Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] as a [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When he got on as a substitute against Sweden he was first class ; in Albania he was one of our best players . ’ |
| 2 | It will be treated rather as a set of conditions relating to the sale of goods or the supply of work and materials for the purposes of the comparative analysis carried out in this chapter . |
| 3 | Many of Stenhouse 's objections arise out of other people 's oversimplifications , and it is of course true that we know very little of what actually goes on as a result of our work with students . |
| 4 | He can stay on as a sort of pensioner up at Framwell . ’ |
| 5 | I said , ‘ I am older than you , sir ( how easily that polite ‘ sir ’ crept in as a mode of address ! ) — old enough to discover that finding out often leads to less pleasurable states of mind than mere ignorance ! ’ |
| 6 | However , the parol evidence rule is now generally regarded merely as a rule of presumed intention ; it is therefore generally possible to avoid it if it can be shown that the written document was not intended to contain the whole of the parties ' agreement ( J Evans and Son ( Portsmouth ) Ltd v Andrea Merzario Ltd [ 1976 ] 1 WLR 1078 ) or that the written agreement was supplemented by a collateral agreement , either oral or in writing ( De Lasalle v Guildford [ 1901 ] 2 KB 215 ; Brikom Investments Ltd v Carr [ 1979 ] QB 467 ) . |
| 7 | The coaching committee in fact , had originally settled for four boxers but then included a fifth and Crowley then got in as a result of tremendous pressure from the body of the floor . |
| 8 | The world has always looked to Britain for stability , inventiveness and general mental agility , yet our National Prestige is low , our currency is less than one third of its immediate post-war value against the dollar and can not be explained entirely as a result of market speculation . |
| 9 | The increasing affluence of the rural population wrought by the urban middle-class exodus has tended to mask the continuing and severe pockets of poverty which exist in the countryside and has led the ‘ problem ’ of rural housing to be regarded less as a problem of social welfare and more as an issue concerning land use planning and countryside preservation . |
| 10 | The individual gives to the group as an undifferentiated whole , and receives only as a member of a larger group . |
| 11 | It persists only as a matter of ingrained habit , not ideology . |
| 12 | The board can also be used for incline/decline work with barbells and dumb-bells , and does not have to be regarded only as a piece of equipment for exercising the stomach . |
| 13 | Nearly 100,000 TR6s were built over the next 7 years and 90% went to America , where it caught on as a winner on road and track . |
| 14 | Nearly 100,000 TR6s were built over the next 7 years and 90% went to America , where it caught on as a winner on road and track . |
| 15 | Exemptions likely to be encountered include vehicles not exceeding 10 cwt unladen specially adapted for invalids ; vehicles brought from abroad for a temporary stay are exempt not exceeding one year from date of importation ; vehicles going to or returning from a vehicle test or being repaired etc. as a result of the test , provided in all cases prior arrangements have been made . |
| 16 | They therefore need to gain insight into what language is and what it can do , insights which bilingual children intuitively possess ’ , and ‘ Whilst we recognise that they [ bilingual pupils ] need to gain access to standard forms of English — used widely as a vehicle for implementing the school curriculum , we recognise the value and importance of their own dialects and languages . |
| 17 | This will be the case where they are brought under common control or ownership or when one of the enterprises ceases to be carried on as a result of an agreement between the enterprises to prevent competition . |
| 18 | Immortalized by the soldiery in the war of 1914–18 , Fred Karno 's Army lives on as a descriptor of chaotic organization . |
| 19 | Building extends the grammar , by correlation ; but it can also be looked on as a way of extending the vocabulary of the learner . |
| 20 | She feels sorry for smokers — ‘ Nowadays , I think it is looked on as a sort of disability ’ . |
| 21 | Unashamed nostalgia makes Radio Days ( RCA / Columbia , PG ) a gem to wallow in as a family of Jewish misfits huddle round their wireless at the start of the Second World War . |
| 22 | For fifty years since the posthumous publication of Henri Pirenne 's Mahomet et Charlemagne ( 1937 ) scholars have been debating what they have labelled its ‘ thesis ’ : that the ancient rhythms of an undivided Mediterranean civilization had enough tenacity to survive Germanic invasions and settlements , and were disrupted and transformed only as a consequence of the spread of Muslim power , cutting the Mediterranean in half . |
| 23 | The loop could act only as a monitor to be interrogated in the case of breakdown of comprehension . |
| 24 | Rather , they can act only as a guide to decision making by making the assumptions underlying the decisions explicit . |
| 25 | Ken , if we could er look at what 's actually happening out there to pensioners at the moment , I think of which we 're all very concerned , but there has been a small item of good news to balance against the concerns we have for those pensioners that are still suffering from uncertainty and that is some money has started to come in as a result of legal actions and settlements out of court . |
| 26 | Executive members of one of the party 's most active branches , Mossend , confirmed yesterday they had written to Mr Salmond asking him to stand down as a result of the MPs ' decision to strike a deal with the Conservatives in exchange for their votes on the Maastricht bill . |
| 27 | It may enable the analyst to explain why several sentences or utterances should be considered together as a set of some kind , separate from another set . |
| 28 | The UUUC candidates consented to work together as a group at Westminster . |
| 29 | The Artistic Merit Cup is annually awarded to the piece of marquetry that , presumably , stands best as a piece of interpretive art . |
| 30 | It is earning an inferior return to that currently being earned elsewhere as a result of the rise in interest rates . |