Example sentences of "as [det] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Q : We should like to spend a holiday touring Scotland but , as neither of us drives , we are thinking of joining a coach tour . |
| 2 | And in other debates , such as that on the European Parliament 's powers , there are hints that British intransigence may soften . |
| 3 | Many of the courses are very specialised , others highly practical , such as that on ‘ Refugee camps and appropriate health care ’ . |
| 4 | This had nothing whatsoever to do with fabrics , referring instead to an alternative to upholstery nails : tin-dipped filigree stamped iron available in rolls of — it must be presumed — twenty yards , a length sufficient to outline the lid , sides and ends of a coffin , such as that on the outer case of Lord Vere Bertie ( d.1770 ) in the Wray vault at All Saints ' , Branston , in Lincolnshire . |
| 5 | There are inscriptions which are presented in spiral form , such as that on a gold ring from Mavro Spilio . |
| 6 | Thus work , such as that on thermokarst in Siberia in relation to the development of lowland relief ( Czudek and Demek , 1970 ) , had a significant influence on research in areas of Quaternary periglacial morphogenesis . |
| 7 | Another thirty Health and Safety proposals are on the way such as that on working time in the news last week and another to restore the protection for young people at work which we 've lost over the last decade , and just as important the union has just n not just reacting to what 's coming out of Brussels , it 's actually helping set the agenda . |
| 8 | One must be conscious of the pressures under which local authority social workers operate , particularly in boroughs such as that with which this case is concerned , but nonetheless one might have hoped that the letter would have received at least some acknowledgement . |
| 9 | Do the private ‘ nursing homes ’ such as that with up to 240 beds on one site proposed for the West of Scotland really count as community care ? |
| 10 | Government research says that the presence of dioxins in flue gases from plants such as that at Pontypool ‘ are in the low range of parts per trillion ’ ( one part per trillion is of the order of 30 seconds in a million years , or one ounce in 28 million tons ) , and that all the UK PCB-destroying plants together emit only a ‘ few grammes per year ’ . |
| 11 | He was clearly attracted to rural religious communities , such as that at Kelham where he himself participated or that seventeenth-century community of Little Gidding which he was later to celebrate . |
| 12 | The famous palaeolithic paintings found in caves such as that at Lascaux in the Dordogne have been interpreted as evidence that , at least implicitly , people were operating 20,000 or more years ago with teleological intent in terms of past , present , and future . |
| 13 | Some zones , such as that at Clydebank , consisted of one large site . |
| 14 | In a simple agricultural community , such as that at the time of the Pentateuch , this meant each family being able to own land . |
| 15 | Dubbed the ‘ Museum of the Pharaohs ’ , the Giza museum is part of a wider project to restore Egypt 's monuments and upgrade its minor museums such as that at Aswan , which will in future house the Nubian antiquities . |
| 16 | Secondly , it must be observed that it is not the purpose of national legislation governing the registration of vessels , such as that at issue in the main proceedings , to define the detailed rules for the utilisation of quotas . |
| 17 | The BBC 's ‘ Songs of Praise ’ runs a hymn- and song-writing competition and some cathedral festivals , such as that at Norwich , invite the submission of choral pieces . |
| 18 | This can not , of course , apply to outcrop rock such as that at the old village of Tockmal on the Oa , which has a group of shallow cups . |
| 19 | Instead , flat beaches , such as that at Blackpool , are often characterised by the formation of a series of ridges and runnels . |
| 20 | In this context it fully accepts that caravan sites , such as that at Meadow House , are presently an essential feature of the tourist industry . |
| 21 | It is therefore CPRW 's long term hope that aesthetically unacceptable sites , such as that at Meadow House , will eventually be removed . |
| 22 | I heard him giving many readings , and now of course they are on record ; but I think he was at his best — with every word clearly articulated — among a small group such as that at Kelham . |
| 23 | We do not want situations such as that at Commodore Shipping , where English officers and crews have been replaced by Norwegians and Poles who can not even speak English , thus increasing the risk of severe ferry accidents . |
| 24 | In order to install systems such as that at the St Pierre Park , equipment manufacturers rely on a good relationship with their distributors , ensuring the best possible service at all times . |
| 25 | What attracted a man such as that to such a lonely spot ? |
| 26 | I am satisfied that a promise such as that to which I have referred is binding and the only question remaining for my consideration is the scope of the promise in the present case . |
| 27 | While it has a policy such as that to which my hon. Friend referred , it can not convince the House or anyone else that it is serious about stabilising and reducing carbon dioxide levels . |
| 28 | We consistently encourage observance of the common action programme in respect of Vietnamese boat people and in the light of events in other parts of the world , such as that to which my right hon. Friend referred . |
| 29 | The problem is now recognized , especially in Europe , and strenuous efforts are being made to harmonise the data sets ( e.g. through the use of standard classifications , such as that for land use produced by the Conference of European Statisticians in 1989 ) . |
| 30 | Earlier , the large undertakings had been able to appoint specialised commercial officers to deal with the special selling requirements in markets such as that for industrial power . |