Example sentences of "it was [verb] [that] as [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Trolleybus routes 630 and 654 continued to operate unhindered and without modification until 1958 , when it was announced that as many of the vehicles were now over 25 years old ( including those on route 654 ) , they needed replacement and what better than the ‘ more flexible ’ motor bus . |
| 2 | It was suggested that as principal it had knowledge of whatever the first bank did as its agent . |
| 3 | It was estimated that as many as a third of all members were either put out of work or seriously under employed , and students found great difficulty in obtaining placements in architects ' offices . |
| 4 | By early 1990 , it was estimated that as many as 30,000 Mozambicans were accommodated in the Ukwimi refugee settlement , in Eastern Province . |
| 5 | Furthermore , in their returns to the research team , administrators in some LEAs spoke of 5 per cent as their target population for statements , while elsewhere it was considered that as many as 18 per cent could require a statement . |