Example sentences of "[adv] as it was [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The commodity might have been hides , jade , tobacco , salt or precious metals , so long as it was accepted as a means of discharging obligations . |
| 2 | Ruotolo apparently submitted , but then published a pamphlet attacking current exegesis , especially as it was taught at the Biblicum . |
| 3 | George felt uncomfortable at this declaration , especially as it was made in a steady and unemotional voice , far removed from the previous frantic outburst on the day she had left the farm . |
| 4 | He evidently considered that gain to be worth the negative propaganda value of a militarily minor defeat , especially as it was portrayed as a defeat for the Italians , not for the Nationalists . |
| 5 | You ca n't ignore it it 's the first thing a buyer will , a buyer 's survey will pick up , especially as it was mentioned in our survey |
| 6 | In the light of that , will he reconsider the abolition of vacation hardship allowance , especially as it was abolished in clear breach of undertakings given in the House that it would remain as a safety net following the abolition of social security provision ? |
| 7 | By 1914 the terms of a possible compromise were emerging , by which Unionists would accept Home Rule and Liberals would agree to exclude Ulster ; argument continued over the exact size of an excluded Ulster and the length of time involved in exclusion , but the logic of the negotiations pointed to this settlement in 1914 just as it was to do in 1921–22 . |
| 8 | I would argue that the introduction of literate/pre-literate as the criterion for making such a division has given the tradition a new lease of life just as it was wilting under the powerful challenge of recent work in social anthropology , linguistics and philosophy . |
| 9 | The story reveals how , just as it was taken for granted that God 's authority should prevail throughout all life , so the use of Roman coins symbolised how much the Roman emperor 's authority prevailed throughout the Roman empire . |
| 10 | Sabraxis had given him a schedule to work through , most of which he knew already as it was based upon traditional pieces . |
| 11 | It was an arguably effective method of achieving both killing and disposal of the body — probably ensuring that the perpetrator remained undetected — to load the victim into an escape pod which was destined to be destroyed as soon as it was tracked by any of the platforms in orbit . |
| 12 | One after another they stepped up and gripped the stump of chalk which snapped in their fingers as soon as it was pressed to the board , sputtered and crumbled when they tried to move it , or let out a squeak to turn the teeth round in your gums . |
| 13 | Maddox reversed into a quoted company as soon as it was formed in February 1992 , Biermann stated , because he wanted to take advantage of the public market for acquisition purposes — it could issue new shares rather than having to find cash . |
| 14 | By contrast , the Arab population and surrounding countries did not accept this United Nations decision and five Arab armies attacked the new State of Israel as soon as it was declared in May 1948 . |
| 15 | Whitlock knew that the ambassadors of two Western nations had already promised state visits to Zimbala as soon as it was readmitted to the United Nations . |
| 16 | He says , ‘ My mind was much to the place as soon as it was described to me , because it was a full congregation … an ignorant , rude and revelling people for the greater part , who had need of preaching , and yet had among them a small company of converts , who were humble , godly and of good conversations , and not much hated by the rest , and therefore fitter to assist their teacher ; but above all , because they hardly ever had any lively , serious preaching among them . |
| 17 | It set up its computer division in 1984 , as soon as it was allowed to . |
| 18 | Mrs Whitehouse , as has been shown , drew the attention of the DPP to The Little Red Schoolbook ( LRSB ) as soon as it was published in Britain , arguing that it was a ‘ threat to the rights , the security and the character of the child ’ . |
| 19 | I had read Revolt in the Desert while I was at Eton , and I later read Seven Pillars of Wisdom as soon as it was published after his death . |
| 20 | Yet the new balance began to be questioned almost as soon as it was put in place , this time by Parliamentary committees . |
| 21 | As soon as it was launched in 1986 the East London Compact attracted a great deal of attention from people wishing to learn how a local Partnership between Education and Industry could work to enhance the educational experiences and vocational opportunities of young people . |
| 22 | Thus the individualist ethos which characterized the social relations at the workplace in the Dukeries was as much a survival mechanism developed by the miners for the competitive milieu underground as it was imposed by the employers . |
| 23 | She held the object up , but it was impossible to make it out as it was coated in mud . |
| 24 | We passed Cap Bon ( in the distance ) and Pantelleria , the latter at sea level — which was just as well as it was raining at the time , otherwise we might have missed it and also because we were told afterwards that there was an airfield there with Bf110s . |
| 25 | It was a fine effort , particularly as it was achieved in the company of Arnold Palmer , still a great favourite here , whom Wolstenholme outscored by three strokes . |
| 26 | By the late seventies some British academics were displaying a wary but sympathetic interest in early or classical structuralism , particularly as it was expounded in Culler 's widely read Structuralist Poetics , a lucid , urbane work which suggested that structuralism might , without too much difficulty , be adopted to existing academic practice . |
| 27 | For a long period he seems to have been disturbed or disgusted by female sexuality , particularly as it was embodied in his wife , and to have established relationships with women in which the dominant note was one of camaraderie not unmixed with his desire for comfort or protection . |
| 28 | In the village of Portlethen , some 15 miles outside Aberdeen , the main line station was closed many years ago as it was said to be uneconomic . |
| 29 | Penelope lay among them , eating the cold leathery pizza — surely not quite as it was meant to be ? and drinking sweet tea . |
| 30 | That is a slightly odd point from a Labour Member in view of the fact that the SERPS entitlement of such people , which is what the original question was about , is precisely as it was left by the Labour Government . |