Example sentences of "they [vb base] as a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | * As a way of finding the best structure for your essay , write out all the main points you think you need to make , and rearrange them until they develop as an overall argument ( see pp. 59 – 61 ) . |
| 2 | Typically there is a pair of ganglia in each segment of the body , but the members of a pair are usually so closely united that they appear as a single ganglion , the commissure being no longer evident externally . |
| 3 | Now the police authorities a and the local authorities and the magistrates may be thought to be indulging in special preening , but I do assure Your Lordships that they really are not alone in expressing their anxieties er about the er er er this bill and what it proposes , for example , if I may , I would like to refer to a letter which I received from Justice , chaired by my Noble Friend Lord Alexander of and with his Vice-chairman er er Lord and er they say as an all-party human rights organisation , Justice considers that the composition of police authorities is an important constitutional issue effecting the independence of policing . |
| 4 | We may as well use these same descriptions even if there is no intention of shooting movies from detailed scripts , because they act as a useful discipline when we are shooting any kind of material . |
| 5 | They act as a powerful aphrodisiac on pigs , and synthesised versions of them are sprayed onto sows to make them receptive before artificial insemination . |
| 6 | they act as a focal point for action and coordination |
| 7 | Objectives are important because they act as an essential backcloth to behaviour itself . |
| 8 | They function as a spurious pattern into which the narrative might slide if so allowed . |
| 9 | Suppliers are angry about what they discern as a consistent pattern of Brandmakers refusing to pay bills because , the company says , goods delivered have fallen below the required standard . |
| 10 | When the minds of athletes like Linford Christie turn to Barcelona and the glory of top class competition , raising the cash to get there is n't something they view as a significant problem . |
| 11 | The Russian President and the G7 leaders have forged what they describe as a long-term partnership . |
| 12 | The Wrights live in the village of Cleadon , 4 miles north of Sunderland , in what they describe as a 150 year old ‘ fun house ’ , complete with sea views . |
| 13 | They stand as a devastating comment on her view of Scotland , the one kingdom which was actually hers to govern . |
| 14 | They present as a major force in society attitudes and tastes which would be regarded as rather eccentric and marginal in Britain . |
| 15 | Rather , they present as an individual property , following from the impact of impairment on the ‘ self ’ , what are in fact learnt behaviours . |
| 16 | This small herd of 40 or 50 animals , though enclosed , still has the freedom of 135ha of land and the animals are rarely in contact with humans ; they live as a wild herd and exhibit many interesting behaviour patterns , which have been studied in the past by famous artists and very recently by Cambridge zoologist Stephen Hall , who has published his observations . |
| 17 | We saw in chapter 4 that mixtures may be homogeneous , in which case they exist as a single phase , or they may be heterogeneous . |
| 18 | The figures are based on my own in the 1970s and now bear no relation to the present day , but they serve as a broad outline . |
| 19 | Warts have more nuisance value than medical significance , but , like all of the minor sexually transmitted diseases , they serve as a useful indicator to the possibility of other infection , and anyone with anal or genital warts should make sure that they are screened for other genital infections . |
| 20 | They serve as a valuable corrective to approaches of the kind that a behaviourist view might encourage , approaches which impose conformity on learners , reduce the scope of their participation as persons , and deny them the exercise of individual initiative in the learning process . |
| 21 | In particular it tends to be associational rather than communal — that is , they regard as a key indicator of a flourishing village the number of clubs , societies and other associations which it supports . |
| 22 | The agency is in a belligerent mood , fighting off what they regard as a male backlash . |
| 23 | The Bolshevik claim to represent the true interests of the masses they regard as an arrogant illusion born of a fundamentally false doctrine . |
| 24 | This is a response from workers who are perhaps seeking a respite from a tedious job , or who wish to defy what they regard as an oppressive management . |
| 25 | Snotlings can not be joined by heroes or led by them — they fight as a big mass of their own kind and are far too excited to respond to even the simplest commands . |
| 26 | In fact the channelling of reports and dissertations towards educationally productive goals is merely part of a wider and far more important issue , that of establishing a new climate of opinion among teachers and those who train them which regards enquiry about the learners and the environment in which they learn as an important part of a teacher 's professional life , which seeks to develop interests and provide skills for them to do so as part of their training and retraining and which rewards initiatives undertaken in college and subsequently . |
| 27 | Senior BBC executives in Scotland are now concerned at what they see as a crucial shift in the balance of power to London . |
| 28 | Many senior executives are now concerned at what they see as a crucial shift in the balance of power from Scotland to London . |
| 29 | So this opportunity depends on a difference of opinion : investors thinking that prices are going to carry on rising , while firms rush to exploit what they see as a temporary state of affairs . |
| 30 | It is refreshingly easy to overcome initial fears , however , if you are prepared to enter into the debate , and not allow yourself to take comments or criticisms personally when a student peers at you agog for carrying out what they see as an archaic approach . |