Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] as [verb] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | This statement was generally interpreted as meaning that only military action could save the Yugoslav federation . |
| 2 | Often it is only when their disposal did not go as planned that their existence or the fact that they once existed comes to the historian 's attention . |
| 3 | His statement was widely interpreted as confirming that his government was moving toward relaxation of its ban on rice imports . |
| 4 | A similar result was avoided in The Lisboa where the clause was so widely drawn as to suggest that even proceedings for execution of the award were prohibited ; as such an interpretation would lead to the clause being null and void by virtue of section 8 of the Carriage of Goods by Sea Act 1924 , the Court of Appeal adopted a more limited interpretation under which proceeds for execution or to obtain security , including security by means of a Mareva injunction , were allowed . |
| 5 | However , Mill is usually understood as holding that there may be two pleasures of which the less pleasant is the better in virtue of its higher quality , and that it is then morally more important to promote it than the other . |
| 6 | The NCC 's regional officer , Dr Martin George , was also reported as saying that 95 per cent of the Broads were affected by nitrate and phosphate pollution from fertilisers and sewage . |
| 7 | Sihanouk was also reported as saying that if he were made chair of the Cambodia Supreme National Council ( SNC ) he would allow Hun Sen , the SOC Prime Minister , to become vice-chair . |
| 8 | The UK Chancellor of the Exchequer , Norman Lamont , was also quoted as saying that he did not believe that the present position of the dollar had rendered it " uncompetitive . " |
| 9 | A spokesman of the Iranian Foreign Ministry was later quoted as reaffirming that the disputed islands belonged to Iran , and as referring to the GCC 's use of " inappropriate words " . |
| 10 | The Katsina police commissioner was later quoted as saying that there had been no deaths , contrary to media reports . |
| 11 | This proposal has become known as " Saint-Venant 's principle " , often interpreted as implying that local eccentricities of stress are not felt in distances greater than the largest linear dimension of the area over which the forces are distributed . |
| 12 | This evidence is frequently interpreted as suggesting that larger local authorities are likely to be more efficient than smaller ones , but no statistical evidence has been produced to support this claim . |
| 13 | It was widely misinterpreted as suggesting that small firms were particularly important in the process of job generation . |
| 14 | Any criteria for defining ‘ privileged information ’ , or what the ‘ dangers ’ are in revealing such matters as dispositions ( of manpower ) are so vaguely incorporated as to ensure that few will risk submitting an essay without approval , which might later be assessed as an ‘ improper disclosure ’ . |
| 15 | Creating our own reality is sometimes interpreted as meaning that we can not hurt people unless they allow us to do so . |
| 16 | ’ Despite this clear statement of their findings , this paper is widely quoted as showing that there is no link between colic and maternal diet . |
| 17 | They are therefore viewed as costs that can not be justifiably carried forward to future periods because they do not represent future benefits or the future benefits are so uncertain as to defy measurement . |
| 18 | A senior official in the Zambian Ministry of Planning was recently quoted as saying that development aid has to be spent more on sustaining than developing . |