Example sentences of "[conj] is [adv] [vb pp] as [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since it is the consistent policy of successive UK governments to support ICAO , and ICAO has advocated a particular way in which aircraft accident reports should be written , it seems obvious that the appropriate regulations should require commissioners of public inquiries to follow the practice that is universally acknowledged as sound and practical . |
| 2 | Claiming that natural processes are carried out by ‘ god ’ and then further claiming that evidence of the process is proof of the independent and prior existence of the ‘ god ’ , is an example of the ‘ circular logic ’ that is sometimes advanced as proof , and often can be quite difficult to expose for the fraud that it is . |
| 3 | Barley straw is soft and palatable , and is widely used as bulk feed for beef cattle . |
| 4 | Making improvements to existing , uninsulated , timber or concrete floors is likely to be highly disruptive and prohibitively expensive , and is best done as part of a major renovation programme . |
| 5 | Though it 's dotted with snappy slogans , the whole thing is less slangy than before , and is best described as cyberpunk prose poetry . |
| 6 | Such information is often laboriously collected by literature-searching and is conventionally processed as text . |
| 7 | In practice , information gained by interception is only used for the purpose of assisting police or Security Service investigations , and is not tendered as evidence in court . |
| 8 | The owner of the freehold will also be entitled to enjoy any " fixtures " , that is anything which would generally be classified as personalty but which , by virtue of its attachment to the land , becomes a part of the land and is therefore treated as realty . |
| 9 | Bowe won the undisputed title on points from Holyfield in November but is only recognised as champion by the IBF and WBA . |