Example sentences of "[subord] it [modal v] [verb] as a " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is able to recycle material which is now being expensively destroyed in incinerators or dumped into the sea , where it may act as a source of marine pollution . |
| 2 | The idea is to allow the server to be attached to host systems — Unix or proprietary — where it will function as a database subsystem accelerator . |
| 3 | I loathe the metal crate in which ‘ Guernica ’ travelled along ‘ the most controversial kilometre in the history of contemporary art ’ , to settle in its new mansion , where it will serve as a pernicious example to future generations . |
| 4 | Robert Young suggests why the presupposition of a shared humanity can not provide such a starting point , although it may operate as a horizon of thought , a desirable if always unachievable aspiration . |
| 5 | Real travellers will have discovered that most taxi drivers have only a cursory grasp of English so it may come as a surprise to learn that foreign cabbies ‘ drive at breakneck speed ’ while talking eloquently of ‘ local proverbs and giving handy hints about what to buy in the local market . ’ |
| 6 | I agree that this scheme is significant not only because of what may be achieved for good in the north-west , but because it can act as a model for planning for other areas and for other denominations . |
| 7 | This ‘ stamp ’ would emphasise to users the cost of the health service since it would appear as a separate tax item on the pay slip , and would therefore increase in line with earnings and not prices . |
| 8 | If there is a change of harmonic outlook in a piece , I prefer to feel , rather than to know whether it might arrive as a surprise , whether it should be prepared and how , and whether it ought to be pointed out at all ! |
| 9 | THE future of Hollywood studio MGM-Pathe was in doubt yesterday after independent auditors questioned whether it can continue as a ‘ going concern ’ . |
| 10 | Given the DNA-dependent phosphorylation of Jun-Core in crude nuclear extracts , we were interested to determine whether it could serve as a substrate for the DNA-PK . |
| 11 | But a loss of control by a constitutional government may not immediately deprive it of its status , whereas an insurgent regime will require to establish control before it can exist as a government . |
| 12 | We are more or less aware of all this , even though it might come as a surprise to most viewers to discover how far news material is already being treated prior to transmission . |