Example sentences of "[adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since in the epi-classical period the differences between legacies and trusts persisted there is no reason to suppose that the publisher of Scaevola 's works would have used the terms interchangeably as a matter of deliberate policy . |
| 2 | The word ‘ man ’ is derived from the Sanskrit ‘ Manas ’ , meaning ‘ mind ’ — the mental faculty — and ‘ man ’ is understood esoterically as a ‘ vehicle for mind ’ . |
| 3 | As far as the extent of this limited edition being only 200 is concerned , my only reservations are outlined above : namely that a guitar is designed to be used and not coveted wholly as an objet d'art to be hung on the wall , which I suspect is exactly where the bulk of these models are likely to end up . |
| 4 | For example , where pragmatics is construed as the study of grammatically encoded aspects of context , we might want to say : ( 18 ) f(s)=c where c is the set of contexts potentially encoded by elements of S i.e. f is a theory that " computes out " of sentences the contexts which they encode Or , alternatively , where pragmatics is defined as the study of constraints on the appropriateness of utterances , we could say : ( 19 ) f(u)=a where A has just two elements , denoting the appropriate vs. the inappropriate utterances i.e. f is a theory that selects just those felicitous or appropriate pairings of sentences and contexts — or identifies the set of appropriate utterances Or , where pragmatics is defined ostensively as a list of topics , we could say : ( 20 ) f(u)=b where each element of B is a combination of a speech act , a set of presuppositions , a set of conversational implicatures , etc. i.e. f is a theory that assigns to each utterance the speech act it performs , the propositions it presupposes , the propositions it conversationally implicates , etc . |
| 5 | There he met Mohandas K. Gandhi , and spent much of the next 20 years acting as a conciliatory intermediary between Gandhi 's Congress Party and the British Government , latterly as a member of Gandhi 's entourage . |
| 6 | Since school , which was n't long ago , he 'd worked as a butcher , ‘ squeezed a heart in a sink and got blood all over - sickened me ’ , and latterly as a — guess it — hairdresser . |
| 7 | The Sir Richard Arkwright and Company mill at Cromford , a familiar sight to travellers along the main Derby-Buxton-Manchester road , only ceased spinning in November 1991 — latterly as part of the Coates Viyella group . |
| 8 | When in 1830 the Duchess of Northumberland was appointed official governess , Lehzen stayed as lady in attendance and Victoria 's constant attendant , without an official appointment , until 1842 , acting latterly as her secretary in private matters . |
| 9 | Peter has been with BP for over 20 years , the last 5½ at Sullom Voe , latterly as production superintendent at the terminal . |
| 10 | Union des populations camerounaises ( UPC — Union of Cameroonian Peoples , operating latterly as a Paris-based clandestine organization , having been banned since 1960 ; it was held responsible for unrest in the 1960s and was regarded as communist-led ) . |
| 11 | In 1934 he joined the Irish Independent , with whom he worked for an eventful 50 years , latterly as its northern political editor . |
| 12 | I qualified in 1979 and have worked as a social worker and latterly as a team manager in various London boroughs . |
| 13 | Mr Clement then says , presumably as a joke , that the clarification needs clarification . |
| 14 | All the indications are that the Hebridean flora and vegetation were more diverse than today , presumably as a result of the widespread more fertile , unleached mineral soils present immediately after deglaciation and the cessation of periglaciation . |
| 15 | However , by 7700 B.P. Calluna heaths expanded , presumably as a result of soil acidification and podsolisation . |
| 16 | That seems possible because in one of Jacob 's books , Cornet à Dés , there was a dedication to Modigliani in the edition published in 1917 which was deleted subsequently , presumably as a result of the mysterious quarrel over Beatrice . |
| 17 | It was presumably as a result of this that Palmerston wrote to the Treasury in May 1836 , explaining his views on the new accommodation . |
| 18 | The younger age group have taken up conspicuous consumption , presumably as a means of recouping some esteem in terms of the apparently dominant and universalistic class criteria . |
| 19 | The Nazi-imposed rules for managing the Kindertransporte were made more restrictive in early 1939 , presumably as an attempt to disguise from decent citizens what was being perpetrated in their name . |
| 20 | Not only were various articles stolen , but a clay statue was smashed , presumably as part of a search for valuables . |
| 21 | Even though a proposed fourth game against Canada has been dropped — presumably as a gesture of appeasement — The tour runs from June 5-19 , deep into the summer break — and George Graham , Alex Ferguson , Graeme Souness and others believe their clubs should not be put at a disadvantage at the start of the following season . |
| 22 | The fire had died to cold ashes , but I felt my way to where I had seen a candlestick , left ready on the mantelpiece , presumably as insurance against just this event . |
| 23 | Part-time work seems to be a prerogative of women presumably as a consequence of their central role in the home . |
| 24 | This was a nazi form of greeting that had been popularized by P.J. Ridout of the IFL in 1936 , presumably as a conscious pun on his own initials . |
| 25 | The late-fourth century rebuilding at Chedworth , with the use of stones from the nymphaeum , and associated coins up to the House of Theodosius , clearly indicates a continued occupation of the site , presumably as a small farm . |
| 26 | Gloucester was clearly intent on overturning the settlement , and as well as seizing Richard Grey 's share , he ordered the young duchess to be handed over to his leading supporter the duke of Buckingham , presumably as a preliminary to resuming the whole duchy . |
| 27 | Presumably as a feminist one will only accept into one 's formulation of one 's religious position ideas which do not conflict with one 's ethical position . |
| 28 | That energy must go somewhere , presumably as radiation . |
| 29 | The relevance of his role as priest ( referred to by the expressions Priest , a dissident … priest , the priest 's ) is presumably as a priest of the Roman Catholic Church of which the Pope is Head . |
| 30 | Presumably as part of his attempt to rule Kent , Cenwulf gave the abbey of St Augustine 's Canterbury to his relative Cunred and the nunnery of Minster-in-Thanet to his daughter Cwenthryth . |