Example sentences of "[adj] or as a [noun] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 The difference with New Historicism is in a refusal to see the incident or localised concern as symbolic or as a metaphor for larger cultural significances .
2 The most effective lessons are those where the child is given the opportunity , either as an individual or as a member of a small group , to explore and to create something original .
3 In 1991 , it claimed to be the biggest supplier of Unix kit to the government , working either alone or as a member of a consortium .
4 Synodontis Multipunctatus is a peaceful species , which can be kept either on its own or as a group of three or more if you have a very large tank .
5 Subject to paragraph 2 , it is applicable not only to ‘ information ’ or ‘ ideas ’ that are favourably received or regarded as inoffensive or as a matter of indifference , but also to those that offend , shock or disturb .
6 Hilton addressed himself to the practical situation of his friend who felt himself torn by the demands of the active life impinging on his desire to pursue contemplation , and helps by showing that these two terms , so often used as opposites to refer to a manner of living , either as a professed religious or as a man of affairs , take their fundamental meaning from different inner conditions .
7 The extra dimension comes from the fact that the model is based , in part , on experiments that use the likelihood of occurrence of a behavioural OR as a measure of the level of associability of a stimulus .
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