Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] [vb pp] as [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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1 | Paul Hopkinson was born on June 29 1906 , the son of a former professor of archaeology who became a clergyman and eventually retired as Archdeacon of West Morland . |
2 | Instead of being repressed , the frightening possibility is voiced , dramatized and laughed about and so acknowledged as part of life . |
3 | Secondly , conflict may be formal in the sense of being openly recognised by the parties involved , and perhaps institutionalised as part of an established bargaining procedure ; or it can be informal , and confined to a sphere of covert activity outside the organisation 's authority structure . |
4 | However the Saloon Bar was only one section of the pub , and only originated as part of the trend of the 1890s towards gentrification . |
5 | Their side-effects can be different from those of alcohol , and are considered in more detail in Chapter 15 , but similarly they can be mistakenly classified and thereafter dismissed as part of the normal process of growing old . |
6 | Constitutional rule is more ostensibly and controversially exercised as Head of the Commonwealth . |
7 | Supported by a small ‘ efficiency unit ’ — composed of both civil servants and outside consultants — and originally established as part of the Prime Minister 's Office , Rayner 's job was to stimulate improvements in administrative efficiency within Whitehall . |
8 | It was not until March 29 , five days after polling , that Peacock conceded defeat and immediately resigned as leader of the Liberal Party . |
9 | It is now common practice , and indeed included as part of the conditions of sale , that a deposit may be used by the seller as the deposit on another purchase , although the deposit would need to be held in that transaction as stakeholder until completion . |
10 | The result , it now appears , was that local administrators , with important defensive budgets to collect and administer , took advantage of the experience thus gained to develop their own powers in particular when , over a period of some decades , taxes originally levied for short periods came to be collected for longer and longer periods , until they became all but permanently established as part of the regular income of a town or city . |