Example sentences of "[adv] as [vb -s] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There would be extensive international involvement in the affairs of state , especially as regards human rights . |
| 2 | Just as regards two children , that was all agreed by the parties . |
| 3 | In his English writings Richard Rolle , too , sees Christ 's suffering as the pragmatic key to a form of living both as regards external circumstances and internal consciousness , which will free followers to engage with the ineffable reality of the love mediated at the Incarnation . |
| 4 | Since we see no reason to treat the other modals or the other uses of could , would or will any differently as regards this aspect of their meaning , we propose therefore that both the modals and the infinitive which follows them express potentialities . |
| 5 | My thesis is that our institutions must be so structurally altered that , so far as regards permanent legislation , the will of the majority will always prevail against that of the party composing the executive for the time being , and that , whoever may form the government of the day will be compelled to follow procedures and policies compatible with the nature of Parliamentary democracy and the rule of freedom under law . |
| 6 | So far as concerns professional regulation , the Law Society requires that the membership of each such company be confined to qualified solicitors , retired partners and the dependents of retired or deceased partners . |
| 7 | This means that even as regards third parties who neither have nor need the protection of Code C , and who have never had such protection in the past , the police officer can not demand the production of a document relevant to the suspected offence . |
| 8 | Moreover , distinctions may be drawn between ordinary shares , ranking equally as regards financial participation , by dividing them nevertheless into separate classes with different voting rights . |
| 9 | EMU must , he said , be based on economic and financial convergence among member states , particularly as regards anti-inflation policies and contractually enforced budgetary discipline , and he warned that countries with high inflation rates might find it difficult to become full members of EMU . |
| 10 | The drug categories were ranked according to an assessment of their ‘ problem-causing ’ potential , particularly as regards such problems as addiction , overdose , disease , and temporary deficits in skills needed to operate machinery ( for example , to drive a car ) . |
| 11 | While there may be some doubt whether such provision will continue in future salary settlements , the University remains firmly of the view that the majority of these arrangements , at least as regards academic staff , are an inadequate substitute for satisfactory levels of general salary increase when applied to a university in which virtually all staff are of the highest quality . |