Example sentences of "[adv] as [pers pn] [be] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ For as long as I am the champion I will not recognise or defend or fight for their dishonoured belt . ’ |
| 2 | Did it really matter from whom a bishop had received the lands and symbols of his office so long as he was the representative of Christ to his flock ? |
| 3 | Gwendoline had enjoyed it too , especially as she was the cause of it , though nobody knew that of course . |
| 4 | Stage I and Stage II averages are printed separately as it is the Stage II average only which forms the basis for determining the class of honours . |
| 5 | We may be sure that the panache of the French royal chancellor inspired Thomas Becket to make the office equally great in the court of Henry 11 , just as it was the quarrel with Becket which no doubt determined Henry 11 to make the office ineffective after Becket had surrendered the Great Seal on his elevation to Canterbury . |
| 6 | That 's the work of every one of us here , just as it was the work of Paul and Jeremiah centuries ago . |
| 7 | Most of the restoration has been on the exterior of the buildings ; most of the interiors are still as they were the day the Germans were defeated . |
| 8 | In so far as it is the case that , in the classical doctrine of the trinity , it is said that the three persons are alike in all save their mutual relations , when we are speaking of Christ as God , as the second person of the trinity , it can not be said of Christ that he is ‘ male ’ . |
| 9 | A man with a poor employment history , who has lost several jobs and experienced intermittent phases of unemployment , has a considerably raised probability of becoming depressed when he is again made redundant ( Eales , 1985 ) , but will also have a raised chance of being near the top of an employer 's list for redundancy in so far as it is the policy of many employers to exercise a ‘ last in first out ’ policy . |
| 10 | Philosophy , in so far as it is the articulation of the concepts , dilemmas , explanations and abstractions of a culture , will only be half the story unless both genders contribute equally . |
| 11 | When the Renault RSO1 1500 cc turbo-charged car failed on lap 17 of the 1977 British Grand Prix at Silverstone , there must have been many people who did not see a future for this power-booster , particularly as it was the turbo-charger that caused the car 's withdrawal from the race . |
| 12 | Lucy ignored her , deciding that Silas could deal with this little scene , particularly as he was the cause of it . |