Example sentences of "[adv] as [v-ing] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was held that the clause did not protect the owners against liability for negligence : they could be liable either strictly , for failing to supply a cycle fit for its purpose , or in negligence ; it was therefore construed only as covering the strict liability . |
| 2 | Integrity is flouted not only in specific compromises of that character , however , but whenever a community enacts and enforces different laws each of which is coherent in itself , but which can not be defended together as expressing a coherent ranking of different principles of justice or fairness or procedural due process . |
| 3 | Section 22 reaffirms the notion that a partnership share is ordinarily to be seen as a proportion of the net distributable assets of the firm available for distribution at the end of the winding-up process and not as comprising a severable share in each of the partnership assets — though , as mentioned in Chapter 10 , the Revenue may take a different line . |
| 4 | The empirical work may be seen broadly as implementing the simple framework set out in Section 9–1 ( applied to current rather than lifetime income ) . |
| 5 | Once airborne , the technique of control comes just as easily as riding the proverbial bicycle … until that is , you fall off ! |
| 6 | Written by MIT Professor Paul Krugman , formerly on the staff of the White House Council of Economic Advisers , and Professor Edward Graham , formerly in the office of international investment at the US Treasury , and later at the OECD in Paris , the report will be scanned carefully as indicating the current thinking of the Washington policy-making establishment . |
| 7 | Some see corporatism grandly as a total economic system distinct from capitalism and socialism ; some see corporatism as a particular kind of " state form " distinct from , say , parliamentarianism , where citizens participate in the determination of policies through the exercise of voting rights in relation to a parliament ; and still others see corporatism rather more modestly and fruitfully as connoting a particular system of interest-group politics and representation distinct from the pluralist system that we have just discussed . |
| 8 | Arab states including Algeria , Jordan , Sudan , Syria and Yemen strongly condemned the plan , regarding it as setting a dangerous precedent in the region and also as signalling the effective three-way partitioning of Iraq into Kurdish , Sunni and Shia blocs . |
| 9 | Whereas in the past there have been various pressure groups setting themselves up as having a special reason for being heard thanks to their scientific credentials , perhaps the wisest comment on this came from the professor who , while urging scientists to make their voices heard , also urged them not to make any special claims to knowledge or understanding of the issues just because they were scientists . |
| 10 | So far as minimising the environmental effects was concerned the WO encouraged planning authorities to discuss problems with them at an early stage . |
| 11 | So far as ranking the relative seriousness of sexual assaults is concerned , however , full account should be taken of the psychological effects of such offences . |
| 12 | As far as restarting the musical life in Vienna was concerned , we had the problem that the occupying forces often contradicted each other . |
| 13 | ‘ We 'd only got as far as having a preliminary psyche dissection on Daine , ’ said Trefusis , ‘ but the Yggdrasil probes suggest he had a similar-although far more pronounced — set of personality deformities . |
| 14 | Eire is planning to use its forthcoming Presidency of the European Commission to press Britain to embark on a major upgrading of road and rail links between North Wales and the Channel Tunnel , and the Shadow Irish Transport Minister Gay Mitchell has gone as far as proposing an Irish Sea Tunnel to be constructed using Channel Tunnel equipment and an allegedly largely Irish Channel Tunnel workforce . |
| 15 | As well as organising a major international conference in the UK on 19–22 September 1989 on the theme of ‘ European Economic Integration ’ , the association plans to promote inter-institutional research networks and groups within Europe to develop and apply evolutionary ideas in regard to specific topics and areas of research . |
| 16 | As well as organising the occasional raves like the SECC event , they host regular Friday and Saturday night clubs at Glasgow 's Sub Club and are in constant demand to arrange Slam nights in towns like Stirling , Dundee and Ayr . |
| 17 | In spite of the increasing sophistication and complexity of many middle-range theories of social action or behaviour , these value-components may introduce confusing elements of ambiguity and illogicality , as well as weakening the empirical reference of the theories . |
| 18 | Now , as well as consuming the dry-roasted peanuts , you have also been making a close study of my wallpaper . |
| 19 | We are looking for young economists to join this rapidly expanding company which specialises in regional and industrial forecasting and analysis , as well as undertaking a wide range of consultancy activities . |
| 20 | As well as containing the Muslim legal , military and administrative officials , the cities were the homes of craftsmen , organised in guilds whose members could be either Muslim or zimmi ( non-Muslim citizens under the protection of the sultan ) . |
| 21 | This was also the university library , as well as containing the national newspaper and periodicals archive . |
| 22 | Lyons suggests that this x retains a pronominal element , as well as containing an adverbial element similar to here . |
| 23 | Talking of films , Meier is still working on his wild , underground epic , Snowball , as well as producing a new Hollywood movie called MM , about some lass called Marilyn Monroe . |
| 24 | The guitar has a fair amount of natural sustain and the three Chandler pickups emphasise this , as well as producing a warm tone with enough cut to sound through . |
| 25 | decommissioning our radioactive facilities and disposing of the waste cost-effectively , while meeting stringent safety and environmental requirements , as well as managing a small number of other government nuclear programmes which remain ; |
| 26 | An electronic set of tricks simulates the real life timetable so that the operators receive and send all of the necessary signals as well as operating the appropriate signals . |
| 27 | Lighting can create atmosphere as well as fulfilling a practical purpose and in many dwellings the fluorescent strip has been replaced by more subtle means of ceiling and wall lighting . |
| 28 | As well as maintaining a good posture , women were expected to move with grace , which was the principal reason for dancing lessons A woman attempting to achieve this ideal of beauty needed to spend a great deal of money , and so labouring class women were automatically excluded , even if they were possessed of ‘ natural ’ beauty . |
| 29 | The engineers plan and supervise the construction of new facilities as well as maintaining the electrical , electronic , mechanical and civil parts of our operation . |
| 30 | On the plus side , you will be saving on travel and other work-related expenses as well as enjoying a welcome reduction in tax . |