Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] as [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The assay was standardised against a pool of normal adult human serum defined as containing 1.0 U IGF-I/ml ( equivalent to 159 ng/ml of a highly purified preparation of IGF-I ) .
2 The Beacon Nursery , a local Mencap project , offered care five days per week to children over one year of age categorised as having severe learning difficulties .
3 As we have seen , in the Third Reich it was the specific circumstances of the rise of monopoly capital , the corporatist state organised as protecting national purity , hyperinflation , the rapid rise in unemployment and perceived threats to the ‘ little man ’ .
4 There should be no difference in principle between the patient diagnosed as having irreparable kidney failure who refuses to submit to dialysis on an artificial kidney or who refuses to continue such treatment and the polio victim on the ventilator who requested that the machine be switched off .
5 Prior to the 1970s most banks relied on their networks of overseas correspondent banks ( sometimes referred to as the banks ' own banking system ) to meet customer needs as regards international trade payments and finance .
6 Writing out 1500 index cards is just as time consuming as producing 1500 letters .
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