Example sentences of "[noun sg] is [verb] as [art] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A husband and wife must be faithful to one another , and divorce is used as a last resort if the relationship breaks down . |
| 2 | But German is perceived as a second mother tongue , not a foreign language . |
| 3 | Tomorrow 's meeting is seen as the last opportunity to decide on the bill which would allow redevelopment to commence in 1991 . |
| 4 | ‘ send a message by telephone which was of an indecent ( or an obscene or a menacing ) character , or ’ This point is proved as the last point with the recipient explaining the indecent , obscene or menacing nature of the call . |
| 5 | Where peroxidase-labelled antibody is used as a second layer the peroxidase activity is revealed using the method of Graham and Karnovsky ( 49 ) . |
| 6 | SpreadBase is described as the first category-based modelling tool . |
| 7 | physical restraint is used as a last resort after other responses have failed . |
| 8 | If the withholding of manifestations of parental love is used as a first measure of initial disciplining , then it must be remembered that the measure of the distress necessary to be imposed , need be very small indeed if the imposition is started early enough . |
| 9 | It is not mere chance that admitting children into residential care is seen as a last resort by field and residential social workers , but it is , I wish to argue , the logical outcome of what has gone before . |
| 10 | The line is touted as the first step in an aggressive effort to redesign the entire spectrum of Unisys desktop , workstation and entry-level server platforms and to accelerate its engineering , design , manufacturing and time-to-market . |
| 11 | Bedford Park is regarded as the first Garden Suburb in England , and thus has an international importance , while Shaw is one of the most important architects of the Victorian period , best known as the designer of the old New Scotland Yard building on the London Embankment . |
| 12 | The TV is regarded as the next generation of home sets , with a flat screen that can be hung on the wall like a picture . |
| 13 | Gai-jin is presented as the second volume in a four-part Japanese saga that began with Shogun ; it also refers to the worlds of Tai-pan , which was about the founding of Hong Kong , and of Noble House , which was set in Hong Kong in 1962 . |
| 14 | A precise statement of this idea is known as the second law of thermodynamics . |
| 15 | Evaluation is identified as the fourth and final style of the planning cycle but it is emphasised that evaluation is not simply something that comes as a ‘ big bang ’ at the end of the process , but that it is required throughout . |
| 16 | In some operations , such as the logical operations , add and multiplication of equal-length operands , it is irrelevant which operand is considered as the first . |
| 17 | The English language is recognised as a second official language . |