Example sentences of "as there was [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was , however , meant to be a distinction between the subjects taken by senior students , aged between 16 and 18 , and those taken by juniors aged between 14 and 16 , just as there was between those employed in skilled trades and those who were in unskilled occupations . |
| 2 | Such association as there was between Stoker 's vampire and the historical Vlad IV of Wallachia ( 1431–76 ) , known as Vlad Dracula or Vlad the Impaler , may have been suggested by his friend Arminius Vambery , a Hungarian professor learned in Transylvanian folklore . |
| 3 | In Cairo there was almost as much difference between Christian and Christian as there was between Christian and Moslem . |
| 4 | Such Anglo-American co-operation as there was outside Europe was directed towards the containment of Soviet and Chinese Communism . |
| 5 | As there was at that time no one else to take up the cudgels nationally on their behalf this service was of great value to the deaf and dumb population , and is no doubt one explanation for the BDDA surviving its early difficult years . |
| 6 | O on the other end did did erm doctors give any advice about contraception , such contraception as there was at that time ? |
| 7 | There was as little reason to delay Kerrison as there was at present to suspect him . |
| 8 | There did n't look a chance of another shock surprise win as there was at Carrick last week . |
| 9 | At least there is n't the same hassle as there was at Calpers |
| 10 | Short , stocky mestizos , there was no pretence or possibility of disguise with these men as there was with his charter party . |
| 11 | There was no history of association with this convent as there was with St Mary 's in Knockglen . |
| 12 | Only a return to US price stability would allow a once-and-for-all rise in the gold price to work , and there was nothing in the act of raising the price of gold which would make that more likely ( indeed , the improved gold backing for the dollar would relax such pressure as there was on the US government to maintain price stability in order to defend the dollar ) . |
| 13 | There was as much in the loft as there was on the whole first floor . |
| 14 | There was never a consensus for them , as there was for political reform , a consensus of middle class and lower class opinion . |
| 15 | ‘ It 's terrible that all these quacks can come along without proper qualifications , ’ Lipsky complained , forgetting that he himself had set up as a dentist without qualifications , there being as yet no legal requirement for special training as there was for doctors . |
| 16 | Sometimes , for those who do n't quail , there is a happy finale — as there was for the hunchback of Belorussia ( or was it Kovno Gubernia , or the far side of the Pale ? ) whose demon companions danced his hump off , and sent him home with his shoulders straight and strong . |
| 17 | There was certainly no implication in classical criminology , as there was to be in positivist , that we can ignore the content and operation of legal rules in addressing ourselves to the question of the causes and treatment of crime . |
| 18 | Little danger as there was of another martyrdom , there was even less chance of the clergy satisfying their grievances at Edward 's expense : the most significant thing about the legislation of May 1341 is how easily it was repealed five months later . |
| 19 | Indeed , apart from the occasional sortie to The Galleon , our chief diversion was to read — books brought from home , or bought in London or Oxford on a day off , as there was in Wolverton neither bookshop nor library . |
| 20 | One reason could be because all around them are utterly characterless , uniform , boring , and unmemorable buildings — nothing for them to stand and stare at , to wonder at and dream of — as there was in the heyday of the great stations . |
| 21 | There was a great variety in the six plays performed , as there was in the medieval plays ; some were pious and some funny , some incorporated music and dancing . |
| 22 | Well if there is water in the gutter , as there was in the Strand , you can create a remarkably similar effect with a fast sports car . |
| 23 | There is a world recession today as there was in the 1930s . |
| 24 | There was some rivalry between nations in this process , as there was in all economic penetration . |
| 25 | Such socio-political criticism as there was in the music of P. I. Tchaikovsky ( 1840–93 ) , the paintings of I. Repin ( 1844–1930 ) , and the drama of A. P. Chekhov ( 1860–1904 ) was expressed with great subtlety . |
| 26 | Such colour as there was in Tutilo 's weary face slowly drained away to leave him grey and mute . |
| 27 | There is no provision in the rules as there was in the 1952 Rules for searches for prior petitions in county courts to see if the debt has been paid , but the Practice Direction refers to carrying out these searches and the certificates to be endorsed on the petition of their result . |
| 28 | There will again be Joint and Several liability as there was in Community Charge . |
| 29 | At the start of the second world war , there was an enormous expansion in the Territorial Army , as there was in the first world war . |
| 30 | Such stagnation as there was in income per capita was offset by the increase in numbers . |