Example sentences of "[conj] [prep] a source " in BNC.
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1 | Clement wrote the third book of his Miscellanies to attack the Gnostic denial of the goodness of the created order , which lay at the root of their contradictory attitudes to sex , either as a repulsive carnality or as a source of phallic ecstasy . |
2 | Once learned , the skill will always be there , whether as an aid to repairing your own saddlery or as a source of income . |
3 | The sequence of diagenetic events within a sediment governs its potential as a hydrocarbon reservoir , as a host for mineralization , as a conduit for mineralizing fluids/hydrocarbons , or as a source for hydrocarbons . |
4 | Inevitably they will not suit every need , but in many cases they can be adapted , used as models or as a source of ideas for a teacher-produced worksheet , which can target particular objectives and be tailored for a particular age or ability range . |
5 | The Labour leadership , fully committed to the Churchill coalition , tended to see pressure from below more as a threat to the orderly regimentation of the people , than as a source of constructive initiative . |
6 | She suspected that the Bishop and the Archdeacon had invited her to the meeting more to enlist her help as a sleuth than as a source of information of a kind which might be to them , in any case , unwelcome . |
7 | The major economic argument for the area was as a way of expanding the zone of multilateral trade in the short run , and as a source of ‘ highly beneficial trading and banking relations ’ . |
8 | It has been traditionally hunted for food and as a source of medicinal oil , and has in recent years been accidentally captured in fishing nets . |
9 | By the mid-fourth century the patriarchal line of Church leadership began to fuse with a male construction of celibacy that defined it both as avoidance of contact with women as the source of sin and as a source of power over inferior married people . |
10 | James I was determined to restore the Forest system as an important part of his royal prerogative , and as a source of revenue as well as of pleasure in his favourite sport of hunting . |
11 | The king is the final arbitrator who serves as a final court of appeal and as a source of pardon . |
12 | Almost inevitably , the press sought out the centres of political and economic power both as a major definer of the social and political terrain and as a source of information . |
13 | Important as they were for historians of the future , and as a source for scholarship generally , public records generated less political and academic controversy then than later . |
14 | Gloucester was much in demand as an arbiter and as a source of legal redress , and it is clear that he took the matter seriously . |
15 | Collagen has long been known for its hydrating power and as a source of nutrients for the skin , but its penetration into the epidermis has always been limited by its high molecular weight . |
16 | You need a language helper primarily as a source of information and as a source of correction . |
17 | Certainly , water is used a great deal in settlements , not only for drinking by people and animals , but also for various crafts and simple industrial processes , and as a source of power . |
18 | The conditions in which verbal report becomes useful in clarifying problem solving strategy and as a source of information for improving the diagnostic performance of novices . |
19 | The study is intended to provide a historical background of use to those currently concerned with the problem , and as a source of reference to policy-makers . |
20 | Marx was thus concerned with bureaucracy both as a social formation and as a source of inefficient public service . |
21 | Gloucester was much in demand as an arbiter and as a source of legal redress , and it is clear that he took the matter seriously . |
22 | This paper examines the role of archives of machine-readable data as a resource for research and as a source of teaching material . |
23 | It had been sent by e-mail , transferred to a 3.5 ’ floppy disk and as a source of information was useless without specific software and hardware . |
24 | The absence of mathematics eliminates any advance treatment , but it could serve as an introduction text and as a source document . |
25 | It was evident that the ‘ lads ’ experienced school not as a process of enlightenment , but as a source of oppression . |
26 | Household inventories contain some clues but as a source are seriously limited by their accidental survival and their social unrepresentativeness . |