Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adv] as a [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unashamed nostalgia makes Radio Days ( RCA / Columbia , PG ) a gem to wallow in as a family of Jewish misfits huddle round their wireless at the start of the Second World War . |
| 2 | Ken , if we could er look at what 's actually happening out there to pensioners at the moment , I think of which we 're all very concerned , but there has been a small item of good news to balance against the concerns we have for those pensioners that are still suffering from uncertainty and that is some money has started to come in as a result of legal actions and settlements out of court . |
| 3 | Executive members of one of the party 's most active branches , Mossend , confirmed yesterday they had written to Mr Salmond asking him to stand down as a result of the MPs ' decision to strike a deal with the Conservatives in exchange for their votes on the Maastricht bill . |
| 4 | During the past two or three years more wives had gone out to work usually as a result of increased economic Pressures on the farm . |
| 5 | Lawyers acting for Ferranti concede that there is no chance of getting back the full £215m which the company is being forced to write off as a result of the International Signal and Control fraud . |
| 6 | Train passengers used to stand up as a mark of respect when they passed Mother Volga , but not any more . |
| 7 | Gas consumption on the other hand , is likely to increase slightly as a proportion of total energy demand , with new supplies contracted from the USSR , Algeria , Norway and the Netherlands . |
| 8 | The archbishop was too compromised to stand convincingly as a champion of the church against the crown . |
| 9 | The ability to work well as a member of a team is a life skill and one which is increasingly valued in the world of work . |
| 10 | How could a discrepancy between the actual and the natural unemployment rates be made to persist simply as a result of the actions of the monetary and fiscal authorities ? |
| 11 | The occasion is unlikely to arise ; if the resignation of a superior court judge becomes necessary , it is much more likely to come about as a result of ill-health diagnosed in an old-established London club . |
| 12 | Although a limit can be imposed , it is difficult to know how as a matter of practice what limit can be operated . |
| 13 | And of course , there are apples to be bought at the farm gate and cider from the press to carry away as a reminder of the time spent in the Marcle Ridge . |
| 14 | It 's not unusual for blood pressure to go up as a result of stress , so if you have a high reading at some point , your doctor or midwife might suggest you rest and try to relax for a while before they check it again . |
| 15 | What the doctor is saying is that he had to continue treatment , because it was right to do so as a matter of public policy . |
| 16 | We want them to emerge solely as a result of cumulative selection of random mutations . |
| 17 | In the second phase of the swing , in the last 130 ms to impact , the shaft gradually straightens and begins to bend forward as a result of the force exerted by the offset mass of the club head behind the shaft centre-line . |
| 18 | It is easier to book in as a group of four or more , by telephoning in advance , 26–65041 ext. 212 or 262 . |
| 19 | Second , in order to interpret Politically as a unit of information , we have to assume that it is meant as a foregrounded rheme — foregrounded by omitting the thematic element Israel was being a little hard to take . |
| 20 | Gandhi recognizes the weakness of an appeal to reason alone as a way of arousing a person 's sense of justice . |
| 21 | Carey continued : ‘ I doubt if He would have been impressed by the argument that the goats had been waiting for these things to trickle down as a by-product of economic growth . ’ |
| 22 | When the summons came from the Palace , she took care to dress neither as a lady of pleasure nor a noblewoman . |
| 23 | As in the past , the information for guidance will be conveyed mainly by the head teacher 's report , which governors would come to regard rightly as a source of sound professional advice , subjects for discussion and a welcome touch of humour ( ‘ Mr C scored three goals for the staff against the pupils and also acted as referee ’ ) . |
| 24 | If for example the relations between Moslem populations in the United Kingdom , or between those populations and the non-Moslem community , were to break down as a result of the crisis in the Gulf , the implications for social cohesion public order and the peaceful coexistence of communities would be grave . |
| 25 | John Thornton of fund managers Murray Johnstone sees the Charities Act as a godsend : ‘ We are seeing apathy starting to break down as a result of the Charities Act ’ . |
| 26 | John Thornton of fund managers Murray Johnstone sees the Act as a godsend : ‘ We are seeing apathy starting to break down as a result of the Charities Act ’ |
| 27 | Domestic policy he tended , with a few exceptions such as social security ( where he would reprise his old refrain about the law of averages coming to the rescue of the millions ) , to regard largely as a matter of ‘ drains ’ . |
| 28 | When the interior began to heat up as a result of radioactivity , volcanoes and fumaroles erupted , pumping out vast quantities of carbon dioxide . |
| 29 | A point of serious concern is the shift in the balance of staff from established to contract-funded posts which appears set to continue primarily as a result of the transfer of research funding from the UFC/HEFCE to the research councils , of substantially increased external research income from all sources , and of constraints upon core funding from the HEFCE . |
| 30 | This does not mean to say that he does not have the necessary competence to perform adequately as a member of a wider society , but it is in general a passive competence . |