Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pron] [adv] [adv] as [verb] " in BNC.

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1 Replacement adsorption pads cost around £5 for three and because of this expense , human nature being what it is , there is a tendency not to replace them as regularly as recommended .
2 The breakthrough will come when all these players in the tourism game begin to market themselves not just as providing value for money , but value for the environment .
3 Now go and try to execute them as precisely as drawn !
4 An invitation to sing in the cathedral encourages parishes to see it not only as providing expertise but also as receiving what other musicians can provide .
5 So the practice has been to regard them rather unofficially as having been satisfied if there is compliance on about … three occasions out of four , or four out of five , or two out of three — practices are variable from one authority to another .
6 They do not like by-elections , for in them a candidate of their own party may , win or lose , find the opportunity to display himself so advantageously as to become in the next general election a fearsome competitor .
7 We are trying to drag them here so as to get direct investment and to get foreign capital without incurring foreign debt .
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