Example sentences of "that as " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rose 's ( 1971 ) survey , conducted in 1968 on the verge of ‘ the Troubles ’ , found that as many as 30 per cent of the catholic population were ‘ explicitly prepared to endorse the constitution ’ of Northern Ireland , which then included the Stormont parliament . |
| 2 | In order that as many people as possible may benefit from the information please take a copy if you know of someone else who would find the booklet helpful . |
| 3 | The monstrous irony is that as long as he does n't place bolts nobody will bother accusing him of environmental vandalism . |
| 4 | They feel that as innocent parties they are being cheated . |
| 5 | General Ulomi said that as more powerful rockets were provided to the guerrillas , so the Afghan army is extending its security perimeter around the city . |
| 6 | New research showed that as many as two-thirds of babies are smacked before the age of one , 83 per cent of mothers of four-year-olds believe in smacking , and 18 per cent of children were still being smacked by their 11th birthday . |
| 7 | According to evidence drawn from diplomats , military analysts and family members of the dead and detained , it appears that as many as 24 people were killed and 100 injured . |
| 8 | If tension was so high in an area not stricken by famine , it may be assumed that as much or more violence occurred in regions like the Ukraine and Tambov guberniia , which were nearly as badly off as the Volga . |
| 9 | Even though the specific predictions of Engels might not be endorsed by modern anthropologists they would nearly all subscribe to the general thesis that as political and economic conditions change , so will marriage and the family change , and this conclusion is apparently still seen as shocking . |
| 10 | In a level voice he said , ‘ You gave me to understand that as far as you know there was no woman at the time but your mother . |
| 11 | One would have assumed that as two classicists , Punch contributors and men of letters of an old-fashioned Christian temper , Lewis and Knox would have known each other for years . |
| 12 | Lewis was bowled over by him , and was anxious that as many people as possible should have the benefit of his wisdom . |
| 13 | Out of 700 cases that the PPL took to court last year , it is thought that as many as 100 could have been brought against hotels or restaurants . |
| 14 | As flotation advisers suggested that as many as two million people could have applied for shares after a last-minute surge of applications , he added that the issue would be a big step towards the Government 's goal of increasing the level of share-ownership . |
| 15 | The commission will not be responsible for promoting a network : the extent to which companies form a network , particularly one that as at present subsidises the smaller contractors , is a matter for them . |
| 16 | With a stock exchange investigation under way into heavy trading in Dixons ' options ahead of the announcement , it emerged that as many as 300 people would have known of the bid shortly beforehand , many of them on the credit committees of lending banks . |
| 17 | In one of the most outspoken statements ever made by a Metropolitan Police officer of his rank , he says : ‘ The council has been ensuring that as many cases as possible are referred to the SMG , a pernicious organisation spewing out lies and propaganda in pursuance of their own ideological aims . |
| 18 | Ken wanted to rake David to this thing on his own and David , being very , very cold — he hates demonstrations of emotion — and me being very Mediterranean , I told him that as far as I was concerned , I did n't give a fuck about his award or seeing him receive it , but I thought it was a bit much that his mother could n't be there because it was a public occasion and it was a time when , without having to speak to her , he could be nice to her , as every mother loves to be there for that kind of thing . |
| 19 | Conservationists maintain that as much as 80 per cent of the tuna on sale in the US would qualify for the ‘ dolphin-safe ’ label , but August Felando , president of the American Tunaboat Association , disagrees : ‘ It will destroy us , ’ said Felando in a newspaper interview in November 1989 . |
| 20 | When New Zealand Search and Rescue authorities carried out several extensive air searches for survivors , it became apparent that as many as 50 or more Japanese drift-netters were concentrated in a small area of the Tasman Sea , fishing for albacore tuna . |
| 21 | The Sports Illustrated report confirmed scientists ' suspicions that as many as 600 porpoises each year were dying in entanglements in the Gulf , out of a total population for the East Coast of the US and Canada of perhaps only 8000 . |
| 22 | In the following 18 months , more than 750 emaciated dolphin bodies were washed ashore , although US officials now estimate that as many as 3000 dolphins may have died with similar symptoms . |
| 23 | Bazaar rumour has it that as many as 100 of these anti-American clerics have been locked away ; but the government has taken no public stand against them . |
| 24 | Lloyd claimed the last half hour , but when he was out at 233 for 4 he indicated that as far as he was concerned that was that . |
| 25 | The next day , I countered with a speech arguing that as far as the health service was concerned the issue had been settled and that the Government 's policy was to continue to make the service as effective as possible . |
| 26 | ‘ You know that as well as I do , after the Beach Bombings . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ You may say that as often as you like . ’ |
| 28 | That may be so , but it may be suggested that as much depends on the surrounding legal rules as on the mandatory penalty . |
| 29 | There is a powerful argument that as far as sexual behaviour is concerned , an area in which consent makes the difference between gross violation and shared pleasure , and in which physical proximity makes it relatively easy to ask about consent , the law should in effect impose a duty to enquire . |
| 30 | Finally , I do hope that as many of you as possible will enter our Gardener of the Year competition . |