Example sentences of "as [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | She had , of late , felt herself uncannily able to predict the next word , the next move , in any dialogue : she could hear and take in three conversations at once : she could see remotely as through a two-way mirror the private lives of her patients , sometimes of her friends : she had felt reality to be revealed to her at times in flashes beyond even the possibility of rational calculation : had felt in danger ( why danger ? ) of too much knowledge , of a kind of powerlessness and sadness that is born of knowledge : for these reasons , perhaps , was it that she had decided to multiply the possibilities so recklessly , to construct a situation beyond her own grasping ? |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Mikhail Gorbachev took the request as as a joke but Mr Cliburn was entirely serious . |
| 8 | Before this could happen X/Open would have to establish a formal relationship with the UN after meeting initial requirements , such as proving — to the UN 's satisfaction — its status as as a non-governmental , not-for-profit organisation . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 ) . |
| 11 | Tenure is now only important as between a lessor for a term of years and his lessee . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . ’ |
| 14 | I do not propose to consider whether there might be an implied right of this nature , or whether a court order under section 6(2) may deal with reimbursement as between a third party and the contravener . |
| 15 | The most interesting of these cases is Short v. Treasury Commissioners where the whole of the shares of Short Bros. were being acquired by the Treasury under a Defence Regulation which provided for payment of their value ‘ as between a willing buyer and a willing seller . ’ |
| 16 | Eliot reiterated his view that , as between a Communist world and a world dominated by the Nazis ( which would mean a world dominated by Germany in the West and Japan in the East ) , the latter would be the more horrible immediately to contemplate . |
| 17 | ( 3 ) The Auditors shall within fourteen days of a request by the Company certify to the Company the Prescribed Price , that is to say the price which in their opinion represents a fair value for the Shares comprised in the Transfer Notice as between a willing vendor and a willing purchaser and , in making such determination , the Auditors shall not take any account of whether such Shares comprise a majority or minority interest in the Company ( and shall assume that the entire issued share capital of the Company is being sold ) . |
| 18 | ( 3 ) The Auditors shall within fourteen days of a request by the Company certify to the Company the Prescribed Price , that is to say the price which in their opinion represents a fair value for the Shares comprised in the Transfer Notice as between a willing vendor and a willing purchaser and , in making such determination , the Auditors shall not take any account of whether such Shares comprise a majority or minority interest in the Company ( and shall assume that the entire issued share capital of the Company is being sold ) . |
| 19 | 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) ) . |
| 20 | Again , a Rule 72 Transfer is equally applicable as between a leasehold or freehold property . |
| 21 | There are similar provisions in relation to individual restrictions regulating minimum resale prices or charges as between a manufacturer and a retailer . |
| 22 | The problems of the city can be conceptualised as much in terms of service delivery and collective consumption as about a particular representation of the inner city ( see Patricke Le Gales in chapter 10 on France ) . |
| 23 | As for a varied painter , only one work is likely to appear in a survey . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | Formerly the domicile of a wife was necessarily the same as that of her husband , but under the Domicile and Matrimonial Proceedings Act 1973 the wife 's dependent domicile was abolished : now her domicile is determined according to the same rules as for a single person . |
| 26 | As for a job , Wilson says : ‘ I have n't given it any thought . |
| 27 | Remember , though , that the same planning and building rules apply as for a kit garage ; and the job will almost certainly cost you more than a kit garage would . |
| 28 | As for a very rough guide this would be one moderate sized double bedroom . |
| 29 | But as for a figure , I would n't say that Mrs Bretton-Fawcett has a figure , no more than Agnes here has one , because they are both like drainpipes … ’ |
| 30 | Ring up the amount , as for a cash purchase , but press the appropriate button to record that it is a cheque transaction . |