Example sentences of "also [verb] as a [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We were not much concerned at discovering that we shared our beds with lice , or that the hotel also doubled as a brothel for the town 's leading gentry , because for us it had the finest view in the world . |
| 2 | When Sorella recounts this face-off , it 's also intended as a moment of recognition , an anagnorisis , for the narrator . |
| 3 | The hands will also act as a stabilizer for balance . |
| 4 | The accord might also act as a floor to wages during the recession . |
| 5 | It will also act as a service to the Research and other interested constituencies . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Not only can responses be fixed in a way that reveals something of the foundations which underlie them but the method itself can also act as a catalyst for the kinds of looking that lead to increased perceptual awareness . |
| 8 | In fact , since C/EBPα can also act as a repressor on some promoters or enhancers ( 46–47 ) , it is possible that down-regulation of C/EBPα by IL-6 may be responsible for the induction of C/EBP δ/NF-IL6; β . |
| 9 | As well as providing a dry and secure home for your car , garages may also act as a store for ladders , lawnmowers and kids ' bikes and maybe even a workshop utility room |
| 10 | Budgets can also act as a basis for comparing actual performance with a plan , and this comparison can then lead to identifications of variances from the plan which may initiate management action , where variances are undesirable , to ensure that in future periods such deviations do not occur . |
| 11 | The fourth case , apart from illustrating the typical problems of an adolescent self-poisoner , is also included as an example of treatment which did not have a very good outcome , probably because the therapist did not involve the patient 's parents from an early stage . |
| 12 | Within the narrative of Greenblatt 's book — opening with him considering the ‘ magic ’ of Shakespeare revivifying the dead in Greenblatt 's own voice , concluding with Greenblatt considering Shakespeare as substitute fetish for the book which the natives believed was stealing their life — this latter story also stands as a type of anecdote or fable about part of New Historicism 's critical enterprise . |
| 13 | He worked in a number of Michelin-star kitchens in Amsterdam and also trained as a teacher before leaving his native land — knowledge he now puts to good use in local schools . |
| 14 | It needs to be said , however , that ‘ stylistics ’ is also developing as a branch of general linguistics that studies variations in non-literary language use , notably variations connected with the different contexts in which language is used ( the style of journalism , official documents , radio commentaries , etc . ) . |
| 15 | It was also seen as a way of raising standards of attainment : the specification of targets and the systematic assessment of pupils ' work on a national basis were thought to constitute a challenge to schools and teachers to raise their expectations , and to channel their efforts to bring about enhanced standards in pupils in the key areas represented by the national curriculum . |
| 16 | Charging drivers to use certain roads is also seen as a way of increasing government revenue . |
| 17 | The ecology committee of the Russian parliament had demanded the shut-down , but the government 's decision was also seen as a response to the winding-down of Russia 's nuclear weapons programme . |
| 18 | In what was also seen as a reference to Japan , countries with large surpluses and declining growth were urged to consider measures to strengthen domestic demand . |
| 19 | A lifestyle involving hard work , charity , abstinence from drink , strict morality , and thrift was deemed absolutely essential , as it was not only insisted on in the Bible , but was also seen as a sign of an individual 's elect status . |
| 20 | Balaguer , who was blind and reportedly severely incapacitated , was accused of responsibility for an economic crisis , high unemployment and constant power failures , and of channelling available resources into the completion of the huge Colón lighthouse project , a contribution to the 1992 celebrations of 500th anniversary of Columbus 's arrival in the Americas , and also seen as a memorial to Balaguer himself . |
| 21 | Not only was ‘ Dositejism ’ denounced by Metropolitan Stratimirović because of its anticlericalism , its suspected ‘ Protestantism ’ and its attachment to an alien western culture , but it was also seen as a threat to the language . |
| 22 | The reduction of imports of Soviet fertilizer was also seen as a threat to grain production , one of Vietnam 's major successes in recent years . |
| 23 | It was also seen as a war of national self-defence against those who had invaded French territory and had incited loyal subjects into rebellion . |
| 24 | But it is never simply a formal abstraction , for the female nude is also seen as a testimony to feelings , traces of desires which , whilst they can not be allowed to dominate , are never entirely absent . |
| 25 | The agreement is also seen as a landmark in that it is said to be the first time that Apple has licensed Macintosh technology under such an OEM agreement , terms of which were not disclosed . |
| 26 | The Public Utilities Holding Companies Act was also seen as an attack on big business ; this gave powers to the Securities Exchange Commission to dissolve the giant holding companies that between them controlled over 90% of the nation 's electric power output . |
| 27 | Landlessness was also seen as an element of poverty and encouraged large families so that children could earn and remit wages . |
| 28 | The move was also seen as an attempt by the government to gain control over the National Bank , which under the new law would enjoy considerable nominal independence . |
| 29 | The recovery programme was also seen as an attempt by Keating to heal divisions in the ruling Australian Labor Party ( ALP ) after his 1991 leadership battle with former Prime Minister Bob Hawke [ for Keating 's replacement of Hawke see p. 38675 ] . |
| 30 | As well as being an aid then , being cool is also seen as an obstacle to digging deep into the ultimate reserves under stringent conditions to produce a better performance . |