Example sentences of "as [modal v] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is common ground between the parties , and , on the basis of earlier cases , rightly so , that the visitor to a university may be given an exclusive jurisdiction , e.g. , to decide disputes arising under the statutes of the university , as may visitors to such eleemosynary foundations as schools , colleges and dioceses . |
| 2 | If allies were able to provide the necessities of life , primitive valuables could have acted as a medium of exchange ; primitive valuables may also have been used as a means of contracting alliances as may marriages between members of different political groups . |
| 3 | In addition , other road users may benefit from the measures as may children on ‘ non-school ’ days . |
| 4 | The proposals for the Council of Ministers , the Commission and the Parliament should be part of the negotiating brief for United Kingdom Ministers at Maastricht , as should proposals on economic and monetary union , to which my right hon. and learned Friend the Member for Monklands , East ( Mr. Smith ) hopes to refer later in the debate . |
| 5 | The current status of tax computations should also be explained , as should details of PAYE and VAT audits . |
| 6 | For , as Giles Playfair rightly pointed out , when children under 16 are thought to be the victim of indecent assault , they would not , as could homosexuals under these proposals , be also treated as the culprits . |
| 7 | He would have a mandate for five years , renewable once , as would members of the National Assembly . |
| 8 | Whether from shame or fear of the all-pervasive Mukhabarat security police , people are reluctant to talk of the four civilians in Maan who were killed - they do not use the word ‘ martyred ’ as would Palestinians on the West Bank of the river — during the ‘ sorrowful events ’ as they are known in official parlance . |
| 9 | Other structural changes , such as association or hydrogen bonding , are reflected in vibrational spectra , and can be followed by vibrational spectroscopy , as can processes of solvation . |
| 10 | Amazon soils can not provide nutrients from the parent material as can soils in temperate regions because the Basin has a Tertiary deposit of kaolinite derived from the sediments eroded from the surrounding highlands , but in some areas are patches of black soil , developed by the Indians for intensive cultivation by addition of organic matter . |
| 11 | The laboratory method appeals to those who believe that , in the last analysis , human behaviour can be studied and explained in the same way as can events in the world of nature . |
| 12 | In fact , owners of land or factories can do things non-owners can not , as can men with weapons compared to those without , or even men as compared to women . |