Example sentences of "as [prep] [noun sg] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But they may be otherwise arranged as for instance the two ways whether end to end in line , at an angle to one another or otherwise may be oppositely inclined from opposite sides of the head bay and terminate at foot each in its own tail bay connected with the lower pond . |
| 2 | With all its biblical and other evocative resonances ( as for instance the ‘ enchanted forest ’ of fairy tales ) , the wilderness begins where the warm sphere of human interaction ends . |
| 3 | Thirdly , new territories have been cultivated , thus extending the agricultural land available , as for example the colonisation of new lands in Amazonia . |
| 4 | Where a sanitiser can have advantages is where a particular cleaning task is carried out on a repetitive basis as for example the daily cleaning of a retail soft ice cream dispenser . |
| 5 | Thirdly , it involved saying that ‘ the general principles of the constitution ( as for example the right to personal liberty , or the right of public meeting ) are with us as the result of judicial decisions determining the rights of private persons in particular cases brought before the courts ’ . |
| 6 | Careers officers in universities and polytechnics are starting to provide ‘ after-care services ’ for their students , as for example the Sheffield Unemployed Graduates Association ( SUGA ) . |
| 7 | Only the general tendency for an industry is shown ; there are always exceptions , as for example the development ( though usually only temporarily ) of some international chains of hairdressing salons in an otherwise ‘ domestic ’ industry . |
| 8 | Later productions , which returned to earlier themes , were to be gentler , as for example the almost sentimental etchings of the Prince of Wales dreaming on the eve of his wedding ( 24 January 1795 ; reproduced in Hill , 1966 ) . |
| 9 | Clearly , the SMRs ( as used in the RAWP formula ) capture these differences rather well , so that a case can not thus be made for inclusion of measure of socio-economic deprivation in the RAWP formula , as for example The Black Report ( Townsend and Davidson , 1982 ) appears to argue . |
| 10 | And much of the concerns that we 've been able to express about the Health Service has been as a direct consequence of us having information as to for example the numbers of bed closures , as for example the numbers of people on waiting lists . |
| 11 | Climate and diet have a considerable effect upon maturation , as for example the work of Weiner & Thambipillai ( 1952 ) on West Africa children suggests , and therefore any estimates of life-expectancy in earlier populations must be accepted with reserve . |
| 12 | For the same reason , it can be misleading , because not all centres of population which possessed recognizably urban characteristics , as for example the employment of the inhabitants in manufacturing or trade rather than in agriculture , were boroughs in the strict legal sense . |
| 13 | The fact/belief divide is powerfully at work today as for example the debate on the original National Curriculum proposals with regard to the teaching of history and geography has amply attested . |
| 14 | It seems to me that the indication you have given on the key diagram to alteration number three for Harrogate Knaresborough is exactly the same as for example the indication given for York and for Harrogate Knaresborough southern on the approved key diagram . |
| 15 | He lies in a cot equipped with a special mattress which is filled with liquid ; he lies on so resilient a surface that it is very close to actually lying in liquid , as of course the unborn infant does . |
| 16 | Provided that the game is fair and given that the majority of investors hold diversified portfolios , as of course the dominant institutional investors do , then it is debatable whether extensive additional audit work is justified to provide the relatively small numbers of undiversified investors with information about the likely variance of cash flows . |
| 17 | As with tuck the punched holes on the card select the needles that will knit , while the blank select the needles that will slip . |
| 18 | It is likely , however , that at least 40% and possibly more of gas demand will by then be imported but as with oil the Netherlands will continue to benefit from being at the hub of European energy supply . |
| 19 | As with findField the exposure is selected arbitrarily , in this case the mid point between the black- and whiteout points . |
| 20 | For example , if there was some slight uncertainty about whether an input segment was as legion or as in lesion the ambiguity at the lexical level would not be enough to resolve the ambiguity at the phoneme level . |
| 21 | It says a Christmas service will be held in the oh no it is n't the juniors are now helping the infants with their nativity story on Wednesday the eighteenth of December this was originally a advertised , by me , at taking place at six thirty in Walton St. Peter Church , I 'm afraid this was a mistake on my part , as in fact the performance is rather ten thirty on the da on that day at Walter St. Andrew Church . |
| 22 | P/O Atherton was a very experienced pilot , with a second pilot as navigator , so one can not accept that they could be so far off course as to reach the target thirty minutes later , especially as the fires started in the docks by the bombing raid of Blenheims of 59 Squadron could be seen from many miles away . |
| 23 | Given these qualifications , broad categories of value are locative — names derived from place-names or topographical features ; of relationship — names of fathers or mothers , with additional syllables , pet names , font names and diminutives ; occupational and social status — indications of trade , calling or office , carried down the centuries , often in mutilated or garbled form ; nicknames — tags and sobriquets which were sufficiently distinctive , felicitous and pronounceable as to stand the test of time . |
| 24 | Nevertheless , given the strength of local ties , the patriotism that w as to mark the great crises remained an abstract emotion , imperfectly felt at the most intimate levels . |
| 25 | It is suggested that copies ( or duplicates ) be held by both husband and wife so as to evidence the extent of their respective interests . |
| 26 | Given the current technical framework and the likely developments in the future , how can British broadcasting be financed in such a way as to brine the greatest enjoyment and pleasure to as many viewers and listeners as possible while at the same time fulfilling the public service obligation ? |
| 27 | So , although there is an irrational element to eroticism , it ought , I am arguing , not to be so irrational a process as to violate the other 's autonomy . |
| 28 | From his perspective , it was intended as much to control his own actions as to cow the lower classes of the street . |
| 29 | The primary function of the teacher is not so much to impart information as to help the student to assimilate the course of reading and lesson notes and to stimulate the questioning attitude of mind by every means at his/her disposal . |
| 30 | Both share the tradition of a strong voluntary sector which , in Victoria , has found expression in health charities as determined to apply existing knowledge for prevention as to support the development of the new . |