forasmuch as
Britishconjunction
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Comgall said she was his, forasmuch as she was caught in his territory.
From Old Celtic Romances by Unknown
And he was sorrowful therewith, forasmuch as he had thought mayhap to find in the eyes of his love the twin stars of the woman of his dream.
From The Stars in the Pool A Prose Poem for Lovers by Wallace, Edna Kingsley
Others again said that, forasmuch as the expedition was perilous, they ought to go by night and not by day.
From The Chronicle of the Discovery and Conquest of Guinea Vol. II by Zurara, Gomes Eannes de
And forasmuch as Manfred thought himself, and was, lord over sea and land, and his Ghibelline party was uppermost and ruled over Tuscany and Lombardy, he held his coming for nought.
From Villani's Chronicle Being Selections from the First Nine Books of the Croniche Fiorentine of Giovanni Villani by Villani, Giovanni
And some said that the Pope assented thereto; but we-242- do not give faith to this, forasmuch as he was held to be a holy man.
From Villani's Chronicle Being Selections from the First Nine Books of the Croniche Fiorentine of Giovanni Villani by Villani, Giovanni
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