Example sentences of "[vb mod] [adv] [verb] as a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Because EPS files are stored with an accompanying bitmap they must be transferred in binary format and , owing to the screen problems , may only appear as a grey rectangle on the PC .
2 This should only happen as a last resort in exceptional circumstances and if it does , you should take legal advice as soon as possible .
3 But , he favoured her with what she could only perceive as a reassuring smile when , ‘ I 'm on my way to Mariánské Láznë myself , ’ he commented easily , ‘ so that 's one problem you can forget . ’
4 The paper draws on a model which , while not held up as the definitive approach , could nevertheless serve as a working document for schools wrestling with the realities of moving towards an integrated structure .
5 So , in a week that found Hooker registering his fourth UK album success , it could hardly come as a complete surprise to find ol' John Lee celebrating 43 years of chart activity by appearing on Top Of The Pops .
6 Wish I 'd met her ten , twenty years ago when I could still pass as a red-blooded male .
7 Firstly , it meant access to library housekeeping circulation files designed primarily for staff use which could also serve as a rudimentary catalogue for the library user .
8 When the reality is that a cottage pie housing a six-year-old ingredient could probably qualify as a listed dwelling .
9 But in the mid-1970s things began to look more promising , with the arrival of a young new minister which coincided with movement into the area of young couples who found that older properties were the only type of house they could now afford as a first buy .
10 While Aborigines may not appear an obvious choice of topic for a viewdata search , the teacher nevertheless found that the tourist information on Australia not only provided some useful background material , but could be used to obtain travel brochures in quantity which the pupils could then use as a visual source .
11 They may also serve as a useful basis for all children for heuristic strategies , that is , in producing the answers to unknown facts from known ones , for example 8+7= ( 7+7 ) +1 .
12 But gastric metaplasia may also develop as a non-specific response to mucosal injury not associated with acid peptic damage .
13 Software manufacturers fear that squeaky-clean Singapore may now emerge as a new centre for the pirates .
14 Database development and a news archiving feature which may well appear as a separate product are also in the pipeline .
15 When you consider all the privileges of being a lodge owner — the exquisite luxury , the excellent facilities , nd not least the sheer exclusivity of the location the actual purchasing price may well come as a pleasant surprise .
16 Though any such checklists may be viewed by busy teachers as a necessary evil rather than a welcomed virtue , nonetheless , it may frequently serve as a useful catalyst to further and more detailed thought on the matter .
17 To offer a means of institutionalizing their relationships ( which , if given the opportunity , would perhaps be as stable as the average ‘ normal ’ modern marriage ) , thereby guaranteeing some rights of continued support between the parties , would thus serve as a valuable method of ameliorating a particular social ill .
18 Thus , while at the peak of his long and difficult reign , and while engaged upon an ideal cause that represented all that he stood for in terms of imperial and religious aims , Frederick Barbarossa probably died from what we would now recognise as a massive heart failure .
19 As early as the 1740s , scholars had deployed what we would now recognise as a valid historical methodology for questioning the veracity of scriptural accounts .
20 Abbado is also a joy , and Barenboim I would now count as a personal friend .
21 ‘ A gold-backed rouble would be seen as an honest money at home and would immediately trade as a convertible currency internationally . ’
22 They took it on , though , without vacant possession , the tenants being fleas , spiders , silver-fish , wood-lice , bats , rats , mice and indeed , the eco-system of what biologists would immediately recognise as a wet forest .
23 Each is a Ring of Protection , and each of which will only function as a magical ring if it can be separated from the others .
24 First , the very fact that this standard of review is so limited means that it will only serve as a long stop to catch extreme examples of aberrant administrative behaviour .
25 Similarly , if non-bile components of duodenogastric reflux are responsible for adduction , then measurementof intragastric bile will only act as a crude marker for reflux and not reflect the true carcinogenic potential of the gastric juice .
26 Feynman 's approach gives a particularly simple way of understanding how that neat classical picture will nevertheless emerge as a limiting case for " large " systems , that is for systems whose action is very big on the scale set by h .
27 Rabbit can be used as a cordless phone in the home or office , and , via a digital technology called telepoint , will also function as a limited mobile — or portable — phone .
28 This part of the document will be of particular use to those new to National Certificate Modules but will also serve as a useful summary for those already familiar with the system .
29 This is written in QBASIC ( as supplied with MSDOS 5 ) , but it will also run as a Quick BASIC program .
30 The grey-leaved Helichrysum petiolare , or moss-like lime-green Pyrethrum aureum ‘ Golden Moss ’ , used for a neat edging , will also act as a pleasant foil for the brighter plants that they frame .
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