Example sentences of "[adv] as [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nobody suggested discouraging emigration , but it was certainly not welcomed as eagerly as in earlier decades , and the flow may have declined a little . |
| 2 | The quest for international recognition , almost regardless as to the importance of the state bestowing it , took on an almost manic quality by the later 1980s . |
| 3 | Consequently , even if a non-member country may possibly be entitled not to recognise a flag granted in a manner contrary to the Geneva Convention , it can do so only in so far as there is no ‘ genuine link , ’ regardless as to its nature , between the vessel and the state whose flag it is flying . |
| 4 | If there are major disagreements as to concepts ( eg as to whether the warranties are to be very detailed or are merely trying to catch material items ) it may be necessary to have a meeting of the principals to resolve the concepts against which the agreement is to be negotiated . |
| 5 | These may include , for example , getting certain undertakings signed by the borrower ( eg as to replies ) within six months , giving banker 's orders for future payment of instalments of interest and capital , etc . |
| 6 | However , cost would preclude very frequent advertising via this particular medium , so for frequency of exposure it would be preferable to consider hoardings and transport advertisements ( eg as with the famous Guinness advertisements ) . |
| 7 | Likewise , the behaviour of galore should receive a historical explanation of exactly the same sort , being derived from the Gaelic gu leòr , an adverbial phrase that can be translated literally as to sufficiency . |
| 8 | The horn part continues to be written entirely as for horn in F and its true character lies within the comfortable F-horn compass . |
| 9 | Four elements here are open to criticism : ( 1 ) the term batteur de mesure had become discredited and much less used by 1790 , because of its association with the bad old days ; ( 2 ) the ‘ large stick ’ whatever its size in 1750 , got markedly smaller by 1790 ; ( 3 ) there was no unified body of opinion which attacked ‘ woodchopping ’ over the decades : in fact Rousseau 's text , and those of his epigones , aspired to make musico-political points in favour of Italian opera as much as about beating time ; ( 4 ) audible stick signals can not be said , at least after 1781 , to have ‘ co-ordinated ’ chorus and ballet , if that implies ‘ heard as a matter of course ’ ; the evidence shows that no audible signal was thereafter heard as a matter of course . |
| 10 | King Hussein of Jordan was from the outset , much as during the Iran-Iraq war , a supporter of Iraq . |
| 11 | Varies : much as for The Rational if you have the binge in your own home and do n't serve champagne ; but can go through the roof if you hire a restaurant and insist on Moet all the way through . |
| 12 | Is it not the case that there is one absolute being whose power is shared among the gods , much as in Christian tradition one divine power is shared out among Father , Son and Holy Spirit ? |
| 13 | Much as in 1980–1 , the ‘ social causes ’ argument can not be seen separately from the broader debate about the future of the British economy and society . |
| 14 | Food prices are much as in the UK . |
| 15 | And , Newby went on , the superior class would have their baggage wheeled to and installed on the train , tipping the porters in the process , much as in the time of the last of the Tsars . |
| 16 | much as in Babar the King . |
| 17 | The rooms are lit by windows on the exterior and in the courtyard walls and the rooms themselves are laid out much as in a modern flat . |
| 18 | In MS , a disease of the central nervous system , the insulating sheath which surrounds the nerve fibres is stripped away , much as in ALD . |
| 19 | Sexism rarely manifests itself so grotesquely as in the cohabitation rule , and hostility to it among feminists is virtually unanimous . |
| 20 | They may be concentrated naturally as in animal tissues like bone , blood , hoof and horn , or processed to contain a high proportion of one or more nutrients , or they may be bulky and contain very little as in plant tissues like peat , compost and leaf mould . |
| 21 | Course naturally as in the service this , this cost , this for yourself ? |
| 22 | The poems are intended to be read aloud as in the late middle ages , a period to which Darras is keenly attracted because national and linguistic boundaries had not yet hardened . |
| 23 | I know that a Labour Government will be returned and I am sure that that Government will not take as long as from 1986 to the present time , as this Government have , to do something constructive about changing the law and bringing in legislation that could be enforced throughout the country . |
| 24 | Again , he could not have stayed for long as in 1680 he was back preaching in Mauchline . |
| 25 | Once these mothers and children started an argument they were likely to last twice as long as in non-clinic families . |
| 26 | It matters not that those others sought , however strongly , to persuade the patient to refuse , so long as in the end the refusal represented the patient 's independent decision . |
| 27 | Obviously , an employee is free to apply for another position even with a rival of his present employer , or to find premises in which to set up a future business so long as in doing so he is not in breach of any valid express term in his employment contract : see Searle ( GD ) & Co Ltd v Celltech Ltd [ 1982 ] FSR 92 . |
| 28 | ‘ We support the struggles of each nation to live its own life , so long as in pursuit of its aims it uses methods which do not violate the conscience and the dignity of any of its citizens . ’ |
| 29 | 13.3 Except as otherwise provided in this Clause , makes no other representations or warranties and expressly excludes the same whether implied , statutory or otherwise , especially as to quality or fitness of the Licensed Software for any particular purpose . |
| 30 | Especially as to go round the bridge would use another 50 pence of petrol . |