Example sentences of "as i understand " in BNC.
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1 | As far as I understood , I was n't taking part in a vendetta against the German race . ’ |
2 | As I understood , he was asleep for much of the time , and indeed , I found him so on the few occasions I had a spare moment to ascend to that little attic room . |
3 | I explained , falteringly , my motives — at least , as far as I understood them myself . |
4 | But when I did so , the words I uttered for the record were that I could not accept that the proper constitutional practices , as I understood them , were being observed . |
5 | A wave of weeping and travail hit the hundred and men fell down and groaned , moved to intercede , as I understood it , by the Holy Spirit . |
6 | In summary form , as I understood Mr. Newman 's submissions for the council , the argument can be stated : ( i ) the council is a corporation created by the legislature for the performance of many functions for the public good : see section 1(1) , section 2(1) and ( 3 ) and section 111 of the Local Government Act 1972 . |
7 | As I understood the submission , the Attorney-General was not contending that the use of Parliamentary material by the courts for the purposes of construction would constitute an ‘ impeachment ’ of freedom of speech since impeachment is limited to cases where a Member of Parliament is sought to be made liable , either in criminal or civil proceeding , for what he has said in Parliament , e.g. , by criminal prosecution , by action for libel or by seeking to prove malice on the basis of such words . |
8 | Erm the point that you put to me I think two or three questions ago wa was related as I understood it to the the alignment and the network of the lanes . |
9 | As I understood more about Lebanon I had felt sympathy for them , seen them as victims who had themselves experienced terrible deprivation . |
10 | I knew Brian understood my decision as I understood his . |
11 | And as I understood you |
12 | and erm of course computers did n't help in the slightest because er , I think the er , I may be wrong about this but as I understood it erm the computer programmer worked for West Suffolk but at the time of reorganization he 'd got himself another job . |
13 | As I understood it she was flying back to the States tomorrow . ’ |
14 | They also supply computers as I understood ? |
15 | As I understood er Mr 's position , he would have been on behalf of the Parish Council who are the only er people who are concerned about this as I understand , who raised an objection at this er at this stage they they would have been quite happy with the proposition that I 've put forward on behalf of the County Council . |
16 | If I may my Lord there is an issue that was raised in my learned friends reply er which er was a new point er and where I do take issue with him and this concerns the issue of the relevance of the directive here the , the issue relating to er whether or not the er Lloyd 's Act and the society have got any relevance in respect of the directive , his submission as I understood it , was that under article one , eight , nine the directive only addressed itself to states , to the British Government and that therefore the reliance on the directive by the society and in relation to the Lloyds Act was er a misconceived er reliance . |
17 | But that was why as I understood it , that was why I wanted the sealer . |
18 | Ah yes , but now that 's very interesting because that 's not the same as was the old regulation with the H N D recognition with Napier , and it used to be as I understood it that you had to actually be in membership and leave a period of time between doing the certificate and the diploma . |
19 | In so far as I understand the logic here , heterosexual sodomy is surrogate homosexuality and homosexual sodomy is surrogate heterosexuality — or rather surrogate heterosexual incestuous genital intercourse . |
20 | So , the underlying part of the contract , as I understand it with Bowie , was that he was going to make an album with Tony Visconti and that song had to be done as a single . |
21 | As far as I understand it , it was Angela who pursued the interest in Tony DeFries . |
22 | Cocaine , as I understand it . ’ |
23 | But this was , as I say , back in the thirties , when as I understand , Mrs Symons 's books were being admired in houses up and down the country . |
24 | You say someone such as myself , but I am as far as I understand the housekeeper of this house , while your father is the under-butler . ’ |
25 | As I understand it , lung cancer spreads like the plague . |
26 | As I understand it , one can illustrate the proposal in terms of a language . |
27 | Millions of men had been butchered during the first World War , and in post-war years , the ratio of births , as I understand it , was four to one in favour of baby girls . |
28 | As I understand it , Mary was a committee-member , entertainment section . |
29 | It never should do , as I understand it . |
30 | As I understand it , GPs refer patients to individual consultants , usually to the older , more experienced man who may be slowing down , rather than to the younger , inexperienced newcomer who is right up to date with the latest hi-tech mod. con. , but is afforded scant opportunity to increase his experience . |