Example sentences of "that as [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Percy Lubbock , at the end of The Craft of Fiction , acknowledged that as soon as we have finished reading a novel we begin to forget it , and what is left to talk about is a vague cloud of fading impressions : ‘ the book vanishes as we lay hands on it . ’ |
| 2 | The second real objection to this form of psycho-biography is that as soon as Freud is quoted as gospel , the whole argument descends into music hall burlesque for everybody but dedicated Freudians . |
| 3 | Singapore 's trouble is that as soon as its economy starts to grow by more than 6–7% , the labour market tends to get tight . |
| 4 | He wanted a promise that as soon as the baby appeared he should be sent for , ‘ even in the dead of night ’ so that he might be the first to kiss it . |
| 5 | Mr Benn , who often comes to our help at these moments , has promised that as soon as a Labour government under Mr Kinnock has looked at the books and realised the true extent of the crisis , it will realise the need for serious measures . |
| 6 | My own need to feel that I am ‘ doing ’ something is happily satisfied by the continued repetition involved in LM 's , safe in the knowledge that as soon as the vitality has had enough it will say so . |
| 7 | And Lord Wilson , who was in favour of continued EEC membership , said , ‘ I made it very clear , that as soon as this was all over , we would revert to strict Cabinet rules and collective views and all that kind of thing . ’ |
| 8 | The chief executive or clerk of the authority will for the purpose of avoiding disqualification under this provision usually prepare the form in readiness so that as soon as the councillor is elected he may make the declaration as required . |
| 9 | But it must be recognized at the outset that as soon as sampling is carried out the statements made about the cases involved become probability statements . |
| 10 | Resolved that this meeting concurs in Apinion [ sic ] with the said Committee — that it will be necessary to carry on the Business of this Institution as perfectly as possible , that there should be two Professors appointed & that as soon as the proposed plan for the College is executed , which , from the Encouragement already given , 't is hoped will be speedily accomplished — The members will avail themselves of the Offer made by the Committee and refer the Merits of Candidates for the second professorship to their investigation . |
| 11 | Both accounts also demonstrate that as soon as this new configuration was established , Oppenheimer described it as ‘ technically so sweet ’ , and it was translated into practical terms in under two years , for the November 1952 ‘ MIKE ’ test . |
| 12 | The reason for this is that as soon as the opportunities for investing in fixed capital begins to diminish — mainly because the capacity for producing consumer goods has been substantially expanded — any further growth in the production of consumer goods would reduce their price , and — cet. par . |
| 13 | But at the same time , it is clear that as soon as the war was over the purely economic contradictions were bound to be excessively aggravated . |
| 14 | He was pleased to see that as soon as they left the abbey gate , they were joined by the soldiers Sir James Selkirk had stationed near the abbey . |
| 15 | ‘ Yes , I sensed that as soon as I saw you . |
| 16 | He stumbled and droned and scribbled in his book like someone half asleep , but Miss Thorne knew that as soon as he had got rid of the book and started working on the character of Scrooge he would be very different . |
| 17 | They believed that as soon as a person died their spirit attached itself to the family left behind . |
| 18 | ‘ I felt that as soon as I took over Gary had it in his mind that he was n't looking to play for England beyond the two years which took him up to the European Championships , ’ he said . |
| 19 | ‘ The whole nature of that part of the market is that as soon as the insurers found they had claims , they stopped the product rather than trying to build the book sensibly , ’ says Caroline Blackman . |
| 20 | The Chancery Court held that as soon as the Court made the s 24 order , it was treated as a disposition by Mr Flint , and since he was bankrupt , the disposition of his interest was void unless ratified . |
| 21 | I suspected that as soon as he left the boatyard the chart would be similarly destroyed . |
| 22 | I am authorised to tell you that my Government is very happy that your treatment has been successful and we hope that as soon as your medical advisers deem you fit to travel , you will mike arrangements and leave . ’ |
| 23 | Nicholas Ferrar refused all these suggestions , having decided that as soon as he was free to do so he wished to lead a religious life . |
| 24 | he said at the time that as soon as his international career was over that he could go back to Blackheath and see them right . |
| 25 | The committee resolved that as soon as the inventory was complete , such articles afterwards considered useless should not be disposed of until the committee itself had dealt with the matter . |
| 26 | But this does not alter the fact that psychoanalysis therefore repeats the same masculine ‘ Empire of the Selfsame ’ , and that as soon as such descriptions become institutionalized — as a structure of knowledge , or as psychoanalytic practice — then they become agents of the system they describe . |
| 27 | Climbers should note that as soon as agreement has been reached , climbing activities will not be permitted at these locations . |
| 28 | What it does say is neatly summed up by Bereiter ( 1980 ) : " the disappointing message of the Schools ' Council research is that as soon as we begin to look beyond syntax , vocabulary and the like and try to Investigate functional aspects of student writing , we begin to find out more about the school system than we find out about children . " |
| 29 | All teachers know that as soon as you say " Words never end in -ley " , some bright child asks , " What about valley ? " |
| 30 | You might have company , " Patrick panted. he knew that they had n't been followed , but he also knew that as soon as his mother discovered that he — that both of them — had gone , the first place she would head for would be Joe Hyde 's flat . |