Example sentences of "[vb mod] [vb infin] as [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All these levels may be seen as controlled by the relationship of the people involved in the discourse , which we may regard as the highest level . |
| 2 | Inquiries may arise as a natural consequence of conducting business . |
| 3 | While the Arts Council may survive as an advisory body , the crucial question is whether it retains a funding role : ‘ The days of the arm 's length principle are gone . |
| 4 | However the undernoted information may act as a general guide to clarify what action may be required : — |
| 5 | The activation of these neurons may be accompanied by glutamate release before the seizure , and glutamate may act as a paracrine factor to produce synchronisation . |
| 6 | The dog may act as a natural host for this species . ] |
| 7 | Ian Taylor speculates that tree clumps may act as a respiratory system , drawing up earth energies and releasing them through the clump 's composite aura , as well as performing the same function with subtle celestial stimuli . |
| 8 | Secondly , the inclusive approach may act as a positive encouragement to clients to make use of legal services . |
| 9 | The other is that the molecule magnetite may act as the magnetic sense , and traces of magnetite have indeed been found in bones in the brains of pigeons and other species including humans . |
| 10 | This threat of takeover may act as an effective discipline in some cases , although it is hard to prove . |
| 11 | Transmitter substances appear also to be released at neuromuscular junctions : there is evidence that glutamate is responsible for transmitting excitation from nerves to muscle ( e.g. Beranek and Miller , 1969 ) and that GABA may act as an inhibitory transmitter at these sites . |
| 12 | One possible reason for the cure is that the alcohol may act as an anti-inflammatory agent , stopping symptoms like a runny nose . |
| 13 | In order that tables can be joined , the value of the foreign key must exist as a primary key in another relation or be null ( this is a rule of relational modelling known as referential integrity ) . |
| 14 | Or there may be a requirement that before the body exercises its power , a certain state of affairs must exist as a preliminary requirement , the correct state of affairs is a prerequisite to the exercise of the power . |
| 15 | Whether Highland should remain as a single-tier region or be divided into smaller units is likely to be one of the most difficult decisions Mr Lang faces as he reaches an advanced stage of drawing up his plans for local government reform . |
| 16 | I would therefore argue that even if the discrepancy between girls ' and boys ' performance at the top levels of achievement in mathematics was entirely due to differences in ability ( which I do not believe , but nevertheless should stay as a possible hypothesis ) , there is a strong case for saying that we should act to try to alter the situation . |
| 17 | Despite its important success in managing the balance of payments in the short run , this must count as a significant failure of policy for a democratic socialist government . |
| 18 | Something in the sea air must act as a mind-blowing drug on English architects , Agnes decided . |
| 19 | A firm which is not a tied firm and which provides investment services in respect of packaged products must act as an independent adviser in respect of those products . |
| 20 | The brief given to the three craftworkers approached this year emphasised that what they produce must qualify as a high quality art object in its own right , preferably of a contemporary nature , and suitable to be displayed in the offices or boardrooms of this years ABSA award winners . |
| 21 | The facts of deixis should act as a constant reminder to theoretical linguists of the simple but immensely important fact that natural languages are primarily designed , so to speak , for use in face-to-face interaction , and thus there are limits to the extent to which they can be analysed without taking this into account ( Lyons , 1977a : 589ff ) . |
| 22 | During the takeover battle , it was suggested that Cadbury Schweppes should act as a white knight to Rowntree , in order to form a strong British company able to compete effectively with the Swiss . |
| 23 | We want him to begin to panic and then , just at the right moment , we must appear as the one rock in his own private storm . ’ |
| 24 | The prospect of a university education must appear as an unattainable dream : some are successful but these are exceptional cases . |
| 25 | Since it was essential to Bismarck 's plans that France should appear as an aggressive power , threatening Prussia in particular and the peace of Europe in general , the situation was not developing as he had hoped . |
| 26 | In any case it is the strict version of conventionalism that we must test as a general interpretation of our legal practice . |
| 27 | Services should have as a primary goal the alleviation of distress , by providing a programme of treatment , care and support based on the unique needs of an individual . |
| 28 | The second attribute is that each paragraph should have as a first sentence a brief statement or at least an indication of what the paragraph is to consider . |
| 29 | The approach that I have called theoretical as opposed to practical must have as a major part of its aim not merely the passing on of facts and formulae but the inculcation of critical and speculative habit . |
| 30 | The fundamental issue is this that if the Labour Party is to remain a party of labour it must have as an integral part the trade union movement , it 's as simple as that , colleagues ! |