Example sentences of "especially as it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He could hardly limp across the room and offer her a plastic spoon , especially as it had already been used . |
| 2 | Having made sure from Miss Miggs that she would n't mind if the mistletoe in her apple-tree were sold , especially as it had never occurred to her that she could sell it , three excited Brownies hurried away from Sundial Cottage and did n't pause until they reached Anne 's father 's greengrocery shop . |
| 3 | Its huge success grated even more , especially as it had been a Labour paper until Murdoch had bought it and turned it into a cornerstone of his international media empire . |
| 4 | The publication by Lobachevsky in 1829 of a consistent ( non-Euclidean ) geometry , in which Euclid 's parallel postulate is denied , should perhaps have turned mathematicians ' attention back to a study of axioms , especially as it had long been appreciated that Euclid 's use of the axiomatic method was , to say the least , inconsistent ( [ 106 ] contains stronger views . ) |
| 5 | And she also reminded herself that even if it had included a kiss it did n't mean a thing — especially as it had come from a man who was living in the outback to get away from women . |
| 6 | Many of the university members of CASS and its boards were opposed to the principle , especially as it had been adopted before the arts and social studies had any real influence in the CNAA . |
| 7 | Nevertheless , these arguments do not constitute a definitive refutation of inductivism , especially as it turns out that many rival theories of science face a similar , related difficulty . |
| 8 | The combination is dramatic and somehow unexpected in a senecio , especially as it takes place in autumn when most other border perennials have flowered and then faded . |
| 9 | It was my experience that seldom did the more senior of his element — and there were many of them — fit into the operational set-up , more especially as it got towards the end of the war . |
| 10 | I do n't know why this decision was taken , especially as it does n't seem to have been a well-planned one . |
| 11 | Her concern with poverty , especially as it affected children , led to her writing The London Child ( 1927 ) and The Child Grows Up ( 1929 ) , studies of working-class life . |
| 12 | As in divided Germany and divided Korea , Ho Chi Minh and his comrades might have accepted that this was the reality : especially as it became ever more clear that the United States intended to uphold the status quo with all their power . |
| 13 | Especially as it melts and forms a |
| 14 | The Act requires the Secretary of Commerce to report to Congress on numerous aspects of drift-net fishing in the North Pacific , especially as it relates to the marine resources of the US . |
| 15 | Byron took up the above theme regarding the relationship between the communities we study and the wider world they inhabit , especially as it relates to complex societies . |
| 16 | This leads me to analyse political behaviour , especially as it relates to conflict . |
| 17 | For him , the trend represents a contradiction of the growing pressure to make greater use of non-executive directors especially as it requires a far heavier burden of detailed knowledge of company 's activities from what are still essentially part-timers . |
| 18 | Nor perhaps need one dwell on the powerful thematic use of the expanded , minor-ninth version of the idea , especially as it expresses Grimes 's insatiable yearning for " haven " , for acceptance and respect — a yearning so intimately bound up with his personal tragedy because , to most of us , these things seem comparatively within reach ( whether we desire them or not ) but are patently and without qualification beyond Peter 's grasp : [ 8,10,17 ] . |
| 19 | Charming she thought , feeling acutely humiliated , especially as it drove home the fact that she 'd made little or no impact upon this man . |
| 20 | Further discussion on the domestic division of labour can be found in chapter 4 , section 4.3 , especially as it affects the inequality between men and women . |
| 21 | The control room , although just workable , is very cramped ( especially as it has had to take on committee work ) . |
| 22 | Earthscan should be congratulated for its initiative , especially as it has managed to produce readable technical material . |
| 23 | They also object on the grounds that , while Sotheby 's disclaims any ownership interest in the treasure and was merely the agent for Lord Northampton , they are by no means convinced that this is the case , especially as it has come to light during the discovery process that the former chairman of Sotheby 's , the late Peter Wilson , played the leading role in the treasure 's acquisition and had a share in its value , inherited by his sons , Thomas and Philip . |
| 24 | This time Mrs Ireland had to make her decision alone and that was horrendously difficult to do , especially as it involved deciding about the future care of her husband . |
| 25 | Their view that the less the state interferes with the market , the better for everyone is a totally different argument , especially as it applies to the developing countries . |
| 26 | He was accustomed to it from his schooldays since his was n't a memory system that made a good impression on harassed teachers or impatient examiners , especially as it did n't work at all with books . |
| 27 | In that time , we were tied to the gold standard , which we found to be inadequate and inflexible , especially as it depended in part on the mining activities in the gold mines of South Africa and the Soviet Union . |
| 28 | I thoroughly enjoyed the film on Woodcuts by Rigby Graham ( On Board productions , Peterborough PE3 8SB ) , especially as it underlines the fact that printmaking need not involve a lot of expensive and complicated equipment . |
| 29 | Edward Taylor 's urgent new opus has all the hallmarks of a hit , especially as it eschews the long , lingering shadows of some of the genre 's earlier efforts . |