Example sentences of "as [was/were] [vb pp] at the beginning " in BNC.

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1 As was indicated at the beginning of this book , many newcomers hold strong views on the desired social and aesthetic qualities of the English village .
2 The range of public library services , as was noted at the beginning of this chapter , is now much broader than merely books and readers , and perhaps these logos should have made more attempt to reflect this greater concern for information services in the widest sense .
3 As was noted at the beginning of this chapter , personal selling is one part of the promotional activities of the organization , which brings us on to a consideration of the next item : sales promotion activities .
4 The criteria mentioned above have often been employed , as was noted at the beginning of this chapter , in the construction of very broad evolutionary schemes , but these have been increasingly criticized — in Marxist thought as elsewhere — for their excessively abstract depiction of the ‘ stages of development ’ which seem to fit very loosely the actual changes in political systems in different regions of the world and in determinate historical periods .
5 As was stated at the beginning of the chapter , Christianity does not depend on a belief that Jesus worked miracles .
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