Example sentences of "[vb base] [to-vb] as a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although both groups tend to appear as a limited disease , most cases being in stage I-IIE , the morphohistological subtype seems to be a decisive factor in dissemination , as only one case ( 5% ) of low grade/mixed grade compared with 20% of the patients with high grade were classified as stage IV . |
| 2 | The crust and the immediately underlying mantle created above the asthenosphere in fact appear to behave as a semi-rigid layer called the lithosphere . |
| 3 | The origin of this very basic and particularly European way of thought lies in the experience that I appear to exist as a conscious entity within my body , and yet remain distinguishable from my body . |
| 4 | The experiment that Dr Himes and Dr Jelley seem to acknowledge as a potential make-or-break is one being planned by another Oxford physicist , David Wark , who will use a particularly well-understood and trusted magnetic spectrometer at Britain 's national physical laboratory . |
| 5 | Unless we begin to operate as a united industry and impose a voluntary reduction on crop planting it is difficult to see anything other than another year of disastrous returns . ’ |
| 6 | We wish to continue as a Direct Grant school in friendly co-operation with the local authorities , and we are prepared to be flexible in any new arrangements that we may be able to make together , but we feel that we must preserve the quality , traditions , and record of this School and keep faith with the benefactions of the past and present . |
| 7 | Why are we so ready to treat as a minor operation an alteration which involves a major transformation in the cat 's lifestyle and personality ? |
| 8 | He is certainly concerned with the inequalities , injustices and inequities in the world as a whole and the UK in particular ; with the greed , short-sightedness and self-interest of some of its inhabitants ; and with the inadequacy , incompetence and inefficiency of the institutions which relate to land as a primary resource . |
| 9 | ‘ I know that you are predisposed to leave things here ; I have employed purely technical means to help you rid yourself of something you wish to regard as a technical problem but behind this eidetic delusion we both know there lies an emotional reality . |
| 10 | We have to act as a responsible company , raising awareness of the need for responsible drinking and implementing initiatives to prevent the misuse of alcohol . |