Example sentences of "as [pron] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The KGB is unlikely to reveal such sensitive information as who the Oxford ring members were . |
| 2 | He formulated in haunting terms the longing expressed by Platonists for the source of all beauty : " late have I loved Thee , O Beauty so ancient and so new " , but he recognised this longing as itself the working of God 's gift of love in man — in theological terms , the grace of the Holy Spirit . |
| 3 | A six-month old Rodin should not be sold for as much as one the artist himself made . |
| 4 | All the participants were unskilled and the majority , as we the group-takers understood it , had migrated to this town from the larger industrial cities that the seaside resort served as a holiday venue . |
| 5 | Erm , it 's used a great deal , erm , as we the sort of people 's work as they work in teams . |
| 6 | As we the time went on . |
| 7 | When we look at the colour pattern of a cat we automatically think of it as something the animal inherits from its parents . |
| 8 | houses there was very much the same as it the distance between the houses here . |
| 9 | my Lord all that follows now is that question costs in this my Lord there is no doubt that er this is the painful experience for both the plaintiffs and of course for doctor who is unrepresented and therefore must inevitably feel rather isolated in this matter erm , however in my there is no reason to er depart from the usual principal of the costs which should follow the event and of course we know as it the loss on the subsidiary appeal and so I do n't press the point on that cos the reality as you 've already probably anticipated is all the work has been done erm on this appeal the subsidiary appeal I ask , I do n't ask for costs on that , in my submission it should be both sides bear their own costs on that , the reason I say that is that there was no , there was no cross appearing in respect on it in effect , cos after all , all you were doing was er trying to get the same as the other side if we lost , so no worm of can of beans can be done by doctor I had one parallel in my whole skeleton on that , er , but we have substantially succeeded on the main issue and so I , I would ask that costs in favour of the plaintiffs on , on that and here and indeed below . |
| 10 | for one pound and unfortunately as he the option of the contract and on a number of occasions question whether he should exercise the option . |
| 11 | Specimen covenant : The Transferee hereby covenants with the Transferor by way of indemnity only that [ so long as he the Transferee is the registered proprietor of the property hereby transferred ] he will observe and perform the [ positive ] covenants contained or referred to in Entry No 1 of the charges register of the said Title . |
| 12 | When you go arter a job like that , if you 're doing as fast as what the machine will take it to do it properly , you ca n't force it . |
| 13 | Where the female chooses not so much the male as what the male 's got is erm female choice as I said when Darwin suggested was widely ridiculed , partly because i it , it contradicted Victorian prejudices . |
| 14 | Neither occurrence was as rude as what the reporter was doing , but she was pretty sure the intention was the same . |
| 15 | Also , where the company subsequent to granting a floating charge containing a negative pledge provision purchases property leaving part of the purchase secured by a mortgage , the mortgage will take priority , even if the mortgage has actual notice so long as what the company acquired was the equity of redemption subject to the mortgage . |
| 16 | Now one of the consequences that ego analysis was , analysts began to feel confident that they could analyze the defences of the ego , as well as what the ego repressed as a result of its defences . |
| 17 | But what we found was that the heavier breeds , the wine dots and the Rhode Island Reds , they did n't need such a high fence as what the leghorns or any of the lighter breeds needed . |
| 18 | ai n't as much as what the bank would charge you . |
| 19 | They attacked at first light , their generals having made exactly the same mistake as ours the day before . |
| 20 | He liked as much as anything the works of John Buchan . |
| 21 | Germans are uncomfortably aware that some parts of the Ruhr are just as dirty as anything the Communists left behind in the east . |
| 22 | His religion is as much as anything the regression to a past of obedience , disobedience , sin and doom . |
| 23 | Aura , a CBS recording made in Scandinavia four years ago ( Davis went to WEA for his last two albums , after 30 years with Columbia ) , is as good a demonstration of that as anything the trumpeter has recorded since his most famous collaborations with Gil Evans . |
| 24 | ‘ Kennedy ’ is as good as anything The Prez have recorded so far in their brilliant career . ’ |