Example sentences of "and [prep] a [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Abortion is a political act , and as a simple act of Parliament has brought about the slaughter , so only by a political action can the law be changed to stop it . ’ |
| 2 | The development of peripheral axons seems to rely on Schwann cells , particularly for the formation of the basal lamina and as a major source of trophic factors , which regulate neurite outgrowth and neuronal survival . |
| 3 | I hope that the Party can use Marxism Today as its ‘ front door ’ , and as a major interface with the wider movement : MT has done more than anything else to build up the prestige of the CP , and that contribution should never be forgotten . |
| 4 | The former was one of the women most admired by Gregory , and as a sometime wife of Chlothar she may have been well informed about his children . |
| 5 | It is recognised universally as a free invitation to any party , and as a postmodern display of pop art in its most popular and utilitarian form . |
| 6 | There are no other comparable arrangements however , and as a separate facet of this sequence they are relatively uninstructive and more profitably considered at a more specific level of affinity ( section 2.2 and 3.3 , below pp. 30 and 33 ) . |
| 7 | We propose to carry that principle forward , both in communal discussions next year and as a key part of the British presidency in the second half of 1992 . |
| 8 | It must be some elaborate joke of Conchis 's , mounted for my exclusive benefit ; and as a subtle test of my own humour , tact and intelligence . |
| 9 | They saw municipal ownership and its efficient management as a means of improving public services and as a first step towards public ownership of the entire economy , and improved administration to prevent or cure social ills . |
| 10 | Hundreds of delegates from around 25 political groups amended a charter presented by the EPRDF , and as a first step towards its implementation elected an 87-member Council of Representatives . |
| 11 | Instead of erroneously portraying the social charter as a formula for increased unemployment and as a dangerous capitulation to the trade unions , should we not realise that a policy of co-determination that gives employees a say and a stake in the running of their firms is the very reason why the economies of so many western European countries have been so successful ? |
| 12 | And as a prime factor in public discussion , the Echo must make a decision about its own views . ’ |
| 13 | On the Continent the arbalest or crossbow was used extensively , and crossbowmen often formed an individual armoured unit , both for defensive purposes and as a serious threat to charging cavalry . |
| 14 | You can use the Master-Table as a saw bench for standard circular saws with maximum cutting depth of 65mm ; as a sawbench for all standard jigsaws ; as a router table in conjunction with parallel and curved milling guides ; as a sharpening or grinding centre ; and as a complete workbench with vice . |
| 15 | Some husbands , still angry with their mothers for childhood hurts , cheat on their wives as an expression of hostility towards women — and as a perverse way of getting even with their mothers . |
| 16 | His first-rate performances — in Hotel in New Hampshire , and as a retarded man in Square Dance — were largely unhonoured , and his many other movies were n't hot , Worse , he had to scrabble out from a confusion of drink , drugs and sexual adventure that had finally landed him in the tabloids and the jokebooks . |
| 17 | It is essential , and research funding should be regarded both as a priority and as a necessary complement to the current expansion in primary teacher training . |
| 18 | Peter Burridge had captained Millwall to a 4th Division promotion in 1962 and had thereby brought himself very much to the attention of Palace 's astute managerial team of Arthur Rowe and Dick Graham , both as an inspirational skipper and as a regular scorer of important goals . |
| 19 | Where the late Victorian perception of youth emphasized their social identity — religion , leisure , discipline , character — the Edwardian perception , while accepting the significance of the social ( and elaborating upon it ) , in addition gave working-class youth an economic identity which was important in itself , and as a conditioning factor in the development of the citizen . |
| 20 | Mr Day was threatened with an injunction last year when he completed the final draft of his book , most of which deals with his career in the Royal Marines and as a civil servant during the Emergency in Malaya . |
| 21 | This campaign reinforces Moet & chandon 's position as the undisputed leader among champagnes and as a lasting symbol of luxury , at once authentic and appealing . |
| 22 | The base Paradigm technology comes from software originally developed by Boeing for internal network management and as a strategic technology for the Computer Service Division 's commercial network business . |
| 23 | Trouble in school is conceived by the pupils who take part in it both as a natural reaction to being in a classroom confronted by a teacher , and as a specific response to particular offences on the part of the teacher . |
| 24 | After short periods as a lecturer in mathematics at King Alfred 's Teacher Training College in Winchester and as a technical researcher in aircraft vibration for de Havilland , he joined the Meteorological Office as a technical officer in 1938 , where he served as a weather forecaster in fighter and reconnaissance groups . |
| 25 | Historically , Karajan is a conductor of pivotal significance , steeped as a child and as a young man in music-making of the great Austro-German tradition , but the first great conductor to be reared in the twentieth century 's brave new technological age . |
| 26 | ‘ In addition to doublle-digit growth for use in bottling , I can see a market for 50-70kta of polyethylene terephthalate in Europe in these new applications by 1990 , ’ says Bruce , ‘ And as a successful outcome of the research we are doing to produce materials of high-temperature resistance [ which would take us into the hot-fill container market ] and materials of improved gas barrier properties could add considerably to that . ’ |
| 27 | Doubts have recently arisen as to the value of miscue analysis , both in theory and as a viable practice for teachers ( see , for example , Potter 1980 ) . |
| 28 | Certainly the sponges would have been useful ; they could have been used as a filling for cushions and mattresses , and as a protective padding inside boots and helmets . |
| 29 | International obligations — although the report is predominately a UK plan , it has also covered the UK 's obligations as an EC member and as a developed nation towards the developing world . |
| 30 | International obligations — although the report is predominately a UK plan , it has also covered the UK 's obligations as an EC member and as a developed nation towards the developing world . |