Example sentences of "[prep] [num] [conj] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | Among other things , he opposed the City Elections Act of 1725 and as sheriff ( 1729–30 ) facilitated the acquittal of Richard Franklin , the printer of the Craftsman , who had been prosecuted by the government for seditious libel . |
| 2 | The one exception in both cases was the Simultaneous Mission of 1901 but as this was avowedly non-political their normal wariness was made even more obvious . |
| 3 | Our market share continues to grow and we are in a strong position to make further progress in 1993/94 and as the economy recovers . |
| 4 | Clearshield was launched in 1986 and as well as being shown on television 's Tomorrow 's World it won the Prince of Wales award for industrial innovation . |
| 5 | Our discussion in the previous four chapters has focused in turn on the substance and implementation of each of the aims of the Primary Needs Programme as set out by Leeds LEA in 1985 and as reinforced in numerous contexts subsequently . |
| 6 | The lamp , also called the lava lamp , was launched in 1963 but as fashions changed its popularity declined . |
| 7 | I was surprised , therefore , to read ( in All Across the Telegraph : a Bob Dylan handbook edited by Michael Gray and John Bauldie , published by Futura ) an essay about the real William Zantzinger ( as it ought to be spelled ) who committed the murder in 1963 and as of 1984 was a respected and prosperous businessman in the same state , Maryland , where he had committed it . |
| 8 | No later Turkish author really deals with the problem except Ismail Belig , who , in his article on Molla Yegan , states that the latter succeeded Molla Fenari as muderris at the Manastir medrese in 771/1369–70 and as kadi of Bursa in 822/1419 when Molla Fenari went on the pilgrimage and spent some time in Egypt on his return . |
| 9 | The war ended in 1813 and as his father-in-law had died a year earlier , William was no longer required to manage the family affairs . |
| 10 | Hnatyshyn , 55 , had served as Minister of Energy , Mines and Resources and as Minister of State for Science and Technology in Joseph Clark 's Cabinet in 1979-80 and as Justice Minister in Mulroney 's Cabinet in 1986-88 , but had lost his parliamentary seat in the November 1988 general election . |
| 11 | As the Thatcher government gradually recovered from a shaky and difficult start to retain power by a hugely increased majority in 1983 , followed by another overwhelming electoral triumph ( in seats if not in votes ) in 1987 and as the spectacle was observed in 1989 of a Prime Minister remaining in unchallenged power for over a decade , comparable to Lord Liverpool if not yet Robert Walpole in the past , the belief took hold that the values and style of modern Britain had been transformed . |
| 12 | It was a bright autumn day in 1938 and as they rounded the bend and came in sight of the river , Philip took her hand and said , ‘ Look , darling , is n't that wonderful ? |
| 13 | At Glanvilles Wootton in Dorset , there are nearly two hundred acres of neat rectangular fields in an area which was mapped as woodland in 1839 but as enclosed by 1847 . |
| 14 | The rent should be based on one quarter from the 1989 payment and three quarters from 1990 but as there is no change in the rent over the two years the expense is the same . |
| 15 | Hence the title of his book , Love Thirty , first published in hardback in 1990 but as from this month ( 18th ) , available in paperback . |
| 16 | She had , she had got to ten and as soon as she got eleven , mam I 've got eleven |
| 17 | The space inside is good , with decent headroom The tent is ideal for two but as the manufacturers say , is capable of sleeping three . |