Example sentences of "can [adv] [verb] as a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The decomposition of observed unemployment rates into their classical and Keynesian parts can only serve as a first step in the formulation of macroeconomic policy since such an exercise must take place within a broader framework which encompasses concepts such as short- and long-run Phillips curves , the natural unemployment rate , and NAIRU . |
| 2 | Like the absence of useful maritime peripheries , however , they can only serve as a secondary reinforcement of pre-existing leanings to political centralism . |
| 3 | They can only operate as a rough guide to classifying tables of data , and it is not possible to say how they might relate to the levels in a particular graduated test scheme . |
| 4 | With what I can only describe as a cavalier disregard for the obligations of a good employer , the right hon. Gentleman issued a statement which said : ’ Mr. Kaufman completely disagrees with the article ’ — which , as I said , stated in every respect the Labour party 's policy , in so far as it is comprehensible , as now stated . |
| 5 | Erm looking across from the Arms , one can see that , what I can only describe as a delightful bit of architecture , erm perhaps I 'm a little bit er of a philistine , but er I think it 's one of the nicest , most attractive buildings in the town . |
| 6 | For this reason , although Iveco runs a fully integrated European operation , the group can not trade as a single company with a single board of directors . |
| 7 | Such a response seems understandable given that it allows McFaul to explain why he is at odds with the Party while still maintaining that he is loyal to its principles and to its founder , but it can not stand as a general proposition . |
| 8 | For this reason a white hole can not serve as a viable energy machine . |
| 9 | The BCC can not function as a holding company , but can carry out auxiliary service activities for the group , which would include treasury functions . |
| 10 | The conclusion derived from this is that if an object is such that in principle it can not be referred to directly and unequivocally with a simple symbol , only described , then it can not qualify as a fundamental ontological existent . |
| 11 | Under U.S. law , an ocean freight forwarder can not act as a common carrier or as an agent for such a carrier and thus can not be a NVOCC . |
| 12 | In the fashion of the philosophers John Locke and David Hume one may say that one can not live as a total sceptic or one would achieve nothing . |
| 13 | The category had a profound influence on antiracist activists and intellectuals of British Afro-Caribbean , African and Asian descent , and it can still serve as a powerful descriptive and political signifier . |
| 14 | ‘ That would be a very useful way to get across the point that risk management is n't a negative process but can genuinely operate as a positive contributor to the bottom-line . ’ |
| 15 | A transformer can also serve as a current comparator in a conventional Wheatstone bridge type of circuit as shown in figure 7.14 . |
| 16 | It has its own entrance hall which is used for receptions , and also adjacent is The Champagne Room , which can also serve as a pre-function room . |
| 17 | Alternatively , try to find the sort of rectangular table that can also double as a long desk or work table when required . |
| 18 | For example , it can also function as a pointing device . |
| 19 | The Redwood City , California company 's eponymous product is a stand-alone relational database that runs under Windows and can also act as a transparent front-end to dBase III and IV , Pardox and Oracle SQL 6.0 , and is claimed to require no programming ( CI No 1,915 ) . |
| 20 | Toned muscles can also act as a natural corset , improving the body 's shape and contours . |
| 21 | A visit before the interview can also act as a dummy run to help you get there in good time on the day itself . |
| 22 | Here is a man who one can readily imagine as a commanding general and an overpowering lover , also as quick-tempered , easily aroused to jealousy , one who declaims his Farewell to Arms with the appropriate panache and is terrifying in his Act 3 outbursts . |
| 23 | It can therefore serve as a helpful guide . |
| 24 | This check , although similar to the one on Cristofori 's pianos , can never function as a true check . |
| 25 | Since the European Parliament can never work as a real parliament , power would pass into the back rooms where intrigue and shabby voting deals are the modus operandi . |