Example sentences of "as [noun sg] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | North Adams mayor John Barrett , who chairs MASSMoCA 's Cultural Development Commission , interprets this as license to take as much time as he needs to find the additional funds . |
| 2 | Li Yuan might as well try to harness Change itself as try to force the boy 's talents to conform to the needs of State . |
| 3 | He said he hoped to use his year as chairman to try and double the membership from 100 to 200 as well as helping with training . |
| 4 | The Purity Alliance 's rules for daily life advocated cold baths , regular vigorous exercise , moderation in eating and drinking , as well as prayer to guard against moral evil . |
| 5 | Following the failure of any candidate to attain the required outright majority in elections on May 7 , 1989 [ see p. 36652 ] , the Congress on Aug. 5 elected Jaime Paz Zamora of the Movement of the Revolutionary Left ( Movimiento de la Izquierda Revolucionaria — MIR ) as President to lead a coalition government supported by the right-wing Democratic Nationalist Alliance ( Alianza Democrática Nacionalista — ADN ) [ see p. 36845 ] . |
| 6 | On Sept. 16 delegates elected former French Prime Minister Pierre Mauroy as president to succeed the former German Chancellor Willy Brandt whose absence due to illness ( hw died on Oct. 9 ) had overshadowed the proceedings . |
| 7 | Amid signs of increasing desperation , Bush appeared to adopt a two-pronged strategy , using his powers as President to take actions calculated to improve his popularity , while his campaign staff increased the negative content of the campaign by intensifying their attacks on the character of Clinton , particularly in regard to his attempts as a student to avoid being drafted to Vietnam . |
| 8 | In what was presented as action to protect its foreign exchange reserves ( which had fallen to $5,600 million according to government sources ) the government on July 5 , 1989 , informed the " Paris Club " group of creditors that it was temporarily deferring payment of $812,000,000 in interest which had been due on June 30 and July 3 . |
| 9 | This submission was based on the assertion that the bank had employed the husband ‘ as agent to procure his wife 's signature to the document or at least her agreement to the transaction in principle . ’ |
| 10 | Vulcanian eruptions sometimes form the first phases of a longer eruption , when the volcano is ‘ clearing its throat ’ for the real business , and as such , there may be no new magmatic material involved , and all the material that is showered up as ash to form the ‘ cauliflower cloud ’ may be merely old , cold , solid lava which was previously blocking up the throat ; if this is the case , the eruptions are sometimes called ultra-vulcanian . |
| 11 | Now DEC has re-affirmed its commitment to OSF/1 , it 's as keen as mustard to spread the gospel , and Straub for one is busy readying proposals he can take to OSF hierarchy . |
| 12 | The reason behind the sacking of Cantidio Guerreiro Guimaraes was officially given as failure to demarcate the lands of the Yanomami Indians , at risk from gold miners and other threats , in the western state of Roraima . |
| 13 | The vast bulk of these acts involved insecure or improperly adjusted fencing of dangerous machinery , inadequate precautions against fire and explosion , as well as failure to inspect equipment and maintain healthy work conditions . |
| 14 | This has been postulated as failure to develop cortical control over subcortical reflex mechanisms ( Lovibond and Coote 1971 ) . |
| 15 | Books that set out to give advice to management never fail to point out that a " no " decision is not at all the same thing as failure to make a decision . |
| 16 | It 's all hands on deck as the crew work as team to make the show look its best . |
| 17 | It would depend both on his precise mental state , whether he was capable of lucid moments at the particular time , and the particular treatment involved ; for instance , refusal of therapeutic drugs prescribed to control dangerous behaviour would not be regarded in the same light as refusal to have a tooth extracted . |
| 18 | Thus what social workers thought of as ‘ prevention ’ ( keeping children out of care ) was perceived by many parents as refusal to offer any positive support , and indeed refusal to give any help at all . |
| 19 | The Egyptian Organisation for Human Rights says that women , and children as young as eight , have been detained as bait to lure wanted relations to turn themselves in . |
| 20 | According to ancient custom it would be possible for Sarah as wife to claim the child as her own . |
| 21 | As part of requiring the auditors to take a more active approach , the proposed procedures include the requirement that auditors obtain a statement from the directors confirming their considered view that the company is a going concern , as well as evidence to support that view . |
| 22 | This can be taken as evidence to support their view that the political system is now subverted by the relationship between the military and the corporate sector . |
| 23 | The authors use the Wentwood case study as evidence to support their contention that scientific assessment of competence and consistent reinforcement of training by everyone charged with the welfare of the student can result in remarkable achievements in the skills of daily living . |
| 24 | However , anyone taking that quotation as evidence to confirm that Scottish business is dissatisfied with the service it receives from its legal advisers could n't be more wrong . |
| 25 | Properly discounting the three notorious rescue cases , we can cite its performance along with the Spanish , American , French and Italian examples as evidence to bear out the theoretical expectation that industrial co-operatives should perform at least as well as conventionally organised businesses ; and that the extra that Co-operation has to offer as an ingredient necessary to full success , a potential in motivation , is indeed available to help industrial co-operatives out-perform conventional businesses . |
| 26 | He was then granted full power for six months as well as authority to draw up a new constitution , which would be put to a popular referendum for ratification . |
| 27 | He said that he would " regard a yes vote … as authority to enter into binding agreements in the negotiation process and to implement those binding agreements " . |
| 28 | TRANMERE striker Chris Malkin is proud as punch to show off the latest ‘ signing ’ for the Prenton Pups Rover 's junior supporters club . |
| 29 | It is sometimes argued that the main reason for allowing such matters as provocation to reduce murder to manslaughter is to avoid the mandatory penalty for murder . |
| 30 | Others relate to its receipt of government and local authority funds , which are granted in the expectation that the WEA is providing a public educational service in the liberal studies : that courses will be run not merely for the benefit of existing members but will be widely canvassed and advertised to attract as many of the adult population as wish to take part . |