Example sentences of "[subord] as [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | THE APPROACH of the Eden Park Test initially was viewed with trepidation , and the majority of the five changes to the home team were seen as signs of disarray rather than as providing fresh blood . |
| 2 | Very probably at least some of these patinated bronzes should be regarded as legitimate copies rather than as fakes , rather as today the British Museum produces and sells resin copies of some of the more famous antiquities . |
| 3 | Furthermore , modern medical training may well encourage him to see himself as a scientist applying particular skills to solve a problem , rather than as dealing with people . |
| 4 | Psychological theories , however , see these characteristics as a result of unusual or abnormal experiences , rather than as inherited . |
| 5 | The institution of bishops he defends as convenient and of long standing , rather than as based on Apostolic succession . |
| 6 | Subsequently , other authors have used the terms ‘ backwardation ’ , ‘ contango ’ and ‘ normal backwardation ’ in ways other than as defined by Keynes , which has led to some confusion . |
| 7 | The description of the facts is somewhat exiguous and I can not help feeling that if they had been fully stated the case would fall to be treated as involving a demand colore officii rather than as supporting the Woolwich principle . |
| 8 | We have been obliged to meet this difficulty by treating the lower prizes as marks of distinction for merit rather than as indicating special selection of the design as fitted for separate construction . |
| 9 | All the arguments considered so far against the use of portfolio-grid analysis of the McKinsey-GE type are , in my view , better seen as warnings about simplistic use of the technique rather than as indicating fundamental flaws in it . |
| 10 | They should be treated as place-holders for other propositions , rather than as representing a logically independent class of propositions of their own . |
| 11 | Many consumers are against it : about three out of ten say it 's never a good thing , and most others see it as an occasional necessity rather than as having positive advantages ( see Appendix I , Main survey ) . |
| 12 | Yet in a time of " unprecedented inflation , unprecedented wage demands and an unprecedented number of strikes " ' , most groups can be considered as having limited the fall in real earnings rather than as having maintained , let alone increased them . |
| 13 | But it was Barth himself who really carried this programme through , insisting that even the doctrines of creation and sin must be grounded in christology , that there is no predestination of God apart from Jesus Christ , that on the cross Jesus himself is the one rejected and abandoned by God , and that both judgement and mercy , reprobation and election , must be seen as worked through in him , All these lines must , so to speak , be carried into the centre where they meet in Jesus Christ himself , and be seen as opening out from him rather than as constituting a distinct frame of reference into which he can be subsequently fitted . |
| 14 | She sought to redress both the neglect by historians of " changes in the nature of demand " and their concentration on labour as a factor of production rather than as constituting " the major portion of the consuming public " . |
| 15 | Mr Cook , who was accompanied by the Labour candidates for the Stockton North and South constituencies , Frank Cook and John Scott , said : ‘ We have made it clear that we will run an integrated health service in which hospitals work together within local health authorities , rather than as trading enterprises . |
| 16 | However , unlike Mills they see professional groups as losing their power and influence rather than as joining the power elite . |
| 17 | Permanent total disablement from following usual occupation ( other than as provided by ( b ) above ) . |
| 18 | permanent total disablement ( other than as provided by ( b ) ( i ) and ( b ) ( ii ) ) entirely preventing the Insured Person from following his/her usual occupation |
| 19 | They will include : ( i ) modification of share rights ; ( ii ) acquisitions or disposals of shares or substantial parts of the business or its assets ; ( iii ) changes in the Memorandum or Articles of Association ; ( iv ) changes to the auditors , bankers , or the accounting reference date ; ( v ) resolutions to wind up the company ( or a subsidiary ) ; ( vi ) payment of dividends or other distributions other than as provided in the Articles of Association ; ( vii ) changes in issued or authorised share capital ; ( viii ) contracts or arrangements by the company with any of the directors ; ( ix ) changes in borrowing powers ; ( x ) changes to the nature of the business ; ( xi ) guarantees or indemnities provided by the company ; ( xii ) limits on capital expenditure ; ( xiii ) creation of mortgages or charges over any of the company 's assets . |
| 20 | [ 5.3 The Seller shall have no liability to the Purchaser ( other than as provided in Condition 10 ) in the event that the goods to be supplied under the Order infringe any intellectual property rights of a third party ( including without limitation by reason of their possession , sale or use , whether alone or in association or combination with any other goods ) ; the Seller gives no warranty that the goods to be supplied under the order will not infringe as aforesaid , and all conditions , warranties , stipulations or other statements whatsoever relating to such infringement or alleged infringement ( if any ) , whether express or implied , by statute , at common law or otherwise howsoever , are hereby excluded . ] |
| 21 | They made little use of the youth clubs and other leisure facilities , other than as places to meet their mates . |
| 22 | 15.2 hereby agrees that it will use such confidential information solely for the purposes of this Agreement and that it shall not disclose , whether directly or indirectly , to any third party such information other than as required to carry out the purposes of this Agreement . |
| 23 | These should be viewed as a means to an end , rather than as ends in themselves . |
| 24 | The court held that this was a breach of the Convention guarantee of free speech , because it would deter journalists from contributing to public discussions of issues affecting the life of the community : " The limits of acceptable criticism are wider as regards a politician as such than as regards a private individual … the former inevitably and knowingly lays himself open to close scrutiny of his every word and deed by both journalists and the public at large , and he must consequently display a greater degree of tolerance . " |
| 25 | though neither is literally true , you will perceive such remarks as figures of speech , hyperbole , a way of making my point more forcefully , rather than as lies . |
| 26 | It is important to re-emphasize , however , that just because we are presenting an account of later life from the inside , rather than as judged by outsiders , this book does not attempt to present an objective measure of disadvantage . |
| 27 | These diverging processes are best thought of as locally autonomous in the manner of the ‘ recursive ’ procedure of Chapter 3 , rather than as coordinated in some grand central design . |
| 28 | That early work tended to take the terms ‘ arts ’ and ‘ science ’ as givens , rather than as constructs . |
| 29 | This further implies that the product life-cycle should be seen as shown on the revised McKinsey-GE grid of figure 4.4 , rather than as running diagonally across the matrix from top left to bottom right , as figure 4.3 implies . |
| 30 | These three ingredients collectively formed the background in which natural hazards research crystallized , although as noted earlier the origins clearly arose in North America and particularly derived from the work of Gilbert White at the University of Chicago , later at the University of Colorado , and leader of the Commission on Man and Environment ( 1968- ) of the International Geographical Union . |