Example sentences of "as it [was/were] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Clothing was rationed , as it was at home , but without a ‘ textile ticket ’ one could quite easily obtain goods in the regular shops by openly paying the assistant a bribe . |
| 2 | In 1963 came the signing of the Anglo-French agreement to build Concorde ( or ‘ Concord ’ as it was at first spelled in Britain ) , and the video faithfully traces it right back to the earliest days of its conception . |
| 3 | With a digital signal , it is very difficult for distortion to occur since so long as a 1 remains a 1 and 0 remains a 0 the signal will continue to carry all the information and the data stream will be as pure at the end as it was at the beginning . |
| 4 | Faith coming before and bringing about healing is as real to many Christians today as it was at the time of the Gospel . |
| 5 | When mortality for both sexes in infancy and childhood was great , as it was at the beginning of the century , it did not take long for a cohort to advance up the age scale before females outnumbered males . |
| 6 | THE ICC has removed the ban on the ‘ rand rebels ’ on the grounds , as I understand , that South Africa is no longer outside the pale of accepted cricket intercourse as it was at time the offence was committed . |
| 7 | ( It does seem a little perverse of EMI to have included with these discs the specification of the Sainte-Trinité organ as it now stands rather than as it was at the time these recordings were made . ) |
| 8 | A map of the town as it was at the beginning of this century , plus one as it is today , would have added considerably to the understanding of a reader not familiar with the town . |
| 9 | Yet to mere man , Venice stands today on a group of islands at the head of the Adriatic very much as it was at the time of the great Doges . |
| 10 | The Arab world was alarmed at the implications of the new Cabinet for the peace process , formed as it was at a time when the USA was considering breaking off its 16-month dialogue with the PLO , following the abortive raid on the Israeli coast on May 30 [ see this page for breaking off of dialogue on June 20 ] . |
| 11 | Continuing tensions in relations with Iran also focused on the impounding by the Turkish authorities of a cargo ship , the Cape Maleas , as it was at anchor in the Bosphorus on Oct. 22 , 1991 . |
| 12 | I now had a settled crew and witnessed the steady improvement in the PFF methods , but very much trial and error as it was at the time , although in keeping with the Harris momentum . |
| 13 | Went through Section Head of various departments and became the A M S there or M P S as it was at the time . |
| 14 | The rebuilt barn had been laid out just as it was at the time of the fire in January last year . |
| 15 | The atmosphere was as lively as it was at Church House itself . |
| 16 | ‘ My attitude is still the same as it was at the beginning of the 1986–87 season and that is , if I can continue to contribute then I 'm happy to do so . ’ |
| 17 | Although I remained something of an outsider to the M.I.T. philosophy as it was at that time , I carried something of this arrogance back to England with me . |
| 18 | ‘ Not as hot as it was on HMS Boxer . ' |
| 19 | Based as it was on principles of race , with the figure of the Jew as the focal point of all hatred , and with the Führer as its ideological and organizational fulcrum , the Nazi Movement needed no regular orders or directions from Hitler to step up the pace of anti Jewish actions and discrimination , pushing the government and the State bureaucracy into action , and always therefore increasing the radicalizing momentum of racial policy . |
| 20 | On paper , it seemed a very bankable prospect , based as it was on a successful stage musical by Alan J. Lerner and Burton Lane . |
| 21 | He might have an interesting tale to tell but it could probably be told in the space of thirty minutes and on later meetings hauled out and paraded again exactly as it was on the first occasion . |
| 22 | Noreen was only older by a couple of years , but their mark was laid heavily on her , just as it was on the Rafferty regulars . |
| 23 | By the end of the 19th century the house of phrenology , built as it was on scientific quicksands , had crumbled . |
| 24 | He did n't mind socializing with his staff as long as it was on His terms and at their expense , but to meet them as equals on neutral ground was another matter . |
| 25 | Oh we will protest , too much methinks , that we do not miss it , will recall the struggle , the failures , the inadequacies ; recall life as it was on the road , for a time anyhow , though I daresay soon enough out imagination will take over transforming us into giants . |
| 26 | We vote Labour because it 's our party , it 's on our side , as it was on the side of our forefathers . |
| 27 | Barnhorne was not quite so impressive , set as it was on the shifting , sea-threatened , marshland east of Pevensey . |
| 28 | As it was on such a steep gradient , a large basement was built under the rear end to give a level floor for the tracks . |
| 29 | The local slave trading and mercantile community was loud in its support for Harris ' intervention and happy to see , at this early stage of antislavery mobilisation , its interests defended quite as much in general scriptural terms as it was on the broad basis of national interest and community prosperity . |
| 30 | They failed to achieve their objectives and , in a sense , they were bound to fail because their power , based as it was on financial and propagandist resources , was no match for established constitutional and democratic procedures . |