Example sentences of "as i understand [pron] " in BNC.

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1 I explained , falteringly , my motives — at least , as far as I understood them myself .
2 But when I did so , the words I uttered for the record were that I could not accept that the proper constitutional practices , as I understood them , were being observed .
3 I knew Brian understood my decision as I understood his .
4 A wave of weeping and travail hit the hundred and men fell down and groaned , moved to intercede , as I understood it , by the Holy Spirit .
5 Erm the point that you put to me I think two or three questions ago wa was related as I understood it to the the alignment and the network of the lanes .
6 and erm of course computers did n't help in the slightest because er , I think the er , I may be wrong about this but as I understood it erm the computer programmer worked for West Suffolk but at the time of reorganization he 'd got himself another job .
7 As I understood it she was flying back to the States tomorrow . ’
8 If I may my Lord there is an issue that was raised in my learned friends reply er which er was a new point er and where I do take issue with him and this concerns the issue of the relevance of the directive here the , the issue relating to er whether or not the er Lloyd 's Act and the society have got any relevance in respect of the directive , his submission as I understood it , was that under article one , eight , nine the directive only addressed itself to states , to the British Government and that therefore the reliance on the directive by the society and in relation to the Lloyds Act was er a misconceived er reliance .
9 But that was why as I understood it , that was why I wanted the sealer .
10 Ah yes , but now that 's very interesting because that 's not the same as was the old regulation with the H N D recognition with Napier , and it used to be as I understood it that you had to actually be in membership and leave a period of time between doing the certificate and the diploma .
11 And as I understood you
12 Well as I understand they must have had pumps down there or something to or something to keep them dry because er
13 I have already pointed out that the financial details of the transaction were , as I understand them , nothing like those suggested by the hon. Lady or her hon. Friend the Member for Linlithgow ( Mr. Dalyell ) .
14 As a consequence , I will confine myself to the facts as I understand them .
15 Your instructions , as I understand them , are to sweep up all the pieces , tie the loose ends , make sure nobody goes dancing about the countryside shouting that Rudolf Hess has landed .
16 Er medically , as best as I understand what the doctors tell me , er I 'm er fine to carry the responsibilities and strain of er the cabinet job that I had .
17 As far as I understand there is not real move to do anything about the current trend for teams to kick the ball from 22 to 22 .
18 Er it 's been suggested by Mr from the H B F that as I understand his suggestion , that a lower provision of housing land in some way affects affordability or affects the er access to housing for the lower se lower ends of the lower income households .
19 As I understand my terms of reference , I can call for such accounts as I wish .
20 As I understand our responsibilities and obligations in Europe , we no longer have the freedom of movement that we might want in terms of banning imports .
21 As I understand our obligations in Europe and in GATT , even if restriction was a good idea — and we could debate that if we had to — that will not happen again .
22 Well y you 'll appreciate why I 've asked the question er Mr , because they supported it , they made representations in support at the consultation draft stage , they did n't object at the deposit stage , and yet today , as I understand your evidence , you 're telling us that they do object to site D thirty nine being shown within the inset .
23 no , I , there 's get , a little confusion coming into this case I think , I 'm not blaming anybody , as I understand your case Mr as put to er as put to Mr , you have expressly disavowed any suggestion to this witness that there was any deliberate attempt to deceive any prospective purchaser
24 That 's right the tenth replacement depot in Lichfield and they used to come round to Walsall looking for absentees and deserters and they there was actually a shooting match in Street the MPs started firing the guns at these fellas who 'd gone absent without leave , and , but as I understand I remember at the time there was a lot of racism in America then and they , they picked these coloured fellas up and apparently the C O at Lichfield was very much a southern colonel and he was a racist and they used to chain these coloured guys up behind the trucks and make them walk all the way back to Lichfield behind the trucks driving the trucks at walking pace and I understand there was a , a salver , a commemorative salver in the Town Hall to be presented to him , and some an MP in the Council he were looking for this colonel , but as I understand he was court-martialled after the war for racism and so I do n't think he 'd be wanting , wanted to be connected with Walsall any more , so but this was
25 That 's right the tenth replacement depot in Lichfield and they used to come round to Walsall looking for absentees and deserters and they there was actually a shooting match in Street the MPs started firing the guns at these fellas who 'd gone absent without leave , and , but as I understand I remember at the time there was a lot of racism in America then and they , they picked these coloured fellas up and apparently the C O at Lichfield was very much a southern colonel and he was a racist and they used to chain these coloured guys up behind the trucks and make them walk all the way back to Lichfield behind the trucks driving the trucks at walking pace and I understand there was a , a salver , a commemorative salver in the Town Hall to be presented to him , and some an MP in the Council he were looking for this colonel , but as I understand he was court-martialled after the war for racism and so I do n't think he 'd be wanting , wanted to be connected with Walsall any more , so but this was
26 So , the underlying part of the contract , as I understand it with Bowie , was that he was going to make an album with Tony Visconti and that song had to be done as a single .
27 As far as I understand it , it was Angela who pursued the interest in Tony DeFries .
28 Cocaine , as I understand it . ’
29 As I understand it , lung cancer spreads like the plague .
30 As I understand it , one can illustrate the proposal in terms of a language .
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