Example sentences of "especially as [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | In all places like Whitehaven , the want of a necessary range of fortifications seems almost inexcusable , especially as the materials are in great plenty at or near the spot , labour cheap , etc . |
2 | ‘ I think it 's high time you stopped making snap judgements , Mr Bryce , especially as the conclusions you leap to are invariably the wrong ones . ’ |
3 | Unless you were of ‘ a nervous disposition ’ ( what a lovely genteel phrase that is ) you were unlikely to be distressed by these tales of goodies versus the bad monsters , especially as the goodies always won in the end . |
4 | In practice this distinction was almost impossible to maintain , especially as the exchanges and the education employment committees often failed to provide each other with the necessary information . |
5 | Highly aggressive in tone and content , the authenticity of the memorial has yet to be proved , but it was widely circulated in China , where it was believed to be genuine , especially as the policies of the 1930s seemed to be fully in accordance with it . |
6 | I do not want to concentrate on procedural matters , but , as the hon. Gentleman said , it is curious that the Bill has not been introduced by the Government , especially as the Nurses , Midwives and Health Visitors Bill has just completed its Committee stage . |
7 | Few sighs of relief were heard , especially as the Swedes , plagued once more by submarines prowling round their defences , said they would sink intruders . |
8 | The cor anglais can probably be spared ( if we are using one ) but the bass clarinet will be needed for strengthening the bass line , especially as the cellos have been taken away from it . |
9 | Taken together , all these factors allowed a greater breathing space for a consideration of Europe , especially as the democracies had entered a period of unprecedented economic prosperity , something which tended to demote the urgency of protection for specific national interests . |
10 | P/O Atherton was a very experienced pilot , with a second pilot as navigator , so one can not accept that they could be so far off course as to reach the target thirty minutes later , especially as the fires started in the docks by the bombing raid of Blenheims of 59 Squadron could be seen from many miles away . |
11 | This radical change in lifestyle was liberating artistically. , especially as the children grew older and returned to England . |
12 | Together the partners appear , consciously or not , to negotiate a different relationship based on their interests and activities in their forties , turning again to each other , especially as the children withdraw from their lives . |
13 | Your letters have been coming quite regularly , and apart from the couple of letters which reached me via Sian , nothing has interrupted the flow , and they are a comfort , especially as the children seem to be getting on so well , and the computer course as well . |
14 | Although often studying less controversial forces than the RUC , this panglossian portrayal has to be disbelieved , especially as the authors often indicated in an occasional footnote , or in a revealing preface or aside , that they faced problems in the field similar to our own ( for example , see van Maamen 1981 : 479 , 492 ; Westley 1970 , p. vii ) , even when the research was covert ( Holdaway 1982 , 1983 : 12 ) . |
15 | I felt victimised , especially as the police know who I am . |
16 | She says that the video camera is a good idea , especially as the police seem so stretched these days . |
17 | The gutter press particularly enjoyed the story , especially as the artifacts had belonged to a man now thought to have been murdered . |
18 | I can dimly recall the challenges of testing a router photograph , and using it to create the November 1989 cover , while the picture of Mark Wilkinson 's treehouse made the February 1990 cover one of my favourites , especially as the references to Czechoslovakia and East Germany coincided with the break up of the Eastern Bloc . |
19 | 1794 Fencing & Enclosing the Churchyard of Kilnaughton. " having seen two Estimates … they disapprove of the sd. estimates , as they think the work may be Executed in a much easier and cheaper manner , especially as the gentlemen from the Parish of Kildaltan undertake that the Tennants will lead the stones . |
20 | Describing just JC is a reasonable compromise , especially as the points of difference between the idealised " broadest " JC and other " broad " English-lexicon creoles of the Caribbean are not great . |