Example sentences of "[noun sg] [modal v] [verb] [adj] as a " in BNC.
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| 1 | They , na , nan and granddad may have that as a sitting room to start with . |
| 2 | If one suspect confesses and implicates the other , who does not confess , the confessor will go free as a reward for cooperation , while the partner is sent down for the maximum sentence , 10 years . |
| 3 | Most historians at the moment would regard that as a wild overestimate . |
| 4 | And I 've no power of attorney — so any banker can take that as a good and valid reason for waiting until you return . ’ |
| 5 | Now the defenders of participatory democracy would consider this as a very weak objection . |
| 6 | This paper will examine these as an indicator of some of the issues that may predominate in union attempts to deal with the complex problems of technological change at work . |
| 7 | One debate focuses on the power and influence of elites within Japanese society , and obviously any book on the Japanese state must have this as a major element , and indeed it does . |
| 8 | Componential analysis would handle these as a single feature , say [ + old ] or [ -old ] , but this would be somewhat unsatisfactory because although old and young are dictionary antonyms , age is a continuum rather than an opposition . |
| 9 | Ensure that you are familiar with any heating controls the system may have such as a time clock or programmer . |
| 10 | Although the Minister could use this as a reason not to finance the appointment of additional full-time staff , the success of the Eastern District in serving far-flung rural communities , too numerous and too widespread for full-timers to cover efficiently , has always depended primarily upon the strength and zeal of the voluntary members . |
| 11 | This overall field embraces subsidiary or ‘ local ’ fields within the organism and its component parts , and if there is a tendency to contract a disease such as cancer , this tendency will appear first as a ‘ stress ’ in the pre-physical body , later becoming a pathological disease at the cellular level . |
| 12 | Indeed , there 's an excellent description in the seventeenth century by the physician Thomas Willis of an honest and prudent woman , as he describes her , who erm , after much hasty speaking will become mute as a fish , and one might even fancifully look further back and wonder whether this fatiguable weakness was n't something that erm that the Old Testament character , Samson , had . |
| 13 | In the case of net realizable value the tutor can use this as an opportunity to explain that there are costs associated with sale which will mean that this value is lower than the price paid for the tables and chairs . |
| 14 | Alternatively , the reader can interpret this as a sign of her weakness , that she requires this support to justify her actions . |