Example sentences of "[noun sg] as [prep] the [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was agreed that he should be asked to join the Group as from the next meeting . |
| 2 | On the assumption that they would continue to fall at the same rate as in the first half of the decade , it was estimated that the population would be only one tenth of its size in a hundred years time . |
| 3 | It was first observed early in the century that there is usually only about 10% as much energy ( in the form of animal matter ) at one level of the food chain as at the next level down ; at any one place , about 10% as much energy will be contained in the carnivores as in the herbivores . |
| 4 | Therefore , the result is that I dismiss the claim as against the second defendant . |
| 5 | Advice on time-zone transitions depends very much upon the kind of journey being made , so we consider the following possibilities : • A flight crossing only a few ( one or two ) time zones ; • A flight crossing several time zones , ( to the west or east ) and when the stop-over , before returning home , is short ; • A flight crossing several time zones to the west where there is sufficient time and need for adjustment to the new time zone ; • A flight as in the last example , but to the east . |
| 6 | Earlier Rangers had been thinking of survival rather than victory as for the third weekend in a row the Glasgow giants found themselves seriously threatened by a club from the bottom half of the table . |
| 7 | After listening to each pair of words decide whether the sound in question is the same or different in the second word as in the first word , and put a tick in the appropriate column , first having ticked off word no. 1 . |
| 8 | Once this is done , the postcard will open out and you can cut down the centre as in the second diagram enabling you to walk through it . |
| 9 | By then the product will have reverted to being a reasonable business again — but not in a glamorous way as in the first phase . |
| 10 | We are concerned with the Secretary of State 's decision as to the first period , the ‘ tariff . ’ |
| 11 | It is not possible to say that the material as to the second audit must be irrelevant . |