Example sentences of "as on [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think , however , that their use of it is still often confused and inhibited by mistaken ideas about what equality demands , and that the senseless ideal of standardisation still produces a waste of effort on this topic , as on many others . |
| 2 | On this occasion , as on many others , Portia Forbes was wearing a tailored navy pin-stripe suit , an open-necked white shirt and a red scarf at her neck . |
| 3 | They are not sunken into hollows as on many echinoids This genus and its allies are quite commonly found in Jurassic and Cretaceous rocks . |
| 4 | The vehicle used , as on many occasions in the past , was Chapman Pincher , the defence correspondent of the Daily Express who on 19 June entertained George Brown , the ebullient and unpredictable Labour politician , to lunch at the Ecu de France restaurant . |
| 5 | As on many occasions when drink is taken , it ended up in tears and in a finger-wagging shouting match with the Labour leader , John Smith , accusing him of a stark betrayal of promises . |
| 6 | In which case , we must look at the books evidence on both matters , as well as on such matters as the prisoners previous links with the IRA — which in most cases amounted to none — and wether the IRA lauds them as its own . |
| 7 | His ideas on economic policy , as on other matters , may have been overly simplistic or even fundamentally erroneous , but the fact that he had a vision of the America he wished to bring about was a strength he possessed , one that many other presidents and presidential candidates have lacked . |
| 8 | What seems to have happened here ( as on other matters ) is a division of Opinion between the ETS committee who may have been quite sincere in trying a long-term solution — and the knee-jerk reaction of the membership against the permanent acceptance of women as compositors which the project undeniably contained . |
| 9 | As on other issues , Parliament as well as the relevant Ministers , preferred to let the Lord Chancellor 's gown of fairness and impartiality be thrown over what were essentially governmental decisions on where the public interest lay . |
| 10 | On this , as on other issues , the outcome of the Government actions has been good , even if its motives for seeking the reforms are suspect . |
| 11 | I fear that on health , as on other issues , that is all too true . |
| 12 | Experiments conducted by a British scientist suggest that the increase in ultraviolet radiation caused by ozone depletion will have immediate and serious effects on the yields of some key food crops as well as on other plants . |
| 13 | Death , of course , lays its icy hand on kings , as on other men , and Elizabeth 's remonstrance against Essex is proclaimed in the thunderous recapitulation of his lute song . |
| 14 | On testing the bands of energy which Lewis had marked on the stone , Balanovski found the field to be twice as strong as on other parts of the stone . |
| 15 | As on other occasions , Imperial sentiment was a weak basis for a key part of British policy . |
| 16 | As on other occasions , it was left unresolved until a later date when ‘ the Club could decide for itself ’ . |
| 17 | As on other occasions , when the criminal process comes under scrutiny , the thrust of suggestions for reform is largely directed towards improving the legal procedures . |
| 18 | Now , as on other occasions , David had scoffed at her fears . |
| 19 | We stopped briefly a couple of times , presumably for checkpoints and , as on other occasions , the driver would sometimes get out and speak to the people manning them . |
| 20 | But , as on other occasions when they think for themselves , they may well end up agreeing with you . |
| 21 | But their performance , as on other occasions this season , was laboured to say the least . |
| 22 | What does seem important is that discussions on surrogacy , as on other aspects of reproductive biology , should be put on a more rational basis , and that codes of practice should be regulated by professional bodies , and not by the criminal law . |
| 23 | It is good to see the increasing use of TOP techniques , such as brainstorming , in people 's day to day jobs , as well as on specific projects . |
| 24 | In addition as on real islands — the total number of species on any one peak is generally low , and many bizarre forms evolve . |
| 25 | It was the deliberate disregard of the more sensuous and immediately appealing aspects of painting , and the temporary dismissal of all human and associational values , combined with the fact that they were working in a conceptual way , relying on memory as much as on visual models , that allowed the Cubists to distort and dislocate figures and objects to a degree hitherto unknown . |
| 26 | The use of an offshore trust will eliminate capital gains tax liabilities on most UK source gains , as well as on foreign gains remitted to the UK . |
| 27 | This is especially true when the information given by the patient turns out to be astonishingly accurate , as on numerous occasions . |
| 28 | It does n't catch alight as on some nights . |
| 29 | His job is to look after us both as regards our work at the Institute as well as on recreational trips , and he does his best , although his English is perhaps not as good as it could be ( at least he sometimes does n't seem to understand what we say ) . |
| 30 | Of course , the resultant of all winds is probably not the most useful resultant , as on most shores it is only the onshore winds which count in constructional action . |