Example sentences of "as in [adj] [noun] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | that , we went up there as in actual fact we were looking for certain place when er the postcard we had was n't it , was n't the cows given us trouble and we went |
| 2 | Just as in real life they were assimilating a clinical attitude to human functions , many of which are taboo in Western society , their dreaming interpretations of their own sexuality were also in terms of a medical model . |
| 3 | Throughout his life Eliot brought the anguish of his difficult and divided nature to the surface of his poetry , just as in oblique form he analysed it in his prose . |
| 4 | Giles recalls one remark when Montini was criticizing the De Gasperi Christian Democratic government for inaction while denying that he was doing anything of the kind ( a typical Montini ploy ) : ‘ In political questions the Church has to be general , just as in religious matters she can not afford not to be particular ’ ( ibid. , p. 109 ) . |
| 5 | If Japan 's lending had continued to expand at the same pace as in recent years it would have overtaken Britain in 1992 . |
| 6 | But much more serious to Mr Frohnmayer 's cause was his reluctance publicly to discredit his opponents by pointing out inaccuracies and misrepresentations in their charges ; to defend the endowment 's choices when defence was appropriate ( as in many cases it was ) ; and to mount a solid campaign on the agency 's behalf before the American people . |
| 7 | The importance of the police gradually increased , but as in many societies they were often regarded with suspicion , fear or contempt . |
| 8 | " Fine , " Starke said , writing , " Grout " as in that stuff you put between tiles and bricks and things , right ? " |
| 9 | And something stilled within her as in that instant she caught a tantalising waft of the rich , dark scent of him and felt the hard , powerful warmth of him press against her . |
| 10 | Her stomach twisted as in that moment she seemed to feel him pierce her loins in the act of impregnation . |
| 11 | According to the headteacher the intention was ‘ to give as many staff as possible a sense of responsibility of teaching and learning ’ , despite the fact that ‘ as in all schools we have a hierarchical structure of responsibilities ’ . |
| 12 | It 's well worth the slightly longer walk as in Greek terms it really is quite comfortable and is part of a complex of hotels based around the lovely Atlantis complex . |
| 13 | It transpired that Hannah was well capable of coping with this sudden celebrity status , displaying a curiously ingenuous confidence as in later months she met people ranging from royalty to hard-nosed journalists , and completely disarmed them all . |
| 14 | A teacher 's question is how to tap this latent knowledge , and ensure that pupils take enough care , both in speaking as intelligibly and clearly as in some sense they know how to , and in writing , with the constant aim of criticizing and making less ambiguous whatever they may write . |
| 15 | As in unregistered conveyancing it is probably advisable that the husband keeps a duplicate or certified copy of the transfer to the wife so that he has a record of the terms of indemnity given to him by the wife . |
| 16 | as in this case we go down the three column , the three is a in the numerator N one , right , till we reach seventeen , right , and now test to see if it 's three point two right , so if we |
| 17 | As in this case they often travel outside their own force area . |
| 18 | This is not to imply that the mid-nineteenth-century ( male ) bourgeois ( or those who aspired to be like him ) was merely dishonest , preaching one morality while deliberately practising another , though patently the conscious hypocrite is more often to be found where the gap between official morality and the demands of human nature is unbridgeable , as in this period it often was . |
| 19 | In sexual matters as in most others it is the source of help which is rejected — or deceived — rather than the help itself . |
| 20 | The examination of the evidence from villas was not as thorough as one would have liked , as in most cases it comes from old accounts and is of extremely poor quality , with very little attempt , if any , at a stratigraphical analysis . |
| 21 | But in both these situations she is marked as unclean and is segregated , as in both cases she bleeds . |
| 22 | In the same way as in previous analyses we divided the men according to whether or not the placental weight was above 1.25 pounds ( 567 g ) . |
| 23 | As in previous years we shall conduct a nationwide advertising campaign in the early autumn to encourage people to complete and return the electoral registration form . |
| 24 | As in previous years it was difficult to monitor the fighting in Cambodia during 1990 , as independent confirmation of conflicting claims was extremely rare . |