Example sentences of "[noun] [vb base] as [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His political goals were quite contrasting — Weber had no objection to seeing his native Germany develop as a capitalist state overseen by a parliament . |
| 2 | ‘ I am taking this matter up with the DoE Roads Service as a matter of urgency , ’ said Alderman Hugh Smyth . |
| 3 | ‘ If I close my eyes , I can still feel the g build as the world smoothly revolves and that bright red tip-tank carves its silent arc across the azure of my mind 's eye ’ . |
| 4 | But when I close my eyes , strain my stomach and clench my fist I can still feel the g build as the world smoothly revolves and I see that bright red tip tank carve its silent arc across the azure of my mind 's sky and remember . |
| 5 | Swindon say as a player he is worth a million pounds , and they should be compensated accordingly . |
| 6 | For example , different instances of sounds that human listeners perceive as the same may have very different waveforms . |
| 7 | The bows of Central Asia use horse hide as the bowstring . |
| 8 | Through simple framing and neutral observation these environments appear as a strange , exciting kind of art . |
| 9 | The Navigation Server , developed with the help of NCR Corp , extends the SQL Server to make large scale and multiple databases appear as a single virtual database . |
| 10 | In some cases , however , the clustered contractions appear as a series of tertiary contractions of the type often found in primary oesophageal motility disorders . |
| 11 | Moving the smaller oval into place is much easier than you might expect because of the way guidelines appear as the point that you have picked up come into alignment with important features on other object . |
| 12 | In part two , as the Featherstonehaughs preen themselves in pristine white tuxedos , flaunting two-foot mug shots offering surrealist images of bodyless faces , hands and legs emerging and retreating , the word precious takes on a different meaning : while yet further connotations appear as the Cholmondeleys , in voluptuous crimson velvet , sensually stimulate the imagination in part three . |
| 13 | Other proposals under consideration include revoking permission for peat extraction ( often operated under old " interim development orders " obtained before the current system of planning permission came into effect ) , and imposing a carbon tax on peat production ( reflecting the fact that undeveloped peat bogs act as a carbon sink ) . |
| 14 | The association between the daughter 's rejection and the mother 's disability appears to afford at least circumstantial evidence that relationships deteriorate as a consequence of the burdens of tending . |
| 15 | We had chosen the Nelson Lakes park as the perfect walker 's playground . |
| 16 | Even marginal victory had never entered her mind save as an impossible dream . |
| 17 | These regional ministries operate as a normal part of the Whitehall machine except that they are located in Scotland and Wales , and they have the normal right to membership of any Cabinet committees dealing with matters for which they take responsibility in their areas . |
| 18 | In La Route des Flandres , for example , there is ample evidence that many of the fictional sequences emerge as a result of an exploration of the properties of certain words : the inherently fertile nature of language can be shown to have generated the subsequent text , and , through the use of metaphor and metonymy , the associations of both memory and language work together in the production of the text . |
| 19 | Higher up the size scale , larger structural elements also present similarities so that likeness and analogy operate as a focal principle at all levels whether we are aware of it or not . |
| 20 | It 's up to you , he 's saying , to satisfy the hunger which the letter to Katkov and the Crime and Punishment notebooks rationalize as the criminal 's moral demand . |
| 21 | Very generous pupil — teacher ratios is a feature that prep schools use as a strong selling point to parents . |
| 22 | Not withstanding that these Heads of Agreement are headed ‘ Subject to Contract ’ and are expressed not to be legally binding , all parties agree as a legally binding commitment that they will treat in absolute confidence the terms of this agreement and discussions in general . |
| 23 | Notwithstanding that these Heads of Agreement are headed ‘ Subject to Contract ’ and are expressed not to be legally binding , the parties agree as a legally binding commitment that they will treat , unless required by law or regulatory authority , in absolute confidence all terms of this agreement , the purchase and sale agreement and discussions in general . |
| 24 | This position was also felt to have been influenced by the controversial decision taken by the Arab League Council in September to speed up the transfer of the Arab League headquarters from Tunis to the Egyptian capital Cairo , a decision first taken in March [ see pp. 37334 ; 37726 ] , and by the lack of large-scale Western aid to support domestic economic reforms and to compensate for serious economic losses forecast as a result of the Gulf crisis . |
| 25 | A lease was granted for a period of five years in which the tenant agreed to pay the landlord a sum equivalent to two months rent as a security deposit . |
| 26 | The warranties serve as a means of allocating business risk between the vendor and the purchaser . |
| 27 | Secondly the immense mob of idlers , male and female , young and old to whom art schools serve as a kind of day nursery , well in the limelight , with a prospect of promotion to the Café Royal . ’ |
| 28 | For this purpose , we need to show that the roles serve as a focus for patterns of social relationships and for a framework enabling social development . |
| 29 | Not only is this desirable as a means of restricting monetary growth , but , if it involves cutting government expenditure ( as opposed to increasing taxes ) , it will also increase the size of the private sector relative to the public sector and it is the private sector that monetarists see as the main source of long-term growth in output and employment . |
| 30 | ‘ He thinks you do n't want to sleep with him , so you keep the kids awake as an excuse ? ’ |