Example sentences of "[vb -s] as the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Intonation helps to produce the effect of prominence on syllables that need to be perceived as stressed , and in particular the placing of tonic stress on a particular syllable marks out the word to which it belongs as the most important in the tone-unit . |
| 2 | The rebels believe that Mr Major 's credibility is in tatters after a series of defeats and retreats as the Maastricht Bill lumbers through Parliament . |
| 3 | Some theorists regard the discipline it imposes as the only truly effective constraint on managerial discretion and therefore consider its operation to be crucial to the efficiency of the private enterprise economy . |
| 4 | Figure 5.2 shows for the Earth , Venus and Mars the abundances of the inert gas isotopes as the number of atoms in the atmosphere per kilogramme of the whole planet . |
| 5 | May be needed when the swelling subsides as the result of a chill and worse ensues , such as the breast , ovaries or testicles becoming affected . |
| 6 | When swelling subsides as the result of a chill and worse ensues , like Phytolacca , when it affects the breasts , ovaries or testes . |
| 7 | A financial problem nevertheless persists as the Association , apart from statutory grants for special projects is entirely dependent on private generosity , and deafness has never been the most popular cause for charity . |
| 8 | The first-formed shell ( protoconch ) , borne by the crawlaway on emergence from the capsule , persists as the apex of the adult shell — or until such time as it is worn away . |
| 9 | Among such are haemoglobin , derivatives of chlorophyll , anthoxanthins , anthocyanins , riboflavin ( which accumulates as the greenish-yellow " entomo-urochrome " of the Malpighian tubules ) and purines . |
| 10 | He laughs as the figures , unable to resist , are subjected to the torments they most fear . |
| 11 | Lastly the audience laughs as the person being described realizes it . |
| 12 | Because it would be bad news for the country if we are witnessing another fight between the private sector and the state and I hope that we 're not going to see in the whole rules and regulation industry , versus er the public a sort of repeat of the Moriarty , Sherlock Holmes final fight er with never knowing who in fact er wins as the battle of o of continues . |
| 13 | Accordingly , the factors to be taken into account in deciding whether a government exists as the government of a state are : ( a ) whether it is the constitutional government of the state ; ( b ) the degree , nature and stability of administrative control , if any , that it of itself exercises over the territory of the state ; ( c ) whether Her Majesty 's Government has any dealings with it and if so what is the nature of those dealings ; and ( d ) in marginal cases , the extent of international recognition that it has as the government of the state . |
| 14 | The minister himself recognizes this portrait but delights in the political clout he has as the treasury man on many such committees , able to range over the whole field of policy . |
| 15 | With so many of Lotus Engineering 's successes having to remain secret , the Corvette Indy stands as the company 's most compelling advertisement . |
| 16 | Calypso is a specifically Trinidadian musical form , but just as later Jamaican reggae stands as the archetypal Black music , so in this period does calypso . |
| 17 | Either way , a cheerful and faintly self-questioning sufficiency stands as the hallmark of the modern British literary mind , and it is without obvious sources at home or abroad . |
| 18 | It stands as the view that an action is wrong if its consequences , in terms of pain promoted and pleasure prevented , outweigh its consequences in terms of pleasure promoted and pain prevented , and that other actions are right , even if not the best possible . |
| 19 | Foucault works from exactly the same tradition in the philosophy and history of science as Althusser : like him he utilizes Bachelard 's concept of differentiated histories , which still stands as the major alternative , epistemic or otherwise , to historicism . |
| 20 | Penal Policy in a Changing Society stands as the high watermark of what later became known as the treatment model . |
| 21 | Testing stands as the ‘ hard ’ pole because procedures tend to be external , formal , judgemental , product-orientated , and analytic in their method of assessment . |
| 22 | She stands as the martyr of organized and systematic sexual wrong-doing on the part of the man who should be her mate , and whom alone she has evolved to the human plane . |
| 23 | In this case , a consonant , either , or a nasal , stands as the centre of the syllable instead of the vowel . |
| 24 | Nonetheless , George Albert Smith 's name stands as the inventor of a colour process which was viable , which was shown worldwide , and which presented for the first time on the screen a photographically produced colour picture . |
| 25 | The technological catch though is that the confinement time drops as the RF power pushes the temperature up , and so the critical value of the fusion product is still out of reach . |
| 26 | What becomes the English language starts as the dialect of a minority and is imposed upon the majority , usually by force , with legal punishments for those who refuse the schooling which will induct them in the national language . |
| 27 | The tournament starts on Monday and world No 2 Graf starts as the logical favourite to win following Seles 's withdrawal . |
| 28 | As rivals in the individual stakes , though , McColgan starts as the leading British challenger and is strongly fancied to stop American Lynn Jennings claiming a third successive title . |
| 29 | It is noticeable that in all 3 cases presented in Table 8.2 , the share price declines as the required rate of return increases . |
| 30 | No one would suggest that he rivals Sobers as the greatest of all-rounders , for , although he has taken more wickets , his batting has been much less consistent and his Test average is some twenty-three points lower than Sobers ' . |