Example sentences of "[noun] as [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cross-denominational association of this sort in particular localities was not uncommon and could be reinforced through collaborative reformist and philanthropic action as in the common efforts for moral and civic improvement of such Quaker and Unitarian families in Birmingham as the Cadburys , Lloyds , Kenricks and others . |
| 2 | There was some argument on the English side as to the best way of crossing the river and finishing the whole business as swiftly as possible . |
| 3 | In this experiment as in the other loan choice questions , people must have gathered that both APR and total credit cost mattered because of the way they were being questioned about them . |
| 4 | The paper is not so much about bats as about the philosophical problem of imagining what it is " like " to be anything that we are not . |
| 5 | The 100 came in the 28th over , and for those who wondered how England could be doing so well after Pakistan 's moderate success , the answer lay as much in England 's two disciplined straight bats as in the departed cloud cover . |
| 6 | Would not their votes tend to cumulate not so much on the best candidates as on the best-known ? |
| 7 | This does not mean that the officer must obtain the signatures of the proposer , seconder , etc. , but if advantage of this opportunity is taken , the officer is always willing to give assistance and advise the candidates as to the correct completion of nomination papers . |
| 8 | As well as being close to so much North European prosperity , Brussels offers the boon of a 6% rate of VAT on objects sold at auction as against the crippling 18.6% imposed on all but ‘ original works of art ’ in Paris . |
| 9 | Erm and and they do not consider that the full testing and evaluation erm o of the environmental harm as against the claimed highway benefit , has properly taken place . |
| 10 | Scotland has been in the doldrums of international competition for years , only able to raise its game in occasional moments of glorious defeat as in the last European Championship . |
| 11 | The Crown had intended to introduce evidence of the number of transactions in shares between the members of the Stenhouse family and associated family trusts , and also of earlier agreements between the trustees and the Revenue as to the appropriate formula for valuing shares in H and SW . |
| 12 | As the investigators are themselves out-group members , they can not have reliable prior intuitions as to the social meanings conveyed and must investigate these by observation and analysis . |
| 13 | LAST year 's accounts were concluded with my statement — ‘ We must continue to be of cautious mind as to the immediate future , confident nevertheless that our chosen strategy best equips the group to weather the ongoing economic turbulence . ’ |
| 14 | The authors of the Convention were never quite of one mind as to the obligatory quality they wished to give their text . |
| 15 | It contained its own ‘ internal antagonistic contradictions ’ , based on the exploitation of labour , and also contradictions as between the various capitalist countries , such as those between the less powerful capitalist states and transnational corporations , and between the United States , Western Europe and Japan . |
| 16 | However , the size of the database resulted in some confusion as to the best way to proceed with the enquiry , and the next few stages were undertaken on a trial and error basis . |
| 17 | As soon as the result was announced , however , Heseltine and then Hurd conceded to Major , and despite some initial confusion as to the correct procedure it was decided not to proceed to a third ballot in which a preference system of voting would have obtained . |
| 18 | There is some confusion as to the exact origins of the first Apprenticeship and Skilled Employment Committee , but it probably derived from the activities of the Charity Organization Society ( COS ) in assisting women and girls to find skilled occupations . |
| 19 | Very few witnesses had been found who were prepared to come to court to repeat their statements in the flesh , but some did and their words were translated first into English and then into German , causing some confusion as to the precise meaning of what they had actually said . |
| 20 | Assuming that consensus can be reached between both parties as to the principal deal terms , with structuring being used to bridge the inevitable gap between the expectations of the purchaser and vendors , it will be important for this consensus to be confirmed in writing in the form of non-binding heads of agreement . |
| 21 | I will seek confirmation from both parties as to the factual accuracy of any such memorandum . |
| 22 | Scepticism as to the historical importance of this highly personal view of monarchy seems in order . |
| 23 | Genuine blasphemy … as impossible to the complete atheist as to the perfect Christian … is a way of affirming belief . ’ |
| 24 | Zone I was in its way as much of a prison for the Commandant as for the eight hundred men to whom he played a vague mutation of God and Commissar . |
| 25 | The staff have no illusions as to the secular nature of the ‘ trade ’ being made here . |
| 26 | They believed implicitly in the effectiveness of their method of preparing and getting the bone , and they were certain that the bone 's power stemmed as much from the special treatment it had during the ceremony as from the actual jailing or drawing substances with which they afterwards impregnated it . |
| 27 | The present chapter will constitute only a brief indication as to the relevant Acts and principles ; the reader needing more detail is referred to the Acts themselves and to Honoré 's work , or that of others . |
| 28 | Along with such doubts as to the actual results of liberalization , there was increasing concern at its socio-economic consequences , particularly over the evidently growing gap between rich and poor . |
| 29 | However , Nagel is well aware that Smith himself had doubts as to the social validity of the subjective principle and he cites a passage from The Theory of Moral Sentiments : |
| 30 | Nevertheless , this attitude was probably not entirely a matter of hubris since the Treasury may well have had genuine doubts as to the potential effectiveness of planning [ Brittan , 1971 ] . |