Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] as [v-ing] 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 | His statement was widely interpreted as confirming that his government was moving toward relaxation of its ban on rice imports . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . " |
| 7 | 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 " . |
| 8 | The Katsina police commissioner was later quoted as saying that there had been no deaths , contrary to media reports . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | It was widely misinterpreted as suggesting that small firms were particularly important in the process of job generation . |
| 12 | Creating our own reality is sometimes interpreted as meaning that we can not hurt people unless they allow us to do so . |
| 13 | ’ Despite this clear statement of their findings , this paper is widely quoted as showing that there is no link between colic and maternal diet . |
| 14 | 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 . |