Example sentences of "[verb] as [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Gibbs-Heaviside eventually won as regards applicability but the quaternions have the honour of being the first to demonstrate the existence of consistent number systems not satisfying the commutative law of multiplication . |
2 | ( b ) levels of comprehension ( which will inevitably fall as reading speed increases , depending on material ) . |
3 | Such recognition is reflected , for instance , in the enhancement by statute of the rights of employees against dismissal , which from an aggregate wealth viewpoint may be depicted as inhibiting factor mobility and hence on occasion as being wealth reducing . |
4 | The only difference is that whereas in the cases seen previously ( 59 ) — ( 84 ) , perception is represented as giving rise to true knowledge , in ( 85 ) — ( 87 ) above it is depicted as giving rise to a false impression . |
5 | Columbine too started life as a servant of the gods and gradually rose in rank from waiting on the aristocracy to conspiring with Harlequin in such ballets as The Good- Humoured Ladies , where the two of them appear as serving maid and waiter . |
6 | The other features which are often claimed as defining characteristics are at once both subordinate to this and , on closer examination , clearly visible in many non-scientific enterprises . |
7 | Though fever and diarrhoea still linger as killing diseases in parts of southern and south-eastern Europe , and malaria was only beginning to give way before D.D.T. in 1945 these diseases now linger on only in backward districts . |
8 | It was their duty ‘ so to work as to make proprietors or occupiers on a lower level as secure against injury as they would have been had nature not been interfered with . ’ |
9 | In conjunction with J. P. Manning Prentice , who was then director of the British Astronomical Association 's meteor section , Alcock watched as particles of dust from space dashed at random to their fiery death in the atmosphere , appearing as shooting stars . |
10 | The Dodge 's superficial abilities simply crumble as speeds rise and road conditions become more challenging . |
11 | In essence , the figure can be summarized as showing processes within the physical climate system and within the biogeochemical one , these systems being interwoven by the global role of water and increasingly affected by human activities . |
12 | The slits in the sides of their throats which had originated as filtering mechanisms , were walled with thin blood vessels so that they also served as gills . |
13 | And they said we do n't mean to be over the men , but what we mean is for you to come down the office , no what the office wants as regards orders , and be responsible and pass them out to the men who you 'll think who 'll do the job best and all that , and that 's what we mean . |
14 | A smaller passage also occurs in spring , when there are frequent reports of birds at the coast between early March and late May ; often these birds have been reported as flying north . |
15 | By August 1991 the European Commission was reported as forecasting growth for the year at a discouraging 1.5 per cent . |
16 | The omens are uncertain ; the middle of August 1991 found government forces well established in the north again , with five brigades of Republican Guards reported as ringing Kirkuk . |
17 | In a recent study as many as 5% of subjects in a group of students and hospital employees were reported as losing bowel control , at least occasionally . |
18 | In 1987 , the Lord Chief Justice ( Lord Lane ) publicly backed police demands for the abolition of the suspect 's ‘ right to silence ’ ; and was reported as attacking politicians for delay in passing tougher laws on sentencing policy , a question on which the judiciary was divided . |
19 | More recently Hairy Hands has been reported as wresting steering wheels from drivers ' hands and forcing them off the road , often causing appalling accidents . |
20 | Percutaneous aspiration cytology has been reported as confirming malignancy in about two thirds of pancreatic cancers and one half of bile duct tumours but can not be done unless a mass lesion is established on imaging . |
21 | By and large , there is general agreement as to what counts as doing economics or pharmacy . |
22 | He has been installed as writing development worker at Darlington Library and plans to inspire would-be authors to follow his example . |
23 | All of these programmes are designed as enabling mechanisms which allow participants to try things out , test their assumptions and then to transfer the learning into action . |
24 | Von Schirach pointed out that ‘ this unlimited , almost religious veneration , to which I contributed as did Goebbels , Göring , Hess , Ley , and countless others , strengthened in Hitler himself the belief that he was in league with Providence ’ . |
25 | Firstly , it is worth noting that if the Lorenz equations ( Section 24.2 ) are considered as modelling convection in a loop ( Figs. 17.4 , 17.5 ) , then the chaotic solutions of the equations do not correspond to turbulent flow in the loop . |
26 | For practical reasons , often the ( mean ) number of children ever born alive to woman aged 45–49 years is considered as completed fertility . |
27 | Similarly , discovery should be considered as taking place here , and not in another country , when interrogatories are served here , even if the necessary information is located in another country . |
28 | State pensions are considered as earned income for tax purposes ; but there is a special age allowance when one member of a couple is over 65 , ( higher if you are over 80 ) so you wo n't be taxed if the state pension is your only income . |
29 | During that time he worked with wool blending as Teasing Foreman and latterly as assistant to the Raw Materials ' Manager in the Warehouse office . |
30 | Global facilities management is a flawed concept , according to a new report from Analysys Ltd of Cambridge , UK , and in the future , services will be positioned as managed network services , virtual private networks or bandwidth on-demand services . |