Example sentences of "as in [adj] [noun] [pron] " 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 | Answer guide : The reason for choosing this example is that this particular area is subject to rapid changes in technology which make estimation of useful life extremely difficult as in many cases there is still utility in the asset but it has been superseded by a ‘ better ’ alternative . |
| 8 | The objective is to get the students to discuss the arguments as in many cases there are equally acceptable alternatives . |
| 9 | The importance of the police gradually increased , but as in many societies they were often regarded with suspicion , fear or contempt . |
| 10 | It is not restricted , as in ordinary litigation which are proceedings between parties , to accepting or rejecting the respective contentions of the claimant on the one hand and the adjudication … officer on the other … . |
| 11 | " Fine , " Starke said , writing , " Grout " as in that stuff you put between tiles and bricks and things , right ? " |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Her stomach twisted as in that moment she seemed to feel him pierce her loins in the act of impregnation . |
| 14 | These arrangements are embodied in the Scheme of Conditions of Service as adopted by the Council ( hereinafter referred to as ‘ The Scheme of Conditions of Service ’ ) relating to your group as well as in other documents which are equally available to you within the Administration Unit . |
| 15 | As in other years there will be an exhibition of young German artists , in this instance born between 1953 and 1968 . |
| 16 | Even when a decision is taken , nothing much is expected to change in the short term as in all probability there will be a fairly lengthy transitional period . |
| 17 | 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 ’ . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 |
| 23 | As in this case they often travel outside their own force area . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | In sexual matters as in most others it is the source of help which is rejected — or deceived — rather than the help itself . |
| 26 | It should be sent ( or preferably taken ) as soon as possible , together with the free death certificate ( Form BD8 ) which you will have been given by the Registrar of Births and Deaths , to the local Social Security Office , and as in most cases there is an entitlement to a National Insurance death grant , application can be made for this at the same time . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | As in most dances there is advance and apparent retreat , only to take up a fresh position for the next advance . |
| 29 | But in both these situations she is marked as unclean and is segregated , as in both cases she bleeds . |
| 30 | As in previous studies there was a significant difference in the oxygen saturation values between the patients receiving oxygen and those given air , but we were unable to show any correlation between oxygen saturation and electrocardiographic abnormalities . |