Example sentences of "[noun] as it [adv] exist " in BNC.
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| 1 | He is modernity as it now exists in that part of the world . |
| 2 | The Hunters ' techniques can not , alas , be regarded as contributions to the state of the art as it then existed . |
| 3 | The Press Complaints Commission as it presently exists could easily do the work required without having to introduce a completely new layer of restrictive legislation . ’ |
| 4 | The Soviet Union as it presently existed , he conceded in a speech in Odessa , had ‘ exhausted its potential ’ . |
| 5 | But in a sense such criticism misses the point , for Napoleon III and his prefect were well aware of the nature of Parisian society as it then existed and wished to take account of it . |
| 6 | The situation as it then existed was such that , given a free hand , the consultant anaesthetist in charge of the unit would unhesitatingly have administered a blood transfusion , but felt inhibited from doing so in the light of Miss T. 's expressed wishes . |
| 7 | The view expressed by Dr. I. in April 1992 that this should not happen was supported by independent medical opinion , but I have no doubt that all the doctors concerned would agree that situations can change and that , if and when a decision whether or not to use mechanical ventilation has to be taken , it must be taken in the light of the situation as it then exists . |
| 8 | Perhaps it represents not a past concrete social reality as it actually existed , but rather the ideas men who lived then had about their responsibilities and claims , their liabilities and privileges and freedom . |
| 9 | The parent company as it now exists was formed in the late 1960's by a merging of several aero engine manufacturers . |
| 10 | As to the first question , it is evident that the working-class movement has had a profound influence upon the extension of the suffrage and the creation of mass parties ( which will be examined further in Chapter 2 ) , and hence upon the establishment of a democratic political regime as it now exists in the advanced capitalist countries . |
| 11 | Now , we should not quibble about Schmitter 's definition of pluralism ( which is somewhat different and rather more wordy than is our own perspective on this theory ) since Schmitter is intent on making the point that the system of interest politics as it currently exists is at odds with the pluralist viewpoint in crucial ways that bear on the nature of interest groups and the access of particular interests to the state . |