely for the existence of some sort of second chamber , and not for the House of Lords as at present composed . |
| 14 | Order of House of Lords as to costs dated 13 June 1991 discharged . |
| 15 | The applicants wish to know the nature and extent of their receivership powers as a matter of practical importance and pressing nature , because they have been unable so far to obtain any assistance from the directors of I.B.C. as to the location of books and records of I.B.C. , or as to the provision of information about its assets . |
| 16 | It is logical that the United States should do whatever it is able to do to assist in the return of normal economic health in the world , without which there can be no political stability and no assured peace … there must be some agreement among the countries of Europe as to the requirements of the situation and the part those countries themselves will take in order to give proper effect to whatever action might be undertaken by this government . |
| 17 | Until the end of the nineteenth century , practice amongst the states of Europe as to service of process has been described as being in un état anarchique . |
| 18 | In the twentieth century there has been a steady drift of power from assemblies to executives in Western liberal democracies , and this is as true of Britain as of the United States , although to different extents . |
| 19 | Mathesius ( quoted in Firbas , 1974 : 17 ) compares English and Czech in this respect and concludes that in English , the grammatical principle ( i.e. syntax ) plays the leading role in the hierarchy of word order principles and that ‘ English differs from Czech in being so little susceptible to the requirements of FSP as to frequently disregard them altogether ’ . |
| 20 | The only conclusion the meeting was able to reach was ‘ that guidance be sought from officers of DES as to ways in which greater academic autonomy might be achieved ’ . |