"As" in OG 188

130. As a result of medical advances, many people that might at one time have died as children of such infections as diphtheria, pneumonia, or rheumatic fever now live well into old age.

(A)  that might at one time have died as children

(B)  who might once have died in childhood

(C)  that as children might once have died

(D)  who in childhood might have at one time
                died

(E)   who, when they were children, might at one
                time have died

B, the best choice.

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Could someone explain the "as" in "As a result of medical advances"? Is it a prep. or a conj.? And how to translate it?

How then can "many people"(subject) be "a result", if "as" is translated to 正如?

More discussion!

As a result of...means because of

The second as means for example,