Example sentences of "also [verb] as a [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The accord might also act as a floor to wages during the recession . |
| 2 | It will also act as a service to the Research and other interested constituencies . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | It is hoped that the following chapters , contributed by an international team of acknowledged experts in their own field of scholarship , will help to counter the peripheralization from which Siberian historiography has partly suffered in the west , will illuminate and underline both the importance and the fascination of Siberia 's role in Russian history , and also act as a stimulus to further research and publication in this relatively neglected area . |
| 11 | It was also presented as a contribution to the strengthening of the United Nations . |
| 12 | Lauda , who also acts as a consultant to the Ferrari F1 team , has shown an inclination to name his aircraft after famous musicians . |
| 13 | In all of these cases — anxiety , blood pressure , or psychotic temperament — the underlying trait , as well as describing differences between people , also acts as a disposition to the appropriate dysfunction to which it contributes . |
| 14 | Avril 's action was also interpreted as a warning to the opposition . |
| 15 | Mr de Klerk 's statement was also interpreted as a favour to Margaret Thatcher , who is facing increased pressure for sanctions against South Africa at the Commonwealth summit next week . |
| 16 | That City is attacked in The Rock , but ‘ this London of ours ’ is also celebrated as a city to be worked for and redeemed by a Christianity sometimes remarkably primitive , a pared-down Christianity among the wild men , as a London church is seen as a ‘ House ’ built of |
| 17 | Phrenology also acted as a stepping-stone to various social crusades and encouraged women to take a pride in themselves . |
| 18 | The statue will also serve as a memorial to the 55,000 RAF bomber aircrew who sacrificed their lives during the War . |
| 19 | There is an extensive list of references so that the paper may also serve as an introduction to the literature about these animals . |
| 20 | This visit will also serve as an introduction to written records and their importance for history . |
| 21 | In newsrooms libel is the greatest inhibition upon freedom of speech , although it also serves as a spur to accuracy and professionalism . |
| 22 | The book also serves as a guide to local phrases , translating some of the broader Gloucestershire dialect . |