Example sentences of "[noun] as a [noun] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fragrance of flowers which we find so alluring acts as a magnet to bees . |
| 2 | A replica of the tower has been built at Thiepval as a tribute to Ulster soldiers killed in the battle . |
| 3 | The eating of dinners as a precondition to call to the Bar and the serving of pupillage as a precondition to practice at the Bar are the most obvious examples of socialization processes . |
| 4 | The sea served Armstrong as a background to adventures with a more mature approach to character and circumstance , in books like Island Odyssey , a tale set in Crete in 1941 , The Mutineers , in which a setting resembling Easter Island backs up a narrative strongly resembling Lord of the Flies , and The Albatross , a striking version of Chaucer 's Pardoner 's Tale which I shall return to . |
| 5 | Lucy has planned a special Mass as a thank-you to hospital staff , medical and fire crews and everyone who sent goodwill cards . |
| 6 | Deng 's developmentalist stance had not always endeared him to Mao , but had aligned him to some extent with Premier Zhou , who also saw overly radical , leftist policies as a threat to China 's economic and social development . |
| 7 | And veterans of the Battle of Britain cursed the fight they had lost — their bitter campaign to save the historic base as a tribute to heroes . |
| 8 | to nominate members from the Course as a whole to Faculty Review Groups ( FRG ) when they are considering specific changes to fields , annual field reviews and new field proposals ; |
| 9 | But there is a bigger problem than timing in using aggregate ROE as a guide to capacity . |
| 10 | I exorcized the mental terror by talking about it , using the experience as a demonstration to students of the mental attitude one must try to adopt on an excavation . |
| 11 | Doubt as to the efficacy of religion as a solution to fragmentation is implicit in the novel 's ambiguous ending . |
| 12 | This was used by Bourgeois and Certon for Ps. 36 and Goudimel for Ps. 68 , ‘ Que Dieu se montre seulement ’ , but has come down through the centuries as a hymn to Sebaldus Heyden 's words ‘ O Mensch bewein dein Sunde gross ’ . |
| 13 | Some elements in the Argentine military , along with members of the opposition UCR , characterized the abandonment of the missile programme as a capitulation to US demands , and described it as an irresponsible move at a time when Chile was suspected to be seeking a new missile . |
| 14 | John Lowe remembers halma as a forerunner to bingo . |
| 15 | The strategic aim , for Bukharin , was the development of large-scale industry as a springboard to communism : |
| 16 | Even with his handiwork through me , I thought of the sadness inevitably awaiting the others ; yet I would have to pursue him , for someone who had three times seen murder as a solution to problems could n't be trusted never to try it again . |
| 17 | It was understood that while ministers from East European member states had been keen to dissolve the entire organization , preferably by the end of 1991 , the Soviet delegation had expressed a preference for the continuation of a bloc as a counterpart to NATO , at least until the conclusion of all talks related to the Helsinki process . |
| 18 | It makes sense for this alternative establishment to be pro-European , not only because it is in tune with the music Jacques Delors is making , but because it sees Brussels as a counterpoise to London.This is why it has been pointless to question the sincerity of Kinnock 's conversion to Europe . |
| 19 | Some feminist psychologists have even developed a kind of biological egalitarianism as a corrective to psychology 's male-oriented biological theories . |
| 20 | The HHA is to undertake a major dredging scheme at the port this year and is eager to co-operate with the NRA by allowing it to use the extracted sand , clay , gravel and rock as a barrier to sea erosion on sites like The Naze . |
| 21 | He had his finger up to his lips as a warning to Colley , but his eyes were on the stranger standing in the doorway . |
| 22 | In these earlier years he eschewed biography as a path to understanding . |
| 23 | Later that same day the opposition rejected these concessions , insisting on the legalization of political parties as a precondition to negotiation . |
| 24 | Merton 's ( 1938 ) attempt to explain crime as a response to anomie — the disjuncture between cultural goals of success and legitimate opportunity structures through which success might be realized — has been reproduced over 110 times , a fact which in itself testifies to the importance of this analysis . |
| 25 | However , as soon as they moved on to a more public and active presentation of their demands then councillors condemned this activity , the demands themselves were ignored , and the groups were held up to public ridicule as a threat to democracy and the general interest . |
| 26 | This however is not due to a desire to rock'n'roll but represents an instinctive response to signals interpreted by their mind configuration as a call to food , sex or perhaps just good arachnid company . |
| 27 | The use of the test as a prelude to intervention will depend very much on the extent to which it is regarded as important to direct remediation at the specific linguistic functions which this test addresses . |
| 28 | American official policy was to promote self-government in south Korea as a prelude to unification but de la Mare observed that the long delay in accomplishing unification made this unlikely . |
| 29 | Like many butterflies , they appear to use the position of the sun as a guide to compass direction . |
| 30 | Batsman Hinks went to Gloucestershire , and Chris Cowdrey as a part-timer to Glamorgan , while Kelleher , Dobson and Merrick were ‘ resting between engagements ’ . |