Example sentences of "as [vb pp] [adv] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Each of the three groups will use the double classification of goal attainment ( goal achievement , productivity , etc. ) and systems processes ( adaptiveness , participant satisfaction , inner processes , systems resources , etc. ) , as explained above in the summary of the section on effectiveness . |
| 2 | Hegel 's Idealism is ‘ absolute ’ in that it sees all reality as gathered up in the all-encompassing , impersonal Mind which is God . |
| 3 | ‘ But I 've enjoyed every minute of it and remain as fascinated today by the cut and thrust of politics as I ever was . |
| 4 | Kravchenko came in for fierce criticism at the seventh congress of the USSR Journalists ' Union held on Feb. 5-7 , over the return of political censorship of state television , as witnessed recently in the withdrawal of the Vzglyad documentary series and the return by the flagship news programme Vremya to official propaganda and exhortation . |
| 5 | As pointed out at the beginning of this section , some of the interesting responses that arise on applying somewhat larger sinusoidal e.m.f.s to nonlinear resistive circuits such that the signal behaviour is governed by the nonlinear relation have been considered in section 5.9 . |
| 6 | As pointed out by the report of the Law Commissions , this requirement causes problems whenever property either does not pass at all , or passes independently of the transfer of the bill of lading , or where the transfer of the bill is not causative of the passing of property . |
| 7 | As pointed out by the collector and historian van Mander writing in 1604 , ‘ Whoever so desires nowadays has only to go to Prague to the greatest art patron in the world at the present time ; there he may see at the Imperial residence a remarkable number of outstanding and precious , curious , unusual , and priceless works . ’ |
| 8 | Of course , the data presented in the community care plans are limited and , as pointed out in the introduction to the methodology , it could be argued that their relation to real change is tenuous . |
| 9 | A possible framework for comprehensive assessment is offered through the concepts of quality of life and risk : two related , multidimensional concepts which can be translated into statements of purpose and scope as well as broken down into the factors which constitute quality of life and risk . |
| 10 | Approximately two million cars are sold each year in California — about the same number as registered annually in the UK . |
| 11 | Under the overseas person exemption , many types of investment business which are actually carried on in the UK ( albeit from a non-UK office ) , are in effect treated as carried on outside the UK for the purposes of the FSA ( and so do not require authorisation under the FSA ) if the firm does not have a UK office from which it carries on investment business and : ( 1 ) The firm deals with or through , or arranges transactions with , an FSA-authorised person , such as a UK stockbroker , or an exempted person , such as a listed money market institution , acting within the terms of its exemption ( para 26 of Sched 1 ) ; this applies even if that person is an affiliate ; ( 2 ) the firm did not solicit the business in contravention of the FSA 's restrictions on the issue of investment advertisements and cold calling ( para 27 of Sched 1 ) . |
| 12 | Thus , cases such as Expro Services Ltd v Smith [ 1991 ] IRLR 156 , involving the contracting out by the Ministry of Defence of its catering function , should not fail in the future on the grounds that the catering operation , as carried on by the Ministry , was not in the nature of a commercial venture . |
| 13 | " Regulated business " is defined by the COB Rules to mean either of the following : ( 1 ) Investment business carried on from a UK office ( of the firm or of an appointed representative ) ; this is the case even if the customer is a non-UK client and even if an account officer goes overseas to meet him ; or ( 2 ) Investment business carried on from a non-UK office with or for customers in the UK , except where that business would not be treated as carried on in the UK ( and so would not require FSA authorisation ) if the non-UK office had been a separate person ; this exception , in effect , provides the " foreign business carve-out " from the COB Rules for business with UK customers ( see page 40 below ) ; certain marketing rules are , however , brought back in ( see page 42 below ) . |
| 14 | The Inquisitor 's voice , as picked up by the spy-fly , almost drowned the crackle of gunfire . |
| 15 | What seems to me to need attention is … [ the ] movement of psychoanalysis away from content ( pre-Oedipal or otherwise ) to a concept of sexuality as caught up in the register of demand and desire . |
| 16 | to capitalise the appropriate nominal amount of the new Ordinary Shares falling to be allotted pursuant to any elections made as aforesaid out of the amount standing to the credit of any reserve or fund ( including the profit and loss account , share premium account , capital redemption reserve or any other reserve ) , whether or not the same is available for distribution , as the directors may determine , to apply such sum in paying up in full such Ordinary Shares and to allot such Ordinary Shares to the shareholders of the company validly making such elections in accordance with their respective entitlements … |
| 17 | The whine of psalms as squeezed out of the village choirboys . |
| 18 | Andy Payton and Stuart Slater showed , for example , that they may now have come to terms with the tribal ritual that is entitled to pass their understanding until time and circumstances dictate that they become as wound up as the rest . |
| 19 | Kate was down in the pit lane for the Friday qualifying session , her nerves nearly as wound up as the drivers ' , knowing that Ace was waiting to live up to his name with the fastest lap . |
| 20 | As such it is located between geography and soil science , which Bridges visualizes as concerned more with the biology , chemistry and physics of soil all of which converge on the study of soil fertility and crop production . |
| 21 | Apart from some general points , listed here ( as well as scattered elsewhere in the book where especially relevant , such as in Chapter 10 , Starting Your Own Business ) , giving tax planning advice is the job for a specialist ; and moreover one who is fully conversant with your financial affairs , so that he can advise in the light of your own particular circumstances . |
| 22 | In the relatively short period of time prior to the Industrial Revolution the function of the prison can be seen as related directly to the needs of the economy , in that labour was forced to work on specific projects to overcome labour shortages . |
| 23 | The market is still , of course , seen as made up of the activities of the market participants — the consumers , producers , and factor owners . |
| 24 | The place has all the appropriate externals , chimneys choked with ivy , windows with jasmine , worm-eaten shutters , mossy thatch , all of which ‘ under the quiet light of a sky marbled with high clouds would have made a sort of picture which we have all passed over as a ‘ charming bit ’ , touching other sensibilities than those which are stirred by the depression of the agricultural interest , with the sad lack of farming capital , as seen constantly in the newspapers of that time ’ . |
| 25 | Obviously they 're as hung up as the rest of us . |
| 26 | Since Fate was the power that kept order in the universe , as revealed particularly by the stars and planets , the prevalence of Stoicism influenced the growing belief in astrology in Hellenistic times and in the days of the Roman empire . |
| 27 | Firms are often poorly capitalised , relative to their needs , as shown elsewhere by the difficulties of some securities firms resulting from their equity operations after the stock market crash and the need for injection of capital from parent banks . |
| 28 | Handson in association with Stanley Stanley Tools are offering £100 worth of Stanley and Rabone tools as shown below for the winner of Hands On competition for readers ' tips . |
| 29 | STANLEY TOOLS are offering £100 worth of Stanley and Rabone tools as shown below for the winner of our Hands On competition for readers ' tips . |
| 30 | Even the Metallica frontman 's copious saliva emissions seem precision-directed and as rehearsed down to the n th degree as much of this marathon three-hour performance as obviously is . |