Example sentences of "[adv] as [v-ing] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The government is experienced not merely as providing background amenities against which individuals pursue their choices , but as an external constraining and coercive organisation . |
| 2 | An invitation to sing in the cathedral encourages parishes to see it not only as providing expertise but also as receiving what other musicians can provide . |
| 3 | Elizabeth had been amazed to see workmen slicing through stone blocks with hand-axes , just as easily as cutting butter . |
| 4 | Just as teaching practice is prescribed for student teachers , so the course would include a ‘ sandwich ’ element . |
| 5 | The breakthrough will come when all these players in the tourism game begin to market themselves not just as providing value for money , but value for the environment . |
| 6 | They could use the possibility of buying outside as bargaining leverage to get better performance from their own provider " ( Enthoven 1985 : 40 ) . |
| 7 | WHEN A CLUB as great as Cardiff fall on times as hard as they are now it is easy to understand why they ask New Zealand 's John Hart if he could take over as coaching director and why they have asked Australia 's Alec Evans the same question . |
| 8 | In 1830 , when the governor , Edward Nicholls , returned to England on sick leave , Beecroft took over as acting governor , a post he held with distinction for the next two years . |
| 9 | In May she was asked to take over as acting principal for six months in his absence . |
| 10 | ‘ This is known technically as creating brand equity ahead of sales . |
| 11 | Finally , we have shown here that DNase I hypersensitivity sites can be used to pinpoint interesting regions of specific importance to the expression of the class II MHC Ea gene , both as composing part of a locus control region , and as possible markers for B cell commitment . |
| 12 | A stepping-stone for many people is through the arts seen not just as providing means of expression but also as giving meaning and helping to structure experience . |
| 13 | [ … ] The many important differences in analysis that separate the dominant approach from that of the Austrians are most neatly summed up as reflecting disagreement ( possibly only implicit disagreement ) concerning the aim of price theory in general . |
| 14 | FPG is recognised internationally as having research and consultancy experience in geological aspects of waste disposal and contaminant migration . |
| 15 | Gold was found there and a full scale conservation row broke out as mining exploration started . |
| 16 | This is not only the case in socialist states , where the old debates about the managerial revolution and the ‘ new class ’ suddenly become relevant again ( though Mali , Tanzania and Ghana are among the states that have been singled out as using socialism as an ideology enabling the bureaucracy to control the economy ) . |
| 17 | In a sort of meditative exercise , tune in to the idea of zodiacs , and you may find certain place names spring out as representing zodiac signs . |
| 18 | In practice , as the Party learned , so its patience diminished : it shifted to incorporating territories by force , while conceding the forms of federation and a measure of cultural autonomy ( those things formerly ruled out as institutionalizing division ) . |
| 19 | We 'd even go so far as throwing modesty to the wind , and say you wo n't find better value for money holidays or flights anywhere else . |
| 20 | Even when Shaun and Bez went as far as editing Penthouse for the day , papers tutted and sighed but still printed pictures of the pair grinning like village idiots , surrounded by tits and bums . |
| 21 | I sit there quietly revising my priorities as far as expending grief goes . |
| 22 | Moreover , the deemed agency device is used as far as receiving knowledge relating to undertakings of fitness for purpose is concerned ( see Chapter 5 ) , and also for any representations made by the dealer to the consumer in the course of negotiating a regulated consumer credit transaction ( CCA 1974 , s56(2) ) . |
| 23 | Conran has gone so far as ending catwalk exhibitions totally in favour of presentation by video . |
| 24 | As far as inheriting property is concerned , the position for married and unmarried couples could n't be more different . |
| 25 | ‘ As far as giving advice is concerned , the debt lawyer is extremely useful in his field but I do n't really feel our other lawyer is in a position to help . |
| 26 | So far as doing work with public sector bodies erm , the business services act of nineteen seventy-six came into stand , this creates a lot of er , which work had been done . |
| 27 | The CNAA 's ideas were taking a different shape in 1975 , showing an unwillingness to go as far as delegating authority for the approval of courses , but pursuing the idea of ‘ internal validation ’ . |
| 28 | It is our belief — shared by a number of retailers — that Christmas will prove to be yet another false dawn as far as reawakening consumer confidence is concerned . |
| 29 | As well as sending part of her income home , she had hoped eventually to be able to buy a car . |
| 30 | Animals have died as a consequence of coming into contact with the algae , and it is known to have caused serious illness , such as liver damage , in human beings , as well as producing skin reactions and allergies . |