Example sentences of "[adv] as a [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The nun who admitted them appeared to be covered from head to foot apart from her eyes , nose , and mouth , for after she had bolted the gate behind them she tucked her bare hands into her sleeves , then led the way up a gravel path , on either side of which a lawn extended as far as a further high , stone wall , its top also embedded with glass . |
| 2 | With the introduction in 1983 of twelve-colour printing as well as a heavier weight of high quality cotton fabric and brocade , everyone now finally accepted that drawing rooms and dining rooms were just as suitable ‘ Laura Ashley ’ sites as bedrooms or bathrooms . |
| 3 | This allows a wider range of options to be offered as well as a better use of available resources . |
| 4 | At present , however , echo planar imaging provides better spatial and temporal resolution as well as a better signal to noise ratio than ‘ snapshot ’ flash . |
| 5 | But conventionalism can not be justified on the sole ground that surprise is inefficient or undesirable in these ways , because conventionalism does not protect against surprise as well as a simpler and more straightforward theory of adjudication would . |
| 6 | One possible interpretation is that the nucleation time can be prolonged under two different circumstances : ( 1 ) When most of the cholesterol is in the more stable carrier(s) ( the non vesicular ) ; ( 2 ) When the metastable carrier is stabilised by a more rigid membrane ( disaturated phosphatidylcholine ) as well as a lower cholesterol/ phospholipids ratio ( which always occurs when most of the lipid is found in the vesicles ) . |
| 7 | This trial found that the combination of an accelerated t-PA infusion regimen and intravenous heparin produced a higher 90-min coronary patency rate than standard 1.5 mega units of streptokinase with intravenous or subcutaneous heparin ( 81% vs 58% , p<0.001 ) as well as a lower 35-day mortality rate ( 6.3% vs 7.3% , p=0.001 ) . |
| 8 | It would hardly be an exaggeration to say that there is more variety of treatment , as well as a greater display of creative power , in Monteverdi 's ‘ madrigals ’ than in the similar compositions of all his contemporaries put together . |
| 9 | The story of temperature measurement has to do with the experimental determination of the quantitative laws of expansion as well as a greater theoretical understanding of heat and thermo- dynamics . |
| 10 | Mr Wilson says this gave him a different approach as well as a wider experience of business . |
| 11 | Hostility towards Japan , s economic policies in China and the policies of Japanese firms operating there , as well as a wider opposition to Japanese attitudes towards China as a whole , led to a succession of anti Japanese demonstrations and boycotts of Japanese products throughout the 1920s . |
| 12 | They are promising new innovations on the safety and environmental fronts , as well as a wider range of engines than before , including a new 16-valve , 190 bhp , 2.0 litre turbo with double balance shafts . |
| 13 | Brothers and sisters provide competition as well as a further reason for having to share and cooperate with others . |
| 14 | The Soviet High Command thus possesses considerable knowledge of local conditions and personnel , as well as a further channel of influence by-passing the national command structure . |
| 15 | The research plans to produce five studies resulting in collaborative volumes as well as a larger number of shorter studies published in the form of occasional papers . |
| 16 | This makes it easy to use each crayon as a fine , crisp ‘ tool ’ as well as a blunter one or rubbed on its side . |
| 17 | The Act allowed the retention of adoption of such titles simply as a further concession to local sentiment . |