Example sentences of "[noun sg] it [verb] as a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus today French media subscribers pay relatively little for a ‘ French-made ’ service of national and international news : the French press gets a major news-service cheap ( despite its protests to the contrary ) , and in exchange it serves as a guarantee of the independence of the agency . |
| 2 | UNRWA remained permanently compromised with the refugee population it served as a result of these resettlement efforts . |
| 3 | In this case , exactly as one would expect , the adjective is acceptable in predicative position but only on condition that it bears the meaning it has as a non-separative . |
| 4 | As with the verbs of perception , then , to is used here to evoke an abstract before/after relation of condition to consequence , and the movement it signifies as a potential in tongue is actualized with a final interception . |
| 5 | The valley , which opened in 1984 , is of national importance because of the role it played as a supplier of copper products in the 18th century . |
| 6 | In later life it served as a stable , the 16th century structure being initially restored in 1937 and subsequently converted . |
| 7 | Then in contemplating reneging the firm must weigh up the one-off gain , against the present value of the infinite future stream of profit it loses as a result of punishment , where r is the per-period interest rate . |
| 8 | Rather language acts as a substitute for the thing , or in Derrida 's formulation it acts as a supplement . |
| 9 | A bank deposit is an asset to the individual as the holder of the claim but to the bank it appears as a liability in its balance sheet . |
| 10 | Rediscovering and making heroes of overlooked Old Mistresses does n't challenge the exclusivity of art history , the way it masquerades as a specialism — so it talks only about form and sources , influences and patrons — while collaborating with the class of owners and dealers in art as rich people 's commodities because it never talks about social conditions of race , class , gender or sexuality . |
| 11 | After the hours spent in Luke 's disturbing company it came as a relief to hold a light , uncomplicated conversation with an ordinary guy . |
| 12 | At that time it developed as a means of circumventing US restrictions on foreign direct investment , but when those restrictions were lifted in 1974 the market contracted sharply . |
| 13 | I carried the coffee jug and filter and two cups back into the living-room and put them down on my coffee table , which sounds posh but in fact it doubles as a dining table , poker table and ironing-board . |
| 14 | Here , Legent is to use the technology it acquired as a result of its acquisition of New York-based Spectrum Concepts , and is due to release a package capable of distributing files across 18 environments this summer . |