Example sentences of "[det] as [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For though conflict arises often from the aggressive attitudes of others , it feeds not so much on this as on the learned and unlearned responses of our inner world . |
| 2 | The Scottish Parliament was split on this as on so many other matters . |
| 3 | I suspect that the Opposition are in the same muddle on this as on every other issue — including taxation , over the past three weeks . |
| 4 | On this as on all the other resolutions relating to " security issues " , amendments proposed by the right of the party were defeated . |
| 5 | And on twenty five minutes , Nigel Mott got that opening goal as an excellent through ball from Paul Biddle found him in space and he placed the ball wide of the Fairmile goalkeeper Mark Carrigan ; Fairmile were not to be perturbed by this as on their half an hour Wayne Glossop went close for the home side . |
| 6 | The Medicines Control Agency may not be entirely blameless in this as for years it has tolerated the marketing of other nicotine containing products of unproved value or quality without licence . |
| 7 | The council was responding as much to this as to real economic circumstance . |
| 8 | Some of the girls had been looking forward to this as to the highlight of the trip , but Clara had been dreading it , and for a classic reason , which was that she had nothing nice to wear . |
| 9 | No longer can there be a neat and tidy debate in the pages of august journals such as this as to the benefits , or otherwise , of the new product . |
| 10 | I B M , U K has long established policies for managing its corporate social responsibility , and as I said earlier , applies the same principles to this as to any other business activity . |
| 11 | In contrast to some critics who would rather see the collection as a one-directional story , with its ‘ phases ’ and ‘ developments ’ , I recall readers to the essentially , inherently repetitive or ongoing nature of this as of all deep and long-lived human relationships . |
| 12 | Friction between locals and newcomers has been as much a function of this as of any other factor , a conflict between the aesthetic appreciation of the qualities of the English countryside and a utilitarian assessment of its productive capacity . |
| 13 | However , sociology , a term invented by Auguste Comte in 1839 and popularised by Herbert Spencer ( who wrote a premature book on the principles of this as of numerous other sciences [ 1876 ] ) , was much talked about . |
| 14 | ( Care should be taken when doing this as under the thumb operation there is a small spring ) . |
| 15 | And Karajan , in this as in many other things , was of a similar mind to Legge . |
| 16 | Bernhard Paumgartner was my mentor in this as in so many other things . |
| 17 | When the Home Secretary talked of the need for the Government to give a lead in tackling racial disadvantage he therefore saw this as in issue for the longer term . |
| 18 | In this as in other areas , the fundamental error in our approach to policing is revealed : we do not trust the police so we build safeguards into the way they exercise their power . |
| 19 | Today his seducer was a respected Tory backbencher while Henry — in this as in all other matters of pleasure , a broad-minded man — had retained a part-time interest in members of his own sex . |
| 20 | As a delinquent nine-year-old at his prep school , he had once been required by the headmaster to write out in his best handwriting the whole of the third chapter of Ecclesiastes , old Gumboil , economical in this as in all matters , believing that writing lines should combine punishment with literary and religious education . |
| 21 | The mentality of the time is captured in the statement by Sir Alfred Mond , ICI 's first chairman , when the company set up an agricultural research station : ‘ My ideal is to see , in this as in other chemical manufactures , our great organisation controlling the production and sales of the whole chemical manufacture within the Empire . ’ |
| 22 | The likelihood is that in this as in other matters Beowulf is meant to appear a good prophet , since the unsuccessful , possibly treacherous , but in heroic terms entirely praiseworthy attack which Ingeld made on his father-in-law is repeatedly mentioned in Northern story . |
| 23 | In this as in other areas the ends can never justify the means . |
| 24 | The party considerations , in this as in so many other aspects of local government reorganisation , seemed to have been based more on an assessment of the past rather than on considerations for the future . |
| 25 | This usually takes place around the end of the fortieth week — 280 days — although in this as in so many aspects of sex and reproduction there is considerable variability . |
| 26 | In this as in subsequent encounters with Englishmen , Nkrumah was very sensitive to atmosphere . |
| 27 | In this as in other respects particular groups within a class may be rising or falling in importance , according to the general development of the class and the society . |
| 28 | A mould is made round it in detachable pieces , and in these a wax casting-mould is moulded or cast and then filled with a core ; and the bronze is cast from this as in the direct method . |
| 29 | In this as in so many fields of social service the voluntary contribution can be great both in a pioneering sense and in the steady provision of research , public education and good facilities . |
| 30 | Mr Smith encouraged forming an open and honest relationship with the bank , presenting this as in the interests of both parties . |