Example sentences of "of [adj] [noun sg] as a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 For example , the idea of advanced education as a process for the " regeneration of the self " was strongly propounded by modernizing Oxbridge dons like Mark Pattison , an influential educationalist and Head of Lincoln College , Oxford from 1861 .
2 Vivian de Sola Pinto sums up the qualities required of this kind of professional scholar as a capacity for " exact scholarship " , an extensive " knowledge " of language and literature , and — if possible — " the most perfect taste and tact " .
3 The weakness of feudal service as a basis for recruiting an army was that it was hedged round with difficult restrictions .
4 The EC has at various stages attempted to devise summary indicators of regional performance as a guide to the magnitude of the regional problem .
5 At the same time , these categories do not enable one to penetrate the ‘ surface of phenomena ’ … to understand the process and development of economic life as a whole
6 Inherent in the use of economic analysis as a complement to traditional legal scholarship is the fact that there must be an investment in a new vocabulary : opportunity cost , synergies , externality etc .
7 The Unitarian William Roscoe was equally in support of economic liberalisation as a way to bring on emancipation .
8 This may take the form of economic growth as a whole over long periods .
9 The Chinese Communist Party is totally transformed , I think transformed out of all recognition , and becomes a completely different kind of political organization as a result of what happens in nineteen twenty five to seven .
10 In developing the critique of political economy as a critique of ideology , Marx retained some aspects of the dialectic of Hegelian critique , but did not offer a philosophical foundation for it within his own materialist system .
11 Perhaps changing levels of transport provision can be regarded as part and parcel of rural change as a whole , as discussed in chapter 1 .
12 Instead of searching for the musical expression of class standpoints one will do better so to conceive the relation of music to classes that any music will present the picture of antagonistic society as a whole ( Adorno 1976 : 68 , 69 , emphasis added ) .
13 One possible solution would be to represent the relative influences of each analyser as a set of numerical weightings .
14 The value of each antibody as a member of a panel should be considered critically .
15 Calculate the cost of each product as a percentage of the total cost and enter the results against each product type .
16 Hamilton 's theory of the evolution of nepotistic behaviour as a consequence of maximizing the inclusive fitness of individuals through kin selection ( p. 42 ) has opened a passage from a nature red in tooth and claw to a no less rigorous nature in which the appearance of much gentler forms of interaction is comprehensible .
17 Expressed in the Dreikaiserbund and in the hands of a Bismarck , the self-interest of monarchs could be of European significance as a force for peace .
18 She was absolutely right about the salt-water lagoon , which is of European status as a bird refuge , but other , neglected parts of the island grew dense and dark with rhododendrons .
19 It is clear that Manne and his supporters see the use of inside information as a reward to entrepreneurs and other corporate employees for their initiative and ingenuity ; a perk , as it were , for the role they play within the economic system .
20 This seemed to confirm Watkins ' findings in Herefordshire and the Welsh border of the particular significance of Scots pine as a ley mark point .
21 They suggested that no coup attempt had actually occurred , and implied that the government had made the claim of armed insurrection as a pretext for executing officers whose loyalty to the regime was in doubt .
22 Some go on to argue , however , that value-freedom within the social sciences as a whole may be achieved by the interplay of arguments and evidence , each biased in different ways but contributing to the advancement of unbiased knowledge as a whole .
23 It is an aspect of full-time housewifery as a work role , not of the marriage relationship itself .
24 The purported legatees under the later handwritten document counterclaimed for the validity of that document as a codicil to the deceased 's will .
25 Because of the extensions of the life of that Parliament as a consequence of the war , she had to wait until 1945 to fight an election , which she won with a majority of 665 .
26 They will get only £2m of that back as a government grant !
27 The report of the Review Body on Civil Justice said the Council ‘ should enable the judiciary to plan for the allocation of High Court caseloads and judge power in the light of needs and resources of that court as a whole rather than of individual Divisions .
28 These differences are an indication of the unique way in which each individual is responding to the circumstances in which he finds himself and of the state of that person as a whole , that is they show how his healing powers are operating at that time .
29 ‘ The use of the name of a character such as Blinky Bill as the title of a book and as the description of a character in the book does not constitute the use of that name as a trademark , ’ he said .
30 Althusser 's conception of a structure in dominance is based on the sense , which he attributes to Marx , that in each society one particular kind of interest appears to be central in determining the character of that society as a whole ; for example , economic interests are uppermost in capitalist society , but during the Middle Ages religious concerns dominated social life .
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