Example sentences of "it [modal v] [adv] [verb] as a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Who knows , it may even work as a kind of sick turn-on . |
| 2 | It may even act as a ‘ unifier of elites ’ . |
| 3 | It may even come as a surprise to some to learn that fish and chips is opaque at all ; but one needs only to consider that not any kind of fish , nor any method of cooking and presentation , will qualify for the description , and that this is not true of , say , chips and fish or even fish with chips , both of which are transparent . |
| 4 | Under such a concept the ‘ core ’ is the central base for professional staff who are engaged in the rehabilitation and personal development of individuals living in the homes ; it may also serve as a training base for staff , a research base for the evaluation and monitoring of the service and a place where the residential care staff meet to exchange ideas . |
| 5 | The new church should not be dismayed at trouble within or without in the early stages : it may well come as a result of being on a collision course with the forces of evil who , putting it bluntly , do not want the new church to survive ! |
| 6 | Though any such checklists may be viewed by busy teachers as a necessary evil rather than a welcomed virtue , nonetheless , it may frequently serve as a useful catalyst to further and more detailed thought on the matter . |
| 7 | It may sometimes serve as a companion to the present volume . |
| 8 | It may therefore come as a surprise to learn that there are some species which are not only not ‘ rock-dependent ’ , but are also relatively peaceful , even when breeding . |
| 9 | Sir : Clive Fewins 's article ( Weekend , 7 October ) rightly praised the excellent work of the Redundant Churches Fund , but it should also serve as a reminder that there is still no Redundant Chapels Fund to conserve some of the best examples of Non-Conformist buildings , many of which are in imminent danger of demolition or drastic alteration . |
| 10 | It should also serve as a warning against using the concept of social class in a crude explanatory manner . |
| 11 | It was seen as an unveiled hint of royal displeasure at Scots separatists ( the elaborate investiture of Prince Charles as Prince of Wales , at a time when Welsh nationalism was acquiring an increasingly strident tone , had been intended to have a similar impact ) but it might also serve as a text for all the concerns of the monarchy . |
| 12 | So , in a week that found Hooker registering his fourth UK album success , it could hardly come as a complete surprise to find ol' John Lee celebrating 43 years of chart activity by appearing on Top Of The Pops . |
| 13 | It need not come as a surprise to learn that Wittgenstein is in his own way a foundationalist . |
| 14 | A spokeswoman for his department said it would effectively act as a cap on costs . |
| 15 | If the piranha fish did not brush its fins gently against a member of the opposite sex each month it would not exist as a species . |
| 16 | But it would not count as a non-branching hierarchy ; branching can be regarded as a canonical feature of a taxonomic hierarchy . |
| 17 | The compensation could not be increased if the council had lost it 's appeal and it would therefore remain as a maximum of £1 million . |
| 18 | I recently purchased a frozen meal described as two portions , but it would only do as a meal for one . |
| 19 | It will also act as a catalyst for the regeneration and enhancement of the town , complementing its other nationally-important attractions : the Castle , St. Nicholas 's Church , and medieval Town Walls . |
| 20 | It will also act as a service to the Research and other interested constituencies . |
| 21 | This is written in QBASIC ( as supplied with MSDOS 5 ) , but it will also run as a Quick BASIC program . |
| 22 | Timothy O'Riordan , of the University of East Anglia , thinks sustainability might be accepted as the ‘ mediating term ’ between developers and environmentalists , although he leans to the view that it will eventually languish as a ‘ good idea ’ which can not sensibly be put into practice . |
| 23 | As for the GAF trial , it will probably live as a symbol of prosecution farce and the flaws of the Boesky boom . |
| 24 | First , the very fact that this standard of review is so limited means that it will only serve as a long stop to catch extreme examples of aberrant administrative behaviour . |
| 25 | panel , it will then go as a figure , two million pounds in the budget decide |
| 26 | If Nicole is pregnant , it wo n't come as a surprise . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | It can not serve as a term that describes objectively a specific set of conditions . |
| 29 | The hand can be distinguished from the body , yet it belongs to it in such a way that it can not operate as a hand unless attached to the body — except in fantasy as in Ted Hughes ' story of The Iron Man . |
| 30 | 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 . |