Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] as a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Shell , one of the League 's top offensive tackles for 15 years , made the Pro Bowl eight times as a Raider . |
| 2 | Sceptics may baulk at such an idea , but given the attested presence of such equally implausible-sounding objects as a block of portable eighteenth-century soup ( ex Captain Cook ) , Inuit seal-gut underwear , African cobweb hats and other equally exotic objects , the concept of dressed fleas may seem more acceptable . |
| 3 | The following year Arthur Woods directed They Drive by Night ( 1938 ) , which makes evocative use of such ordinary English surroundings as a dance palace and the roadside cafés along the Great North Road for the story of an ex-convict hunted for a murder he did n't commit , who comes back to London to hunt down the real killer , a weirdo with books like Sex in Relation to Society and The Thrill of Evil in his briefcase . |
| 4 | It is assumed , in addition , that all significant propositions , irrespective of their truth or falsity , must in principle be explicable in terms of propositions about such entities as a condition of their significance . |
| 5 | The list was so long because he counted every programme over £1m — the previous definition was over £5m — and included such projects as a car park at Medway Hospital in Kent . |
| 6 | Russia has made clear that it would like longer-term credits and money to help finance such programmes as a social safety net for workers who lose their jobs due to the reforms . |
| 7 | De Gaulle saw all such plans as a way to reshape US domination of Western Europe . |
| 8 | The day before , after a meeting in East Berlin with his East German counterpart , Horst Kaminsky , Pöhl had criticized such plans as a " fantastical illusion " . |
| 9 | Yet doubts about political patterns may be overdone and result in a denial of such phenomena as a New Deal in the United States in the 1930s , Gladstonian Liberalism in the late nineteenth century , or collectivist politics after 1945 . |
| 10 | I shall continue to take into account the view of the judiciary on the requirements of retribution and deterrence in such cases as a factor amongst others ( including the need to maintain public confidence in the system of justice ) to be weighed in the balance in setting the first review date . |
| 11 | ‘ I shall continue to take into account the view of the judiciary on the requirements of retribution and deterrence in such cases as a factor amongst others ( including the need to maintain public confidence in the system of justice ) to be weighed in the balance in setting the first review date . |
| 12 | There is the possibility of a complaint being upheld by the Press Council , which functions in such cases as a poor person 's libel court . |
| 13 | BC is currently encouraged to adopt a speculative approach when drawing up such maps as a result of the pro-opencast policies in MPG Note 3 . |
| 14 | It is quite clear that Rome did not have a policy on catholic schooling at this time , and certainly not one requiring attendance at such schools as a religious duty . |
| 15 | Given such winners as a guide , betting shops should start a book on the ilk of Hartung and Estève ( if still alive ) , and every contemporary sculptor , however meretricious , bent on an international round ( Jeff Koons for 1993 ? ) . |
| 16 | However , there were others , more distinctively local in their orientation : the gradual demise of the traditional two-tier model of primary school management and its replacement by three-tier and matrix models ; the desirability of building on the diversification of staff management roles which PNP has produced , avoiding any contraction of such roles as a consequence of LMS ; the need to acknowledge the pivotal role , for good or ill , played by primary heads , and to work with and through rather than round or against them ; the need to expand the focus of management training courses to encompass the roles and needs of all staff ( not just those of the ‘ managers ’ as conventionally defined ) , to locate management strategies in whole-school analysis , and generally to broaden the concept of ‘ management ’ which currently informs such courses ; the importance of training , support and INSET for heads , and of ensuring that these give close attention to the broader aspects of the expertise needed for headship , such as professional knowledge and personal relationships as well as the more obvious tasks , roles and strategies . |
| 17 | They viewed such methods as a necessary evil , unavoidable yet somehow beneath their dignity . |
| 18 | The blurring of boundaries , which took place at about that time , had created such anomalies as a householder having an Essex postal address while paying his rates to Suffolk County Council . |
| 19 | They were closely integrated into the emerging central paradigm of social evolution , according to which the level of sophistication of these objects was held to symbolize the place of such peoples as a kind of fossil record of social development from the primitive to the civilized ( Steadman 1979 ; Chapman 1985 ) . |
| 20 | The regions of England , unlike the nations of Scotland and Wales , do not have their own Cabinet Minister , separate structures or , indeed , such elements as a separate Question Time in the House . |
| 21 | But unless it is possible to escape being moved from other viewpoints , our selfishness can not perfect itself to its theoretical absolute except in such circumstances as a tooth-and-claw fight for survival . |
| 22 | There 's an excellent bar here run by an English couple called John an Marie , who will serve you all meals from breakfast through to dinner , including such specials as a Sunday roast lunch . |
| 23 | As indicated earlier , the United States straight bill of lading is , although not negotiable , a transferable document , and as such functions as a document of title . |
| 24 | Indeed , the theodicy question as to how one could ever use such texts as a medium through which to worship God may be thought to be even more insoluble than is Schüssler Fiorenza 's finding inspiration in the early Christian community . |
| 25 | The Workhorse is supplied as a single pair of hinges , for use as a sawbench ; or as two pairs , which can be used to create a stable trestle on uneven ground , for such applications as a garden barbecue or fête table . |
| 26 | These include such essentials as a preliminary sounding meeting with the head and whoever else is part of the school 's senior management ( i.e. anyone in a position to further the aims of the group ) to secure their sanction and support ; and an introductory meeting with as many of the staff as possible and manageable , for instance over a working lunch , regardless of who will eventually join the group , so that everybody knows what it will be about and interest is generated even in those who may not wish to join it . |
| 27 | He is seeking to promote environmental awareness in a society which , he claims , tends to view such ideas as a western luxury . |
| 28 | It was clear to Hamilton that ‘ there was never any intention of making a seriously realistic commentary on strike conditions among mine workers , but merely to use such conditions as a vivid and up-to-date background ’ for a Muni vehicle . |
| 29 | Senior officers may also impose such conditions as a change of route or starting time in the interests of public order . |
| 30 | Often innkeepers will make exceptional arrangements for such persons as a gesture of goodwill ( e.g. letting them sleep in the lounge ) , but they can not legally be required to do so . |