Example sentences of "as [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | One is release in which we walk as through a landscape , seeing the sublime aspects of nature and life , sometimes feeling the euphoria of release . |
2 | After all , Mercurius was the tutelary deity of the Art , and it was of his very nature to beguile and confuse in this manner ; but she could take no comfort from the knowledge , for she must pursue him as through a hall of mirrors , from one bride-chamber to the next , and at each remove he shifted shape with such dispiriting agility that , again and again , she might have cried out loud for rest . |
3 | This would enable them to recharge their yacht 's batteries equally well when sailing through the doldrums as through a gale in the North Atlantic . |
4 | Christine , 52 , decided to tell the world of her own experiences about two years ago , as much for therapeutic reasons as through a desire to reach those with similar horror stories to tell . |
5 | Mikhail Gorbachev took the request as as a joke but Mr Cliburn was entirely serious . |
6 | Smythson stayed on in the service of the Willoughby family , and was employed by them on administrative and financial business , as well as as a surveyor . |
7 | So far as the families of those involved in disciplinary proceedings are concerned , we do not even count as worth a thought ( ‘ Guilty until proven innocent ’ , 4 March ) . |
8 | Tenure is now only important as between a lessor for a term of years and his lessee . |
9 | There are similar provisions in relation to individual restrictions regulating minimum resale prices or charges as between a manufacturer and a retailer . |
10 | Again , a Rule 72 Transfer is equally applicable as between a leasehold or freehold property . |
11 | The section does not apply to contractual guarantees , as between a seller and a purchaser , as these are obviously caught under the appropriate sections of the UCTA relating to contracts , in so far as they should be caught at all ( see s 5(3) ) . |
12 | At its most basic , the actual design of a project or implementation of a task may not vary as between a partnership and a company . |
13 | Hardy 's description of Swanage is well-known : ‘ Knollsea was a seaside village lying snug between two headlands as between a finger and a thumb . ’ |
14 | There is a need for a number of immediate short-term palliatives , as well as for a radical and bold long-term solution . |
15 | This might not matter so much in relation to a skill such as " estimating " as for a concept such as " area " or " place value " . |
16 | If there are hundreds of trade creditors ( as for a retailer ) or a lot of liability suits ( for example , for asbestos sufferers ) , then firms benefit by using the courts . |
17 | There will be races for both men and women , as well as for a variety of different age categories . |
18 | If you are acting for a mortgagee as well as for a buyer or borrower , then you prepare the mortgage deed at the same time as the transfer deed . |
19 | The official citation , more dramatic , states that under his command the remnants of II Company retook half a mile of what were once trenches , ‘ lined up as for a tattoo , singing and laughing , and saved the 151st Regiment ’ |
20 | It is important that you guess the range without measuring , in exactly the same way as for a stone thrower . |
21 | The potential divergence between individual goals and organisational goals exists for a union as well as for a company . |
22 | You first pound the garlic to a mash , then stir in the yolks , add a little salt , then the oil , exactly as for a mayonnaise . |
23 | It has a wrought-iron garden gate flanked by two brick pillars and an entry phone , the whole thing set out as for a country house . |
24 | Just as for a play , Nichols had the luxury of three weeks ' rehearsal on The Graduate before shooting began on location in Los Angeles , Berkeley and San Francisco . |
25 | Ring up the amount , as for a cash purchase , but press the appropriate button to record that it is a cheque transaction . |
26 | As for a version for the Sparc , Jobs said he 'd love to port to this chip but that Scott McNealy has said ‘ I 'd rather stick needles in my eyes than work with NeXT . ’ |
27 | They were all three at the table where they had been sitting at a meal , the curry soup before them , a dreadful static group , posed as for a stage set . |
28 | Who not be hung for a sheep as for a lamb . |
29 | Then , perhaps a little frightened by his own rhetoric but thinking that he might as well be hanged for a sheep as for a lamb , he increased the figure to 1 million . |
30 | This means that , just as for a ladder filter , a finite transmission line terminated in the characteristic impedance Z k exhibits impedance Z k at all elements . |