Example sentences of "[adj] as a [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The second reason that , that we 're delighted to see you is that as a Trades Council we have been trying very hard over the last six or seven years to raise the profile of the trade union movement and this has been quite difficult in in during the Thatcher years , during the anti-trade union legislation , the onslaught by the media , trade unions er , the profile of trade unions has not been easy to raise . |
| 2 | The Tropical Forestry Action Plan ( TFAP ) , which is seen by some as a loggers ' charter , is to be reformed . |
| 3 | Sheltered housing is accommodation in a group of self-contained flats ( or sometimes bungalows ) with a resident warden , alarm system and some shared facilities such as a residents ' lounge , guest room and laundry . |
| 4 | But co-operation over matters such as a futures rulebook and joint compliance have indicated the economies of scale possible in combining with the TSA 's 1,000 members . |
| 5 | The communication unit might consist of a number of specialists such as a personnel expert in communications , a journalist , a technical specialist and a back up advisory group drawn from all levels in the organization , and perhaps supplemented by occasional outside consultants . |
| 6 | A tenancy in common is usual in a business situation such as a solicitors ' partnership . |
| 7 | This they term ‘ internal work motivation ’ to distinguish it from motivation which arises from extrinsic factors such as a payment-by-results wage system . |
| 8 | So you see that being a MIDI device has massive advantages : first , sound changes which might otherwise require the drastic resetting of several controls can be carried out instantly , by calling up a patch containing the new settings ; and second , when using another MIDI device , such as a multi-effects processor , the two can be linked via the MIDI sockets and a patch change on one can trigger a patch change on the other . |
| 9 | Rhos-on-Sea where the new breakwater forms its own natural harbour , has a continental atmosphere , and many amenities , such as a Children 's paddling pool and par putting . |
| 10 | lf you go to a specialist shop , such as a plumbers ' merchant or central heating specialist , you will be able to find other sizes . |
| 11 | Last spring , the US Supreme Court dealt the unions a blow by ruling , in a suit brought by treasury employees and rail workers , that for critical occupations ( such as a customs agent ) testing does not curtail constitutional rights . |
| 12 | Doubtless the freedom from ‘ bureaucracy ’ such as an accounts department is one of the reasons why individuals decide to practise on their own . |
| 13 | ‘ did unlawfully , wilfully and ’ This point means intentionally as opposed to accidentally and unlawfully as opposed to lawfully such as an artists ' model . |
| 14 | Now expected late next month , the pen-driven handheld computer is said to be able to organise data such as an appointments diary and can communicate with other machines by dialling phone numbers and sending facsimile messages . |
| 15 | The National Deaf Club , as will be remembered , was originally founded for the oral deaf , but by the 1930s had become so well-established as a sports and social club for independent-minded deaf people who were mostly well-bred and upper-class , and so dominant in the Federation of London Deaf Clubs ' sports tournaments , that oral deaf people were once more isolated from social activities . |
| 16 | It would , for example , take more than that to see in detail its museums and art galleries , for Winterthur is world famous as an arts centre , a town which has been lucky in its collectors and benefactors . |
| 17 | What a relief it would have been to be able to dismiss it all as a Homes and Gardens photo-call , carefully stage-managed to make visitors drop dead . |
| 18 | Neat and logical as a four-times table , M. Frontenac had stuck doggedly to the sequence of events in Alain-Fournier 's story . |
| 19 | And the thing is that when of the , I have n't seen anywhere any kind of poll system , you know , I think it 's a , I 've always thought it outrageous as a women actually , that women have had to pay for toilets , and erm , I mean if we , you know , if we , we might , I mean , I , I would be in favour of a system where , you know , you , say a local Council issues a pass , which you pay for , have differential rates , but it 's like people paying up front for that toilet service . |
| 20 | But today the diary is regarded much more as an appointments aide-mémoire , and for the ‘ ordinary ’ person the keeping of a detailed diary of daily events would probably be regarded as just a little eccentric and perhaps even self-centred . |
| 21 | Within two years , he had joined the payroll , first as a PPS , then as a junior whip . |
| 22 | From 1942 to 1945 he served in the Royal Air Force , first as a general-duties medical officer in Bomber Command , then as a neuropsychiatry specialist , when he was much influenced by ( Sir ) Charles Symonds [ q.v . ] . |
| 23 | It starts with the artist 's first major — and arguably finest — graphic work , the illustrated book Die traumenden Knaben produced in 1907 as a children 's book for the Wiener Werkstatte , and includes graphic work from throughout the artist 's career . |
| 24 | She was educated privately , and then attended Newnham College , Cambridge , from 1878 to 1880 as a Goldsmiths ' scholar , but left , with no tripos , in order to teach at Truro High School . |
| 25 | Old Bradwell School was built by the Railway Company in 1896 as an Infants School with a certain amount of the building cost borne by the ratepayers . |
| 26 | Lorna has been active as a tenants leader and was elected by tenants to represent them on Haringey Council 's Housing Committee . |
| 27 | These are fairly generalised packages and a lot of work has been done in personnel on enhancing ADI in particular to make it more attractive as a Personnel Information System . |