Example sentences of "as it [be] [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the same manner , Paynes Grey can be considered a dark violet-blue as it is primarily a mix of ultramarine blue and black . |
| 2 | Beyond being life-saving there is no further place for hospital treatment of anorexia as it is primarily an illness of the human spirit and the hospital is important only for the treatment of acute physical consequences . |
| 3 | There is no more precise definition as it is simply a residual category . |
| 4 | We shall be trying to get tickets for Phantom of the Opera , but details are still to be confirmed , as it is still a very popular show . |
| 5 | It may be argued , though I think with difficulty , that there is no important difference between the modern welfare state and the nineteenth-century ‘ night watchman ’ state , in so far as it is still an instrument of bourgeois domination ; or that the welfare state — involving a high level of government intervention in the economy , the provision of extensive social services and a considerable degree of national economic planning — corresponds with a new stage in the development of capitalism , which may be called ‘ organized capitalism ’ ; or finally , that the welfare state is a particular stage in a general trend toward collectivism , inspired mainly by the labour movement , and from this aspect can be regarded as a transitional stage on the way to socialism . |
| 6 | In this area there is a surprising lack of desktop publishing software as it is obviously a prime candidate . |
| 7 | However , as it is usually a method designed to illustrate something already known , a certain discretion may be exercised in the placing of the lines of section . |
| 8 | Usually found around the edge of the forest close to open countryside , you are more likely to hear the loud laughing call of the green woodpecker than see it , as it is quite a shy bird . |
| 9 | So he would be under the STV , and in many constituencies his re.adoption would be practically as it is now a guarantee of his return to Westminster . |
| 10 | The strings here play a melodic line including the major 3rd of E7 ( G£ ) , while the bass gets away with a low G natural ( as it is only a sixteenth note long and not in an exposed position ! ) . |
| 11 | Time will bring an end to all things , even to Marlowe 's dream , as it is only a dream and exists in the temporal , real world . |
| 12 | That case does not help in the issue that is before us as it is only an example of the practice in the Criminal Division of this court and is referred to normally for Lord Scarman 's analysis of the interrelation of the relevant statutory provisions , but it demonstrates that the practice in the criminal division is governed by statute . |
| 13 | Situated in a secluded setting , yet only 100 metres from the beach , the hotel is ideal for waterlovers as it 's only a five minute walk to Ortakent 's watersports facilities and beachside tavernas . |
| 14 | But they say it 's not very difficult if you know how , as it 's only a fun do , not affiliated or something , when you 'd get struck off or something terrible . ’ |
| 15 | If we 're totally honest , this should n't even be in this feature as it 's actually a game based on the Frederick Forsyth novel , as opposed to the consequent film . |
| 16 | The response — on the day it was revealed she was the voice on the tape — was as staggering as it was overwhelmingly a vote for the Princess . |
| 17 | But there were also emotional reasons behind the rule as it was also a way of reasserting her authority . |
| 18 | As it was only a few minutes before the shop closed , he forbore to detail the checkout girl with his usual badinage about the finer points of philosophy or astrophysics . |
| 19 | And , seeing as it was only a cheap literary device anyway , and that not even the legendary Graham Gardner owns a copy of ‘ Pewter Suitor ’ , who 's ever going to know ? ’ |
| 20 | As soon as the people heard that he had left them money , ( especially as it was quite a worthless sum ) they sympathized with Antony . |