Example sentences of "as [was/were] [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 267 , which came to the Privy Council just before the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council was created , provides a valuable illustration of the fact that in the absence of such arrangements as were made between the Inns of Court and the judges in this country , the power to judges to determine who were fit and proper persons to practise before them , where it existed , was regarded as essential for the due administration of justice . |
| 2 | The survey shows that there were twice as many burglaries as were recorded by the police , nearly five times as much wounding , twelve times as much theft from the person and , most unexpectedly perhaps , thirteen times as much vandalism or criminal damage to personal and household property . |
| 3 | Each day began with Mass celebrated in as many different rites as were represented in the Council Hall inside St Peter 's . |
| 4 | As far as the primary phase of schooling was concerned , the plan of development favoured the same activities as were listed in A Framework for the School Curriculum , except that more attention was devoted to history and geography , to expressive arts , and to science , and to the need for clearly structured and progressively demanding work in these areas of the curriculum . |
| 5 | In our poorer ‘ black ’ communities the killing continues and as many people are killed every week as were killed in the recent Los Angeles riots . |
| 6 | ‘ Assuming the allegations set out in the statement of claim to be true , whether the defendants are liable in tort to the plaintiff for such of those acts and/or omissions as were committed before the plaintiff 's birth . |
| 7 | ‘ Assuming the allegations set out in the statement of claim to be true , whether the [ health authority ] is liable in tort to the plaintiff for such of those acts and/or omissions as were committed before the plaintiff 's birth . |
| 8 | By a notice of appeal dated 24 May 1991 the defendants , Merton and Sutton Health Authority , appealed from the decision of Phillips J. on 10 May 1991 , ante , pp. 639G et seq. , on a preliminary issue that , assuming the allegations in the statement of claim were true , the defendants were liable in tort to the plaintiff for such of those acts and/or omissions as were committed before the plaintiff 's birth . |
| 9 | This argument is of course open to the same criticisms as were levelled against the distinction originally drawn between ‘ literate ’ and ‘ non-literate ’ societies . |
| 10 | A putative theory of science based only on description would be open to some of the same objections as were levelled against the naive inductivist account of how scientific theories themselves are arrived at . |
| 11 | But such moments of uplift as were provided by the mystics could not prevent Lewis 's common-sense humility from seeing ‘ how much of one 's philosophy and religion are mere talk ’ . |
| 12 | But I see no difficulty in reading the language of subsections ( 1 ) and ( 2 ) of section 18 as authorising an order for payment by the board ( subject , of course , to the criteria prescribed by subsection ( 4 ) ) of such part of the costs of the proceedings which are eventually determined in the defendant 's favour as were incurred by the defendant personally at any time when he was not receiving legal aid and accordingly fell within the definition of an unassisted party . |
| 13 | But what could a kid know about such goings-on as were chronicled in the pages she had read ? |
| 14 | The problem of insufficient staff to be able easily to absorb absences from the workplace to attend group training sessions was commented on by all except the largest libraries , with some libraries apparently regarding this lack of ( indirect ) staff resource as paramount to preventing any in-service training programmes being carried out , although as was emphasized by The Library Association Working Party on Training : |
| 15 | As was argued in an earlier research report by Vasquez and others : |
| 16 | As was announced at the time of the offer , LASMO had no intention of extending its activities beyond oil and gas exploration and production . |
| 17 | Yet Anselm decided against him , and his decision , as was recognized at the time , turned the scale in Henry 's favour . |
| 18 | As was recognized in the US in the 1960s ( David , 1965 ) , the social services have the potential for providing rewarding and socially useful employment for a large proportion of the work-force that can not be absorbed by other sectors of the labour market . |
| 19 | He is now the Grand Old Man of the British novel , as was recognized by the Nobel committee . |
| 20 | That is as absurd a political point as was made by the right hon. Member for Manchester , Gorton , ( Mr. Kaufman ) . |
| 21 | So , recognising that there are limits to the exercise of this inherent jurisdiction , I agree with Lord Donaldson of Lymington M.R. that I can conceive of no situation where it would be a proper exercise of the jurisdiction to make such an order as was made in the present case : that is to order a doctor , whether directly or indirectly , to treat a child in a manner contrary to his or her clinical judgment . |
| 22 | As was indicated at the beginning of this book , many newcomers hold strong views on the desired social and aesthetic qualities of the English village . |
| 23 | The scale of Herbert 's power in Wales made his removal a major set-back to royal influence there , as was indicated by the immediate flare-up of trouble in the north and west of the region . |
| 24 | The scale of Herbert 's power in Wales made his removal a major set-back to royal influence there , as was indicated by the immediate flare-up of trouble in the north and west of the region . |
| 25 | Because the insulating characteristics of timber-frame houses are so good they do give rise to the problem known as ‘ interstitial condensation ’ , as was revealed in the television documentary . |
| 26 | As was said at the start of this chapter , we need to fall in love with Christ and seek his face . |
| 27 | Less and less did Nonconformists like to have it said of them as was said of the Primitive Methodist evangelist and erstwhile coal-miner , James Flanagan , ‘ He waited not for an abundance of knowledge but used what he possessed ’ . |
| 28 | As was said by the Royal Commission , the police should not , on a warrant to search for a stolen grand piano , look under the floorboards or in the water cistern . |
| 29 | As was said in the introductory section , it is not feasible for the government to direct the firm to produce specific quantities at specific prices because the government necessarily knows less than the firm about underlying demand and cost conditions . |
| 30 | … Whether , as a matter of expression , you say , as was said in the case of Watson v. Fram Reinforced Concrete Co . Ltd. , that this is to be explained by postulating a continuing duty , or merely projecting the relationship of duty into the future , or whether you regard it as possible to establish a breach of duty as at birth by reference to an act antecedent to the accrual of the cause of action , may be open to debate , but it has no bearing on the precise question we are called upon to answer , namely , whether the defendant owed a duty of care to the infant plaintiff . |