Example sentences of "as a [noun sg] [prep] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I find it very useful as a sign of the differences between recreational and competitive paddlers . |
| 2 | At the time , I took this decay merely as a sign of the times ; I was comfortable with decay . |
| 3 | It can not be overstressed that the purchaser and vendor should continue to consider the need for approvals and clearances throughout the course of negotiations as a change in the terms of the transaction may trigger the relevant legislation which regulates anti-competitive practices , mergers and the creation or expansion of monopolies . |
| 4 | Roll out a small ball of fondant or marzipan trimmings and place it centrally on top of the roof drum to act as a support for the triangles . |
| 5 | They must be licensed , but if necessary an arrangement may be made to operate as a subsidiary within the terms of a licence held by an Irish bank . |
| 6 | The second is what might be described as a pathology of the positions ( solipsism , and so on ) adopted by those philosophers who accept the experiential explanation . |
| 7 | George attempted a nearly honest living as a part-time thespian , and also as a tutor to the children of wealthy clients . |
| 8 | They take surplus funds from the banking sector which can be recalled if banks are short of cash , thus effectively acting as a buffer between the banks and the Bank of England . |
| 9 | In higher education , for example , the idea of the autonomy of the University Grants Committee ( replaced in 1988 by the University Funding Council ) as a buffer between the universities and the Department of Education and Science has been shattered and the Department has regularly intervened with advice to universities and polytechnics about subject areas which should have greater or less resources . |
| 10 | The colonies in turn acted as a buffer in the ups and downs of trade . |
| 11 | Russia wished to use the Teleuts as a buffer against the Dzhungars , but in the end they were overwhelmed by a superior power and began raiding Russian lands again around 1700 at the behest of their new masters , as did the Kazakhs further west . |
| 12 | Water is reflective in both the literal and philosophical sense and , as a mirror of the skies , draws down all of creation within reach of the gardener . |
| 13 | Anyone reading this who used to use The Guardian as a mirror in the mornings to find out what they thought about the issues of the day is likely to be in for a shock if they try to do the same today . |
| 14 | ‘ This controversy has been tainted by racism parading as a concern for the adolescents ’ welfare , ’ says Boudjema . |
| 15 | Further , a disposition between the separated spouses will rank as a transfer between the spouses ; so that the exemption is still available , as there is no requirement ( in contrast to the capital gains tax legislationsee p16 ) that the spouses shall be living together . |
| 16 | This agreement grew out of a proposal put forward by Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev as a compromise between the demands for individual states ' armies and unified CIS conventional forces . |
| 17 | In this diagram , if a centralized regime provided a single uniform level of the good , the level of output provided could be shown as a compromise between the demands of the individuals in each locality , i.e. a level of . |
| 18 | It is noticeable that all these graves are found near the Pilgrims ' Way suggesting that this ancient road was being used as a highway by the Romans . |
| 19 | The conservative-historical analysis takes certain legislative changes as being fundamentally permissive in outlook , and even suggests that the reforms of the law can be used as a barometer of the times . |
| 20 | De Warenne at Lewes was a royalist , as were the lords of Arundel , Pevensey and Hastings ; as usual the French connection gave Sussex a strategic importance , as a bridgehead against the forces of de Montfort . |
| 21 | The earliest known map calls the group ‘ S.Kilda ’ , and in the old Norse language the name ‘ Kelda ’ means ‘ spring ’ or ‘ well ’ , so it seems possible that the islands , which do have a number of freshwater springs , were used as a watering-place by the Vikings when they were involved in their warlike raiding and invasions of the northern parts of Britain . |
| 22 | Both traditions were very marginal in their impact in the inter-war period ; their practitioners were regarded as highly eccentric by the small minority who knew of their activities , and as a nuisance by the police . |
| 23 | Columbine too started life as a servant of the gods and gradually rose in rank from waiting on the aristocracy to conspiring with Harlequin in such ballets as The Good- Humoured Ladies , where the two of them appear as serving maid and waiter . |
| 24 | A dedicated server is one that has no other function but to act as a servant to the workstations . |
| 25 | This emphasis on political equality could be interpreted as a snub to the forces of violence ( the FLN ) , but since there were more than eight million Muslims and only one million Europeans it was hardly comforting to proponents of integration . |
| 26 | Thus , some schools saw the refurbishment of the library as a prerequisite for the kinds of curriculum development to which their proposal for the project was firmly linked . |
| 27 | With such ambiguous structures , characterising any debate on how to improve them as a struggle between the principles of self-regulation and statutory regulation is unlikely to add to anybody 's understanding of the issues . |
| 28 | He saw it as a struggle between the desires of the bourgeoisie , for whom sports were ‘ mere entertainment ’ and for whom play was merely a recuperative process following the real work of labour , and , the desires of the common people for whom games were ‘ an alternative life-activity in their own right ’ . |
| 29 | Restoration is seen as a struggle against the forces of change and decay , which respect neither man nor materials . |
| 30 | This group was quite influential among leading trade unionists ; and at the 1943 annual conference of the Labour Party they carried an amendment against an attempt by Stokes to reject the liability of ‘ the German people as a whole for the atrocities committed under Nazism ’ . |