Example sentences of "[verb] as a [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You 'd have thought modems would be quicker on the parallel port , but no ; the serial port was originally developed as a telecommunications device . |
| 2 | In this project we shall examine what preconceptions teenagers have about driving and how these preconceptions change as a functions of age and first-hand experience of driving . |
| 3 | The Rottweiler was recognized as a police dog , and though it came fourth behind three other breeds , it was a start , a start to a new career and one the breed took to with relish . |
| 4 | It is sufficient here to treat as a futures or option contract any contract whose terms contemplate future performance and which is made on or under the rules of a market cleared by a clearing house . |
| 5 | Doug Lawson , principal officer for children 's services at Cheshire County Council says Appleton House is considered too large and too institutional to continue as a children 's home . |
| 6 | It is also regarded as a men 's club and its members all possess comfortable rooms . |
| 7 | Obviously , the case was stronger than the one actually provided for , so it could be regarded as a fortiori . |
| 8 | The interest which the RUC has as a police force derives entirely from the social context in which it operates , but this context is both a spur and a hindrance to research on the RUC . |
| 9 | Using the EA to live , Smith has freelanced as a sports reporter , a music critic , and a fanzine publisher . |
| 10 | Then I found a place that was clearly headlined as a singles " bar , and no one tried to keep me out Now I 'd read about these VD workshops in Scum and Miasma , both of which adopted a markedly high-handed line . |
| 11 | Opportunities and Limitations in Religious Broadcasting , a collection of articles by 25 communicators from 14 different countries , is ‘ designed as a Speakers ’ Corner with room enough for representatives from almost every point on the Christian compass ' , according to the publishers . |
| 12 | In time , Jakki moved to London , Jim to America to work as an exhibitions organiser . |
| 13 | 2912 built in 1942 was built as a Directors ' Saloon for the LMSR and seconded for Royal Train duty after nationalisation . |
| 14 | But the Code will also apply where a suspect , not in detention , is being questioned about an offence by a police officer acting as a police officer for the purpose of obtaining evidence . |
| 15 | MPs are to table Commons questions about reports that Ulster security forces allowed a top IRA volunteer to carry on terrorist activities while acting as a police informer . |
| 16 | AN IRA terrorist who claims he was involved in more than a dozen killings while acting as a police informer was arrested yesterday . |
| 17 | It is believed that the tongue plays an important part in acting as an antennae for vibrations , or that the snake is hypersensitive to earth vibrations . |
| 18 | Although highly inventive and productive , this questionnaire can provide only explicit responses , rather than insight into actual practices , and , through processing , has created a normative characterization of the diverse social fractions involved , which are seen as an exemplars of a larger , statistically-based model of class . |
| 19 | The Old Bradwell School continued to function as an Infants School until the early 1950s . |
| 20 | Now that two of you are married and a couple of you are starting families , does the band work as a lads ' escape ? |
| 21 | The Soil Association exists as a standards body for much of the organically produced food in the UK . |
| 22 | Finally , BW-Server can be used as a Windows Server , so that when the software is run under Windows , the workstation can be used as a Network File System server while still performing other MS-DOS and Windows tasks . |
| 23 | The phrase commonly used as a criteria for judging developments is ‘ are they pro-people ’ , the aim being to build a health system in which people really matter . |
| 24 | Like anaerobic digestion , the aerobic processing of waste material produces methane which can be used as a biogas fuel . |
| 25 | The gaming tables are long gone , and the building is now used as a cattle shelter . |
| 26 | A community leader had to be removed from the area under police escort when it was alleged that she had been used as a police informer . |
| 27 | If there is spare accommodation available during the school day then turning some space over to use as a parents ' room is well worth while . |
| 28 | It was built in 1829–30 , but already by 1844 had been relegated to use as a goods station as railway development speeded ahead . |
| 29 | This is very much what this forum and the Plan of Action series is about : to look at some of the problems we are facing as a women 's movement and to evaluate our practice . |
| 30 | He then gained a job as a clerk in the City , and served as a signals lance corporal in the Territorial Army . |