Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] as [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What the workers might think is a lively practical joke , management may regard as disruption or sabotage ; what workers might see as an intensification of their labour , management may regard as an improvement in flexibility , and so forth . |
| 2 | So sulphur oxides emitted from English power stations may fall as acid rain in Norway and emissions from Poland and Holland may contribute to the haze seen on fine summer days inn England . |
| 3 | In simpler language , autogenous growth may be described as biological , that is the children of church members coming to Christian commitment or church allegiance , while allogenous growth we may describe as conversion from the world . |
| 4 | Some pathogenic organisms may not manifest their disease-provoking properties in certain sites , where they may behave as commensals . |
| 5 | Particular components of the atmosphere may act as catalysts ; speeding-up chemical reactions that would not otherwise occur so rapidly . |
| 6 | McLean may act as Scotland 's spy . |
| 7 | These are not necessarily forces for continuity but they may act as barriers to government attempts to impose a new line of policy . |
| 8 | There is often a kind of tension between them : the stances for some forms of status ( for example , for masculinity ) may act as barriers to affection . |
| 9 | The ants ' fluids may act as insecticides and keep ectoparasites , such as feather lice , at bay . |
| 10 | In British Transport Police may act as constables in , on and in the vicinity of Rail Track 's property and my Right Honourable Friend , the Secretary of State for Transport is at presently urg er at present er urgently considering in conjunction with British Rail and the British Transport Police whether the wording represents a problem and if it is , how best to address it . |
| 11 | They may act as signal warning for developments in other fields . |
| 12 | The most common transport host is the common earthworm , but a variety of other invertebrates including slugs , snails and beetles , may act as transport hosts . |
| 13 | The egg is sometimes ingested by earthworms , which may act as transport hosts . |
| 14 | ( c ) Conduct of the conveyancing It is appropriate for the husband 's solicitors to obtain the title deeds so that they may act as vendor 's solicitors . |
| 15 | Alternatively , a dealer may act as agent on behalf of the issuer , placing paper with investors on a best endeavours basis . |
| 16 | The sellers may act as trustees for sale , and sell in that capacity . |
| 17 | Wives may act as secretaries but there is often difficulty in contracting sub-contractors during normal office hours . |
| 18 | Where the petitioner is found not to be entitled to have presented a petition or wished to withdraw his petition or allow it to be dismissed or fails to attend on the hearing , the court may substitute as petitioner any creditor who has given notice of intention to appear , wishes to prosecute the petition and is a creditor who would at the date of presentation of the petition have been in a position himself to present a petition against the debtor ( ie is presently owed more than £750 ) ( r 6.30 ) . |
| 19 | It insists , in other words , that they must treat as law what conventions stipulates is law . |
| 20 | Lineker became incensed when Taylor went public , not only questioning whether Lineker should remain as captain , but whether his form justified a place in the side — even though he was maintaining his phenomenal strike rate . |
| 21 | ‘ They decided that it was in the best interests of the BBC and its future that John Birt should remain as director general , and gave him their full support . ’ |
| 22 | They decided that it was in the best interests of the BBC and its future that John Birt should remain as director general , and gave him their full support . ’ |
| 23 | An ‘ election ’ in Chile asks simply whether General Pinochet should remain as President . |
| 24 | Chris explained : ‘ James here is our scorer and Mr Marshall signalled four wides when there was a wide and the ball went to the boundary , but the other side 's scorer says you ca n't have four wides at once , only one , and the other three must count as byes . |
| 25 | A Yorkshire Post reader suggested that the King should resign as patron of the Football Association . |
| 26 | She had quickly joined the emigration society of which her cousins were already members , and it had been agreed that she should count as part of their family . |
| 27 | What should count as money ? |
| 28 | In a way , failure to come through with the right steps is deception , because most social interaction is based on expectations of behaviour and to set up expectations and then thwart them must qualify as deception . |
| 29 | Vickery ( 1973 ) argues that it is only the latter , based on knowledge and skills that are at an advanced level rather than merely different , that should qualify as specialization . |
| 30 | The waste form and the cannister should act as barriers for 1000 years each . |