Example sentences of "especially as " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | There can also be little doubt that the devotional revolution had a significant impact on the life of local catholic communities , especially as social life came to have a very strong relationship to the local parish and its priests . |
| 2 | Some feared the use of the schools by proselytizers to indoctrinate the children in protestant principles , especially as the local managers were at first mainly clergy of the established church . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | However , fewer species flower out of doors between October and the end of February , and you 'll need to plan carefully to devise a sequence of colour during these months , especially as weather conditions may spoil or interrupt normal flowering . |
| 5 | In many ways these reflexive moments are invaluable in helping to explain the specificities of what Evans-Pritchard ( 1951 ) suggested we might consider as an ‘ anthropological history ’ , especially as these alternative periods and the movement through the liminal phase create points in a social process when aspects of structure seem to be made more clearly apparent to the analyst . |
| 6 | Especially as my promotion could go by the board . ’ |
| 7 | Especially as voiced by an American who had disloyally taken the wrong side in a war just successfully completed ‘ for democracy ’ , the sentiments must have seemed — in 1948 , when The Pisan Cantos appeared — nothing short of shameless ! |
| 8 | The traditional Land-Rover is simply too agricultural to compete against the Japanese , especially as these vehicles spend more time ploughing round town than wading through mire . |
| 9 | The poor Chinese footballers understandably got a coolish reception in their World Cup qualifying tournament here , especially as they spoilt the script by winning their opening match . |
| 10 | Although often studying less controversial forces than the RUC , this panglossian portrayal has to be disbelieved , especially as the authors often indicated in an occasional footnote , or in a revealing preface or aside , that they faced problems in the field similar to our own ( for example , see van Maamen 1981 : 479 , 492 ; Westley 1970 , p. vii ) , even when the research was covert ( Holdaway 1982 , 1983 : 12 ) . |
| 11 | At first they found it very cold , especially as they moved in just before Christmas . |
| 12 | The recent past informs the post/modern , even or especially as the latter is changing our understanding of that past . |
| 13 | But the aim now is not necessarily to liberate sexuality ( the sexual drive ) , but to eroticize the social while at the same time releasing it from the grip of sexuality especially as manifested in the ideology of sexual difference . |
| 14 | It would have been more sensible to reduce the period span of the book , especially as Eccleshall himself acknowledges that Conservatism in its recognizably ‘ modern ’ form did not emerge until the early nineteenth century . |
| 15 | While Morgan is especially interested in the gens as a stage in the history of kinship which predates the appearance of the family , and which shows that matrilineal descent preceded patrilineal descent , Marx stresses rather its significance as proof of the existence of organizing principles ( especially as regards property ) which were opposite to those of capitalism . |
| 16 | The notion of progression is clearly important in assessing this work , especially as the temptation to isolate , or even dismiss , it as an epiphenomenon of the SI is strong . |
| 17 | Paul , whose remark had been the opening move in a carefully planned campaign to enhance Bodo 's image so that his plan to leave school and work with him would not meet resistance , meekly accepted the rebuke and the order , especially as the television he wanted to watch was a rock concert . |
| 18 | Finance , of course , is the main problem , especially as Stakis is winding down its land and estates division and is putting no more money into property development . |
| 19 | On the evidence of the autumn action — and last summer 's Lions tour to which Scots made a huge contribution — Scotland can win the championship , especially as they play their ‘ difficult ’ games against France and England at Murrayfield . |
| 20 | ‘ People think we are mad to take on Desert Orchid , especially as Norton 's Coin will probably need the run , but we have nothing to lose . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | It was not felt to be a good idea to mention the word ‘ grovel ’ in the presence of the England captain , especially as he had scored only 38 runs in five innings . |
| 23 | It seemed to most onlookers that the first step to take to correct the disparity between the teams was to practise as hard as possible , especially as the West Indians were doing just that themselves ; Gower and Tony Brown , the manager , however , enforced no such ruling . |
| 24 | It was an astonishing piece of planning , especially as the Friday , being Good Friday , was the rest day . |
| 25 | Walsh set a record for the most economical bowling in a one-day international between Test-playing countries with just eleven runs off eleven overs , but 21 no-balls and wides sent down by his chums did not help the struggle , especially as Gooch was ‘ out ’ twice to no-balls . |
| 26 | As Worrell 's career came at the same period , the stature he acquired both as a man and a leader gave added impetus and credibility to the black independence movement , especially as cricket is such an important part of Caribbean life . |
| 27 | Completing his degree would ensure that he was better equipped to do the job , especially as by studying social anthropology he would be better able to understand his players . |
| 28 | There was a time when he would n't have noticed it , but these days he was a little touchy about things like that , especially as Fran was now living with a man fourteen years younger . |
| 29 | An urgent message for the CO one morning was a very welcome change for his staff , especially as the note was by hand and it came from Lord Halifax . |
| 30 | He was told that by general consent of Grenadiers , La Grosse Tonne was the best , especially as it was bang next door to one of those establishments to which OC Ship referred . |