Example sentences of "[prep] the [det] [noun] as " in BNC.
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1 | Following questions in Parliament , the Department of Trade and Industry announced last October that ‘ oversized ’ cuffs and certain linking chains , which could be used for the same purpose as leg irons , had been evading UK export controls , and would be restricted . |
2 | On 17 October , Mr Sainsbury announced — ‘ in the light of publicity ’ — that ‘ oversized ’ cuffs and certain linking chains , which could be used for the same purpose as leg irons , had been evading export control . |
3 | It was formed in 1939 for the same purpose as the NL , to amalgamate and strengthen various extreme right-wing and pro-fascist movements . |
4 | These institutions are produced for the same purpose as neuroses are by the individual ; they are collective solutions for the problem of defence against unsatisfied wishes . |
5 | Urquhart had come to the Nowaks ' house , Blanche thought , for the same purpose as her — an illegal search for clues about Marek 's past activities . |
6 | His aim was to show that you can cook wholesome , gourmet dishes for the same price as ordinary school dinners — 46p a head — and that children really love them . |
7 | Better foreign design may well mean no more than extra features being provided for the same price as the basic equivalent UK model [ CPRS , 1975 ] . |
8 | Volume users should pay 30% to 40% less than on analogue cellular , lower-volume users will get three times as many minutes for the same price as cellular . |
9 | Assuming that the seller can then re-sell them elsewhere for the same price as the buyer had agreed to pay , the seller will suffer no loss . |
10 | Clearly , if the seller has been able to sell the goods elsewhere for the same price as the buyer had agreed to pay ( or a greater price ) the seller must refund the buyer 's part payment . |
11 | The new cars will sell for the same price as regular models , although the Ford say they will cost $100 more to produce . |
12 | Some experts claim the difference may be as much as 15 per cent , but producers in Austria--which leads the rest of Europe in RME use--claim they can make RME for the same price as diesel . |
13 | Several companies , such as Citroen , have started to offer diesel models for the same price as petrol-powered ones . |
14 | The first is that the donations that would be made would go to charitable social service agencies providing for the same groups as statutory agencies . |
15 | Indeed , the first moves in this direction occurred in 1986 of course , when as Noble Lords will recall the Metropolitan counties or at least their county councils were abolished and police authorities were created for the same areas as freestanding corporate bodies . |
16 | Few there are who would speak in favour of cruelty to animals , as thus understood , and I take it that , whatever else our differences might be , at least we all agree that cruelty to other animals is morally vile , and morally vile for the same reasons as cruelty to human children , for example . |
17 | They demanded bracket construction for the overhead wires , but this was turned down for the same reasons as those in Mitcham . |
18 | We can tell this because the light from their stars is reddened , in the same way and for the same reasons as the noise of an ambulance siren or a car engine seems to change pitch downwards as the vehicle passes you . |
19 | But to the EEC this looked too much like the British proposals of the late 1950s , and it declined the overtures from EFTA for the same reasons as in the past . |
20 | There is , needless to say , no suggestion that the Bank of England are in contempt , and , for the same reasons as have led me to conclude that the injunction is overridden , I should have had no hesitation in varying the injunction if it had been necessary to do so . |
21 | The aid that we are most likely to use for the same reasons as video is the audio tape or cassette recorder . |
22 | Gould was immediately attracted to the art of lithography for the same reasons as Lear — the relative inexpensiveness of production and the lack of training required — but he also saw great potential for Lear 's large-size format and colourful plates , which could , Gould thought , if properly promoted and well managed , prove extremely lucrative . |
23 | Q9 The answer is Yes for the same reasons as Q7 . |
24 | All involved will need these interfaces for the same reasons as the political and business managers whose decisions are being studied . |
25 | The courts can order presses to be stopped for the same reasons as they can order assets to be frozen or property to be returned . |
26 | That reasoning applies as much to several debtors each liable for the same debt as to debtors jointly and severally liable for such a debt . |
27 | Data are shown for the same mice as in a . |
28 | ‘ Do I take it that you work for the same man as the two who broke into my house ? ’ she asked . |
29 | At least three months post treatment endoscopy was performed and biopsies were obtained for the same procedures as above . |
30 | In the final Mike McFarlane was drawn adjacent to Chidi and he also was disqualified , for the same offence as Cameron . |