Example sentences of "body [adj] as the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gen Noriega and his few remaining allies would be hard-pressed to argue against the US invasion in an international legal body such as the UN , the experts said , because he declared last weekend that his forces were in ‘ a state of war ’ with the US . |
| 2 | Healers lay crystals on ‘ chakras ’ — the parts of the body such as the solar plexus and the thymus area ( above ) which can best absorb the healing energy |
| 3 | As the diagram illustrates , the TAC begins the Institute 's technical consultation process when a standard setting body such as the ASB or the APB issues a consultative document for comment . |
| 4 | If you wish someone to manage your investments , you must first check that they are properly authorised to do so , either by one of the self-regulatory organisations — Lautro , Imro , Fimbra and SFA — or by a recognised professional body such as the Institute or the Law Society . |
| 5 | ‘ I an sorry that a well-respected body such as the Wolfson Foundation should have taken this step ’ says Major General Leslie Busk , director-general of the British Heart Foundation and chairman of the Association of Medical Research Charities . |
| 6 | A nip or a pinch directed towards specific parts of the body such as the inner surface of the upper arm , the inner thigh or the upper chest , can generate an intense but non damaging pain which may assist in breaking free from restraint . |
| 7 | Prestigious bodies such as the Maîtres Cuisiniers de France excludes women . |
| 8 | Codes of practice set out by bodies such as the RYA to avoid the effects of contaminated waterways are all very well , but should n't we be taking direct action upon the problem itself — rather than making the best of a bad job ? |
| 9 | Conclusions about criminal or other responsibility should be left to the police or regulatory bodies such as the Bank of England to decide . |
| 10 | General collections management processes ( i.e. the formal documentation of an object on acquisition — or ‘ accessioning ’ , monitoring object condition , recording of object movement , loan processing , storage environment , etc. ) are , however , becoming more generally standardised as a result of the work and influence of bodies such as the Museum Documentation Association . |
| 11 | Public registers are now provided by bodies such as the National Rivers Authority and Her Majesty 's Inspectorate of Pollution . |
| 12 | Bodies such as the Citizenship Foundation are preparing materials . |
| 13 | The only area where we wo n't be altogether unfettered is in selection for multi-sport events such as the Olympic Games , where there may be policy considerations laid down by overarching bodies such as the IOC or BOA . |
| 14 | In addition to first degree courses there is a wide range of undergraduate courses leading to higher diplomas , diplomas and certificates , of which a large number carry with them awards of national bodies such as the Business & Technician Education Council ( BTEC ) . |
| 15 | Southsea and Medina councils , under pressure from residents and bodies such as the Solent Protection Society , delivered an ultimatum : make less noise , or stop operating . |
| 16 | Bodies such as the DFG do what they can to encourage good research , but there are unlikely to be major changes unless the need to improve research quality becomes a political priority , both at state and federal level . |
| 17 | Bodies such as the Kenya Institute of Education with some thirty full-time professional staff and the Zambia Curriculum Development Centre with about forty , would claim , probably rightly , that they were still understaffed and often experience difficulty in securing the release of the most able teachers from schools and colleges , but the provision made for them is certainly more realistic than that available in University Institutes like those in Ahmadu Bello or Sierra Leone . |
| 18 | So bodies such as the West African Examination Council are already institutionalised and , in considerable measure , resistant to change . |
| 19 | Still , there was some virtue for the RCM in having the chance to compare notes with like-minded bodies such as the Society of Friends and the Christian Council for Refugees , the latter a long-sought-after but , at times , bitterly contested amalgam of the Catholic Committee for Refugees from Germany and the Church of England Committee for non-Aryan Christians . |
| 20 | On bodies such as the Scottish Vocational Education Council , the representation of Scotland 's biggest teaching union , the EIS , has been cut in favour of more sweetheart unions like the head teachers ' . |
| 21 | This risk might come from subsequent investigation of the audit , or from investigations carried out by any of the various regulatory bodies such as the Inland Revenue Investigations Branch or one established under the Financial Services Act . |
| 22 | When it comes to the technical content of the legislation , if this falls within chartered accountants ' competence , then the Institute is probably as successful in its lobbying as comparable bodies such as the Law Society or the CBI . |
| 23 | Various state bodies such as the North Western Health Board and the County Fisheries Committee also discussed uranium mining . |
| 24 | There are also many Christians , especially in Latin America , and associated with international bodies such as the World Council of Churches , who are actively involved in dialogue with Marxists and who see no fundamental conflict between Christianity and Marxism . |
| 25 | MITI wants to see better collection of statistics for trade in services by international bodies such as the OECD . |
| 26 | In the 1990s there will be a concerted move by professional bodies such as the British Association for Counselling and the British Psychological Society to regulate counselling and ensure that those who practise are both competent and qualified to do so . |
| 27 | For example , professional bodies such as the Law Society or the General Medical Council perform licensing functions designed to protect the public generally against unqualified practitioners . |
| 28 | It is sometimes said of bodies such as the CICB that they owe their existence to exercises of ‘ prerogative ’ power , but in this context , this means the same thing as saying that the body was not set up by statute . |
| 29 | We can witness all these in Worsley 's book in which he demonstrates that architectural draughtsmanship reached a point of perfection by 1837 , after which it degenerated into mere technical proficiency , when even bodies such as the Institute of British Architects condemned the use of colour and supplementary foreground activities that had previously made competition perspectives more attractive . |
| 30 | The Wootton and Widgery proposals came to hand at the right time ; there were pressures from bodies such as the Magistrates ' Association and the Justices ' Clerks ; while the prospect of legislation prompted a clearing out of the pigeon holes of Whitehall . |