Example sentences of "as [pron] [verb] [prep] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I share my hon Friend 's appreciation of the value and importance of the large reforms proposed in the Bill of 1939 , and when I decided , as I announced on 23rd March , to appoint an Advisory Council to assist in the preparation of a programme of reforms , I certainly had it in mind that many of the proposals in that Bill — improved it may be by further consideration and fresh ideas — might find a place in such a programme . |
| 2 | Within days it was obvious that the extent of the dissolution was every bit as great as I had at first suspected . |
| 3 | Or was the fact of their friendship with Gideon just an unwelcome coincidence , as I had at first supposed . |
| 4 | He swigged his champagne with such abandon that Ruth knew he had swallowed Maria Luisa 's explanation of their affair with the same ease as she had at first . |
| 5 | He says having been there , the crash is n't over such a wide area as we thought at first . |
| 6 | I 'm at the same hotel as we stayed at last time-but it 's not the same without you and Rosie . |
| 7 | And as they prepare for first division football he 's relishing another challenge , just as he 's looking forward to renewing acquaintances with certain Meath players today . |
| 8 | However , things are not as simple as they seemed at first . |
| 9 | As Richards has recently indicated , the Cox survey and the longitudinal study are not as mutually supportive as they seem at first sight . |
| 10 | It can therefore be seen that these inducements are not quite as attractive as they seem at first sight . |
| 11 | Their absence cost ‘ Quins , who lost 25–14 , a victory which enhanced the Saints ’ title ambitious as they moved to third in the table , one point behind leaders Orrell . |
| 12 | This research evidence seems contrary to common sense , but such findings are not as incomprehensible as they look at first sight . |
| 13 | Nobody loves you when you 're down and out and if United go down to Forest , as they did in last year 's sixth round , Ferguson may well be out . |
| 14 | Given the fact that much of the property in the western half of the country was sub-let to under-tenants at rack rents , it is doubtful whether regional differences were as pronounced as they appear at first sight . |
| 15 | ‘ Not as bad as it looked on first assessment . |
| 16 | The wound was not as serious as it had at first seemed , but the bone was broken . |
| 17 | The style of the figures is manifestly provincial and need not be so early as it looks at first glance , but it can hardly be after the mid century . |
| 18 | Oakenfold 's version of ‘ Cloud 8 ’ was the only well executed or timely attempt ( coming as it did during last summer 's mellow months ) , and is included on the four track limited edition giveaway , ‘ The Baby Album ’ . |
| 19 | Once the field-worker was categorized as conforming to their typification of a ‘ good ’ Catholic ( the meaning of which we will outline elsewhere ) , then her religion was no longer as important as it appears at first sight , although the extent to which it had a residual effect is impossible to estimate . |
| 20 | But even this is not as extensive as it appears at first sight for , in conducting an investigation on a complaint , the Tribunal must apply ‘ the principles applicable by a court on an application for judicial review ’ . |
| 21 | The text needs to be watched closely for all may not be as it seems at first . |
| 22 | The interpretation of this measure of consistency is not as straightforward as it seems at first sight . |
| 23 | Mr Janman has asked us to make it clear that , as he wrote in last Saturday 's Sun , he recognises that both crown servants and substantial investors in Britain have an existing right to come here and that though at present he advocates the strict exclusion of all others , he would cease to do so if the Chinese were to attempt ‘ a Tiananmen-style crackdown ’ in Hong Kong in 1997 . |
| 24 | The real reason was that he felt at ease ; he was no longer a figure of fun or an eyesore , he had a place — just as he did at first with Sien . |