Example sentences of "[vb base] as [verb] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Agency working , again a relatively " traditional " form of temporary working , has also been vigorously rejected by unions , partly because of its association with the fee-charging private placement bureaux ( which many agencies simultaneously are ) to which they object as undermining the public employment service [ see Chapter 5 ] . |
| 2 | Its main function is to attract a female : male cuckoos do not appear to be territorial since the areas over which males sing often overlap as do the egg-laying ranges of females . |
| 3 | Perhaps more fundamentally , we take as given the basic framework of political institutions . |
| 4 | ‘ Then we attach the new care assistant to a member of staff , not necessarily the most experienced , but someone whom we see as having the right attitude to the residents . |
| 5 | It is their opposition to private placement bureau , which they see as undermining the public employment service , which has been the main explanation for trade union hostility to agency working and , until recently , for their reluctance to recruit or organise agency workers ( on this last see Towers/Harrison 1981 ) . |