Example sentences of "[pron] [vb -s] as [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rather than seeing labourism within the narrow confines of a trade union dominated political intervention at the level of the state , I wish to consider it as a political culture within working-class experience at all levels , which can not be reduced to a bourgeois ethos , and which has as a major component ( but only a component ) the Labour Party . |
| 2 | It takes forty minutes to walk from Dhang station to the farm along a road which starts as a stony track then turns to mud . |
| 3 | Burning of the Dicranopteris , which acts as a nutrient-conservation system , leads to its shooting out from the rhizomes but trees can not get established . |
| 4 | It is the inadequacy of these other resources which acts as a crucial obstacle to economic development in many LDCs . |
| 5 | The controls for the Legend comprise a volume control/pull pot , which coil taps the bridge humbucker , and a separate rotary which acts as a mid-range boost/cut . |
| 6 | ICL Plc aims to bridge the gap between personal computers and dumb terminals with its new network terminal , ErgoClient , for client-server computing , which acts as a half-way house and is claimed to be the only product capable of filling a gap in the market by combining the price-performance of a terminal with the flexibility of a personal computer . |
| 7 | A development of this has an inverted cone as a centre section , the water flowing down with heavy solids dropping to the bottom and then upwards at a controlled speed , so that falling lighter solids are balanced in the flow to form a " sludge blanket " , which acts as a buoyant filter catching very fine particles . |
| 8 | A vacuole is surrounded by a thin layer of cytoplasm which acts as a semi-permeable membrane . |
| 9 | Cologne University , which acts as a supercomputing centre for industries in its area , is to concentrate also on business economics , global economic models , currency exchange trends and fluid mechanics . |
| 10 | According to these accounts , the structure of power in capitalism is based upon a state which acts as a mere instrument to serve the interests of those ( the ruling class ) who own the means of production . |
| 11 | The long sentences in Swift 's ironic essay in support of cannibalism are explicable as a stylistic expression of the persona he adopts in order to intensify the impact of his outrageous proposal : in Corbett 's words , we seem to be " listening to a man who is so filled with his subject , so careful about qualifying his statements and computations , so infatuated with the sound of his own words , that he rambles on at inordinate length " The greater the range and size of the corpus which acts as a relative norm , the more valid the statement of relative frequency . |
| 12 | The scallop has a tiny biological mirror at the back of each eye which acts as a concave reflector , focusing an image onto a retina containing 5000 light detectors . |
| 13 | The role of marriage which acts as a conservative force , is economic and childbearing , and the knowledge of this role hangs like a dark shadow over any possible relationships . |
| 14 | When perspiration mixes with oils on the surface of the skin , it forms an emulsion which acts as a natural moisturiser and protective barrier . |
| 15 | A long-stroke engine has a long con-rod , which acts as a longer lever on the crank . |
| 16 | My sentence consists of a demonstrative pronoun , which acts as an ersatz name and fulfils the function of the subject , and a predicative expression . |
| 17 | In an adjacent glass case is an 8-foot length of preserved intestine , luridly green and red and covered in prominent blood vessels , which acts as an Enchanted Rope . |
| 18 | The buyer provides the seller with , and encourages him to return , a standard acknowledgement which acts as an unconditional acceptance of the purchase order , thus bringing the contract into existence on the standard terms on the back of the purchase order . |
| 19 | We shall see that since 1 January 1926 the only one of these three forms of co-ownership which exists as a legal estate is joint tenancy ( see p. 87 ) ; but that both coparcenary and tenancy in common exist as equitable estates . |
| 20 | We shall see that , since 1 January 1926 , the only one of these estates which survives as a legal estate is the estate in fee simple . |
| 21 | In 1829–31 he erected two wrought-iron suspension bridges , at Scotswood across the Tyne ( demolished 1967 ) and at Whorlton across the Tees , the latter of which survives as the oldest bridge of its type in the country still supported unaided by its original chains . |
| 22 | East German border workers with a crane and a pneumatic drill last night began demolishing the top of the Berlin Wall at the Brandenburg Gate , which opens as a new crossing point between East and West Berlin today . |
| 23 | far too much power is given to military buyers and industrial suppliers in the contracting and procurement of military hardware , and American democracy is subverted by a bureaucratic self-interest which masquerades as the national interest . |
| 24 | He ended by trying to convey the essence of the WEA in Suffolk , offering a description which reads as an affectionate tribute : |
| 25 | It also sported a true VESA Local Bus slot , which doubles as a normal 16-bit slot at other times . |
| 26 | All you need to do is unfold the lid ( which doubles as a phased-array antenna ) , aim it towards the nearest convenient satellite and dial the call . |
| 27 | I had no intention of taking the Transit up West — I 'd had enough trouble round the launderette , which doubles as a common room for the junior branch of the Hackney National Front — so I left it parked outside the front door in exactly the spot where Frank and Salome usually plug in the nightlight for their VW Golf . |
| 28 | Breakfast is taken on a pleasant terrace , or in a large room which doubles as a comfortable lounge during the evenings . |
| 29 | So that the reader may appreciate the real motivation behind this exercise , it is necessary to give background information on HSDU , which serves as a valuable source of most of my experience . |
| 30 | The lead with antimony keel is bolted to a pronounced stub which serves as an effective sump for bilge water . |