Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] as an [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the theatre , stage lighting varies in brightness , but it is often sufficient for video recording purposes , even if only as an aid to rehearsals . |
| 2 | He despised homosexuals , and although there were plenty of other sexually depraved aristocrats around at the time , he was unfortunate enough to have married into a family ( the Montreuils ) who had strong court connections , and it was they who made sure that he was jailed , partly to get him off their backs ( so to Speak ) and partly as an example to others . |
| 3 | They are by nature general syntheses and should be used firstly and mainly as an introduction to a topic . |
| 4 | As such it could be seen as an alternative to armed conflict , an alternative to blind acceptance of an unsatisfactory and perhaps explosive status quo in the control of disputed territory , and even as an alternative to democratic political methods of dispute resolution which can so often lead to legitimately and dangerously dissatisfied minorities . |
| 5 | While children are notoriously prone to insert small objects into their ears or noses , the dawn of adult sexual awakening heralds a second phase of insertion in both males and females , at first in an exploratory fashion and then as an adjunct to masturbation or to heighten sexual pleasure . |
| 6 | It is quite another matter to be told what taxes to pay and how much unemployment is to be suffered and then as an afterthought to be informed that there is to be no democratic redress . |
| 7 | They believed in culture in addition to , and sometimes as an alternative to religion , in extreme cases substituting the ritual attendance at opera , theatre or concert for that at church . |
| 8 | Décor can be used imaginatively and helpfully as an aid to location for visually handicapped pupils . |
| 9 | Compensation for cross boundary flows suffered from a number of flaws and disincentives : a Compensation was not made in cash but only as an adjustment to a district 's RAWP target after a two-year time lag . |
| 10 | The language apart , Leonard also seems to have been drawn towards the scandal-provoking propensities of the social catalysts as well as their revolutionary emphases ; drawn towards them , at times suggesting some involvement with them , but always as an outsider to their cause ; never a fully committed revolutionary himself . |
| 11 | The skilled negotiator , on the other hand , asks questions not only to gain more information and understanding but also as an alternative to disagreeing bluntly and as a means of putting forward suggestions ( ie possible courses of action said as questions . |
| 12 | The original point of the survey , however , was not , or not only , to suggest how specifically and illuminatingly the term ‘ postmodernism ’ can be applied to the British context , but simply as an answer to B. S. Johnson 's fear that the baton of innovation had been dropped altogether . |