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 2912 built in 1942 was built as a Directors ' Saloon for the LMSR and seconded for Royal Train duty after nationalisation .
13 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 .
14 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 .
15 AN IRA terrorist who claims he was involved in more than a dozen killings while acting as a police informer was arrested yesterday .
16 Now that two of you are married and a couple of you are starting families , does the band work as a lads ' escape ?
17 The Soil Association exists as a standards body for much of the organically produced food in the UK .
18 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 .
19 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 .
20 Like anaerobic digestion , the aerobic processing of waste material produces methane which can be used as a biogas fuel .
21 The gaming tables are long gone , and the building is now used as a cattle shelter .
22 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 .
23 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 .
24 It was built in 1829–30 , but already by 1844 had been relegated to use as a goods station as railway development speeded ahead .
25 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 .
26 He then gained a job as a clerk in the City , and served as a signals lance corporal in the Territorial Army .
27 Cumberland was on record as believing that a battle without a cannonade was like a dance without music and Culloden began as a gunners ’ battle .
28 Well there was er the one who had the most important influence in my school life was Albert Edward , do you remember the printers , he was a teacher and he used to teach standard four , that was your last standard in the junior , and he had a big influence on , on me because er he wanted me to go into the printing trade as an apprentice , but I , me leaving school at thirteen and going into full-time work straight away I could n't do , do that but oh there was er , , he was an officer during the war he was in the and there was oh our , our school teacher , we used to call , we used to call him his name was actually Arthur I think , but he was always , he was a little bit addicted to the lit little whisky bottle , he used to keep a little bottle in his desk and he 'd be having a nip of whisky , but he was what was approximated as a sports master now , he used to look after the football team , we used to call him , I suppose his name was Arthur but his name was .
29 Might the hon. Member for Bolsover ( Mr. Skinner ) want more money for Derbyshire so that it can employ more people such as his brother , who is employed as a personnel liaison officer for Toyota , his sister-in-law , who is employed in the county publicity department — — and such as another sister-in-law , who is employed in the education department ?
30 James broke with the SWP following the protracted debate on the question of whether or not the Soviet Union could be defended as a workers ' state .
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