Example sentences of "as [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One is release in which we walk as through a landscape , seeing the sublime aspects of nature and life , sometimes feeling the euphoria of release . |
| 2 | After all , Mercurius was the tutelary deity of the Art , and it was of his very nature to beguile and confuse in this manner ; but she could take no comfort from the knowledge , for she must pursue him as through a hall of mirrors , from one bride-chamber to the next , and at each remove he shifted shape with such dispiriting agility that , again and again , she might have cried out loud for rest . |
| 3 | For as a girl , she herself had been taken through the world , as through a series of doors , by her young husband , each door opening on to fresh joys and colours and perspectives , and she had exclaimed in delight , followed him , learned , and even afterwards , when the final door had shut , she could retrace her steps , spend a longer and longer time in each place , as in a series of gardens , and gratefully . |
| 4 | This would enable them to recharge their yacht 's batteries equally well when sailing through the doldrums as through a gale in the North Atlantic . |
| 5 | Christine , 52 , decided to tell the world of her own experiences about two years ago , as much for therapeutic reasons as through a desire to reach those with similar horror stories to tell . |
| 6 | Mikhail Gorbachev took the request as as a joke but Mr Cliburn was entirely serious . |
| 7 | Smythson stayed on in the service of the Willoughby family , and was employed by them on administrative and financial business , as well as as a surveyor . |
| 8 | So far as the families of those involved in disciplinary proceedings are concerned , we do not even count as worth a thought ( ‘ Guilty until proven innocent ’ , 4 March ) . |
| 9 | Tenure is now only important as between a lessor for a term of years and his lessee . |
| 10 | There are similar provisions in relation to individual restrictions regulating minimum resale prices or charges as between a manufacturer and a retailer . |
| 11 | Again , a Rule 72 Transfer is equally applicable as between a leasehold or freehold property . |
| 12 | The section does not apply to contractual guarantees , as between a seller and a purchaser , as these are obviously caught under the appropriate sections of the UCTA relating to contracts , in so far as they should be caught at all ( see s 5(3) ) . |
| 13 | At its most basic , the actual design of a project or implementation of a task may not vary as between a partnership and a company . |
| 14 | Hardy 's description of Swanage is well-known : ‘ Knollsea was a seaside village lying snug between two headlands as between a finger and a thumb . ’ |
| 15 | There is a need for a number of immediate short-term palliatives , as well as for a radical and bold long-term solution . |
| 16 | This might not matter so much in relation to a skill such as " estimating " as for a concept such as " area " or " place value " . |
| 17 | If there are hundreds of trade creditors ( as for a retailer ) or a lot of liability suits ( for example , for asbestos sufferers ) , then firms benefit by using the courts . |
| 18 | There will be races for both men and women , as well as for a variety of different age categories . |
| 19 | If you are acting for a mortgagee as well as for a buyer or borrower , then you prepare the mortgage deed at the same time as the transfer deed . |
| 20 | The official citation , more dramatic , states that under his command the remnants of II Company retook half a mile of what were once trenches , ‘ lined up as for a tattoo , singing and laughing , and saved the 151st Regiment ’ |
| 21 | It is important that you guess the range without measuring , in exactly the same way as for a stone thrower . |
| 22 | The potential divergence between individual goals and organisational goals exists for a union as well as for a company . |
| 23 | You first pound the garlic to a mash , then stir in the yolks , add a little salt , then the oil , exactly as for a mayonnaise . |
| 24 | It has a wrought-iron garden gate flanked by two brick pillars and an entry phone , the whole thing set out as for a country house . |
| 25 | Just as for a play , Nichols had the luxury of three weeks ' rehearsal on The Graduate before shooting began on location in Los Angeles , Berkeley and San Francisco . |
| 26 | Ring up the amount , as for a cash purchase , but press the appropriate button to record that it is a cheque transaction . |
| 27 | As for a version for the Sparc , Jobs said he 'd love to port to this chip but that Scott McNealy has said ‘ I 'd rather stick needles in my eyes than work with NeXT . ’ |
| 28 | They were all three at the table where they had been sitting at a meal , the curry soup before them , a dreadful static group , posed as for a stage set . |
| 29 | Who not be hung for a sheep as for a lamb . |
| 30 | Then , perhaps a little frightened by his own rhetoric but thinking that he might as well be hanged for a sheep as for a lamb , he increased the figure to 1 million . |