Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] as [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Silent battles are constantly waging as coral colonies fight each other for living space and , as with fish , every species of invertebrate has its predators and many of these are other invertebrates . |
| 2 | Lily bulbs benefit from improved drainage and need cool roots , so using as spot plantings amongst other perennial plants and shrubs is ideal . |
| 3 | He says it may cost the council a lot , but they 're only acting as guarantor . |
| 4 | Companionate relationships , heterosexual , gay , or lesbian , may be as long lasting as marriage . |
| 5 | But they were not living as husband and wife . |
| 6 | The Portuguese Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs , José Durao Barroso , chaired the meetings , but stressed that he was not acting as mediator , a role still officially held by Zaïre 's President Mobutu . |
| 7 | ‘ It is convenient to consider first whether the judge was correct in holding that the husband , whatever else he may have done , was not acting as agent for the bank for the purposes of procuring the signature of the wife to the charge . |
| 8 | Another issue seen as an obstacle to investment is that of capital contributions made to a company not ranking as part of the base cost of the shares for capital gains purposes . |
| 9 | She collapsed on the floor again , not moving as fitzAlan got to his feet . |
| 10 | Yesterday , police confirmed that , in addition to three fires they were already treating as arson , a fourth fire at a holiday home in Pennal , Meirionnydd , was being treated as suspicious . |
| 11 | I think erm we are not going to say thank you to Eileen now because she is not finishing as Synod clerk and that 's a conscious decision . |
| 12 | At the moment you 're er just practising as demolition . |
| 13 | People who challenge the assumption that much of what a house officer does could be done just as well by someone without a medical qualification may be surprised to learn that in Taunton and Cheltenham nurse practitioners are already working as house officers on two surgical firms ( box ) . |
| 14 | With the company 's founder , Toshio Sumino , still acting as chairman and president , and owning 16% of the firm , Autobacs is the sort of entrepreneurial company investors like . |
| 15 | In due course , several of the ex-L.U.T. cars were renumbered in the 2000s , as though still working as part of that fleet . |
| 16 | The Lithuanian Prime Minister , Jurgis Bredekis , has persuaded three of his fellow Cabinet ministers to give up smoking as part of his drive to head the world 's first " tobacco-free government " . |
| 17 | if the interpreter is also acting as culture broker , guide , philosopher and friend several things can happen ; the level of interpreting accuracy diminishes as the interpreter addresses these additional roles , both the non-English and English speaking clients lose control over the content of what is said , and , if the interpreter takes it upon themselves to decide what is to be interpreted , the standard of service usually diminishes . |
| 18 | McCarthy N.C. , 1924 ) ; ( c ) judge also acting as prosecutor — ex p . |
| 19 | By chance , the Museum was also acting as host to a large delegation of Mayors and Councillors from the surrounding area and it is hoped that the significance of the presentation rubbed-off on them . |
| 20 | The formal nature of the signature does indeed suggest that Molla Fenari was signing the document in an official capacity ( cf. the informal nature of the problematical signature , cited on p. 155 of Husameddin 's article and discussed below , where Molla Fenari has clearly been asked simply to lend his name to the proceedings ) ; and while he was most probably acting as kadi of Bursa , as the biographical sources would suggest , it should be noted that the signature is not in itself conclusive proof of this . |
| 21 | Perhaps this Rite is not as urgently renewing as Rattle 's ( EMI ) . |
| 22 | Around £150 for family holidays , allowing for a few days reasonably riding as part of the package . |
| 23 | With brothers Turner and Terts Ashibi now acting as coach and physiotherapist respectively , the team are ready to take on other challenges . |
| 24 | By 1949 he had become a central party figure , often acting as spokesman on minority issues . |
| 25 | We are told by The Observer that the hon. Member for Livingston is now running as part of a comic team with the hon. Member for Kingston upon Hull , East ( Mr. Prescott ) — a wonderful pantomime horse — in seeking the job of the Leader of the Opposition . |
| 26 | For example , the computer industry and telecommunications are now converging as technology advances . |
| 27 | She had left the two of them to duel , not even acting as referee , waiting for them to tire , perhaps even to appeal to her . |
| 28 | 5 Exotic fabrics proliferate in David Salomon 's house , even masquerading as wallpaper ( page 94 ) . |
| 29 | to observe the 1769 transit of Venus in the Pacific , which Green , then serving as purser in the Aurora frigate , agreed to do for 200 guineas . |
| 30 | Iraq 's soldiers retreated a few miles from the town ; its policemen were still there masquerading as traffic cops . |