Example sentences of "[verb] and [verb] as [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A member of a board , although not affected by one of the statutory disqualifications above mentioned , may be so closely associated with the subject-matter of the proceedings as to make it improper that he should act and vote as a member of the board in connection with them . |
| 2 | Designed and made as a present from the emperor for his niece . |
| 3 | He 's a very , very emotional , unstable dictator , who 's just been determined somehow to exploit his position geographically , in the Middle East , to try and emerge as a sort of mini superpower , and to that end , he 's done a lot of terrible things , of which the invasion of Kuwait was really only one . |
| 4 | Among them is Senator Orlando Mercado , who was hounded and jailed as a broadcaster , and Senator Wigberto Tanada , whose family was persecuted by Marcos through much of his rule . |
| 5 | Bill Naysmith , Group Design Director , has been nominated and chosen as a finalist for a National award ‘ The Prince Philip Prize ’ for the Designer of the Year . |
| 6 | Later that same enemy had been bloodily counter attacked and neutralised as a threat for the foreseeable future . |
| 7 | When you 're presenting plans , stick to the point — two good reasons for doing something are better than ten because your last reason is probably the weakest , so can be attacked and used as an excuse for a refusal . |
| 8 | Despite extensive damage it was later rebuilt and used as a roller corn mill . |
| 9 | We grow and develop as a result of those interactions . |
| 10 | She has always been interested , and taken part , in physical exercise , and was introduced to Medau through Joan Daniels ' first class in 1966 ; June enjoyed it so much she went on to train and qualified as a Medau teacher in 1974 . |
| 11 | Pauline Kenward , the Society 's Chairman , who comes from Reigate first became interested in Medau in 1968 when she joined Margaret Charlwood 's class ; from there she went on to train and qualified as a teacher in 1974 . |
| 12 | He trained and practised as a solicitor , was excessively conscientious , and always warned his clients , as he warned himself , that any ill-thought out actions could spell disaster of some unspecified kind . |
| 13 | Other hill farms are owned and worked as a unit linked with a lowland farm . |
| 14 | It is further alleged that the last-but-one head of the secret police quietly sold to his wife and family a mansion which the service had commandeered and used as a torture centre in the 1970s . |
| 15 | Animals would have known , would have caught his scent , or have seen him suddenly among them , and they 'd have turned and fled as a herd will turn from a predator . |
| 16 | If he takes no action , well and good ; if he seeks an injunction , the issue can be litigated and appealed as a matter of principle , without the danger of suffering a heavy penalty for an offence — eg of contempt of court — which has already been committed . |
| 17 | In reply to his observations about security , I should point out that in recent weeks the Chief Constable indicated that four out of five terrorist attempts are prevented and interdicted as a result of the work of the security forces . |
| 18 | A pressed flower card can not only be enjoyed with the others but can then be framed and hung as a picture ( see pp. 130–1 ) . |
| 19 | The front tyres jerked and bounced as the Zetor bored into the pile and began to climb and crush it . |
| 20 | If the report is seen and used as a reminder note of discussions that took place during the consultation meeting rather than a stand alone document then the task of report writing becomes significantly easier . |
| 21 | On the other hand if marketing is seen and pursued as a facet of good communications and as a faster and better response to needs then everyone can be a winner . |
| 22 | Many years later , this area was sub-divided and used as a physiotherapy department at the North Wing until in 1986 , it was opened out again — for use as a sewing-room . |
| 23 | The effects of alcohol abuse , seen as a major social problem at other ages , can unwittingly be accepted and dismissed as the outcome of ‘ normal ’ ageing . |
| 24 | Indeed , it is widely accepted and applied as a technique . |
| 25 | Four bays of the facade — including a section of the street corner and the eagle — have been saved and incorporated as a screen wall within the new entrance foyer . |
| 26 | By monarchic I mean that the pope had an authority and duty to rule and to direct as the representative of the ultimate ruler , and that he exercised power in a monarchic way . |
| 27 | For if they are so obsessed with witchcraft and sorcery , how can they possibly also comprehend those empirical chains of cause and effect which we take for granted and employ as the touchstone of rationality ? |
| 28 | Addressed here are the socially organized ways in which dirty water comes to be noticed and defined as a pollution , thereby creating a case about which an enforcement agent has to take some action . |
| 29 | Cooked garlic is thought to lower blood cholesterol , help prevent blood clotting and act as a decongestant , cough medicine , mucus regulator and bronchitis preventor . |
| 30 | It would n't last , because it never did , and the end of October might even bring the first tentative snows of winter — but until then people would continue to be caught out , and to shiver and sweat as a penance for their gullibility . |