Example sentences of "[noun sg] as [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unlike adherents of other contemporary religions in the Roman empire , except Judaism , Christians regarded their religion as expressing the purpose of God in history ; but whereas Judaism was concerned primarily with the fortunes of Israel , Christians considered their faith to be of universal significance . |
| 2 | Sometimes a sick person 's friends show their faith in such action as taking a person to a healing service or to some centre of healing such as Lourdes . |
| 3 | It may record its disagreement but ultimately accept the majority 's support of the development ; it may refuse to meet its financial obligations until the organisation ceases the action in question , although this may itself be contrary to the treaty ; it may regard the action as having no legal effect ; or it may withdraw from the organisation . |
| 4 | Bush characterized the action as having no military advantage for the Iraqis and as providing further evidence of Saddam Hussein 's ability to " amaze " and " outrage " international opinion . |
| 5 | Now it seemed to me that was n't a very erm reasonable balance and er comparing that with the with the Secretary of State 's recent pronouncements where he talks about local planning authorities needing to breathe fresh life into the countryside through their development plans and I want local planning authorities in rural areas to give the need to diversify the rural economy as much priority priority in their thinking as protecting the countryside and the two go hand in hand , and comparing those two er points I I would I would put to North Yorkshire the question , Do they think that the explanatory memorandum is is consistent with that er policy statement from the Secretary of State ? |
| 6 | When assessing your budget plans , it is as well to err on the cautious side as regards the additional income you will be likely to earn as — although this has been improving — many so called ‘ retirement jobs ’ are notoriously badly paid . |
| 7 | And it is necessary to assess the nature and significance of the polarization between ‘ multiculturalism ’ and ‘ antiracism ’ in this field , especially given the left 's construction of antiracism as representing the more genuinely radical intervention in this field . |
| 8 | Supporters of the acts did not see the principles of state hygiene as contradicting the moral emphases of the public health movement . |
| 9 | African independence , when they thought of it at all , seemed an eventuality so far into the future as to possess no relevance to their working lives . |
| 10 | Virtually every senior Army officer had served in East Timor , which was regarded by the Army command as providing a valuable opportunity for combat experience . |
| 11 | The defending solicitor tried to fault her on identification but she described the car as having a metallic paint job , wide wheels and a number of triangular stickers in the rear window ; she also thought that she could remember a couple of fluffy dice hanging from the rear-view mirror , and she gave the first three letters of the registration number . |
| 12 | In his home town , Mr Edwards is a noted singer and says that he wants to go down in the programme as performing a selection of songs from Carousel and also Holy City . |
| 13 | Only special notice from you to those involved that your agent 's authority has ended will prevent you being liable once you have held out an agent as having the right to legally commit you to certain agreements . |
| 14 | There are other elements in Campbell 's thought : he seems to think that the most perspicuous model of the mind to employ in understanding human knowledge sees the mind as embodying a structured hierarchy of functionally characterized capacities , each of which works in a way analogous to natural selection ; and he defends his view as part of a ( reductive ) explanation of how the capacities comprising human rationality have evolved . |
| 15 | Can a chimp perceive a movie as representing a second individual trying to solve a problem , like reaching bananas or switching on a heater ? |
| 16 | Sometimes the switch contacts happen to bounce an even number of times , say 2 or 4 , and this achieves the same result as having no bounce at all ! |
| 17 | To us they seem at least as intriguing and worthy of study as do the signs and wonders which become the obsessive concern of mystics , religious and many others outside the laboratory . |
| 18 | Each full-time centre , while approved by the Institution as offering a course of study apposite to the building surveyor , has developed slightly different academic philosophies to reflect its own perceived strengths , and its individual resource bases . |
| 19 | The irony of murder as doing a lot — doing anything — bears the stamp of Svidrigailov . |
| 20 | Further , in the simple operation of identifying a given rule as possessing the required feature of being an item on an authoritative list of rules we have the germ of the idea of legal validity . |
| 21 | I would regard the recipient as carrying a heavy burden if he seeks to repel a contention that he was bound by an obligation of confidence . |
| 22 | Labour 's Scottish home affairs spokesman , John McFall , attacked the Government 's record on tackling crime as indicating a ‘ state of torpor ’ . |
| 23 | However , they are difficult to defend in the context of aid when cultural values are different in donor countries and recipient countries , and when public opinion in the donor countries perceives aid as having a moral justification . |
| 24 | ( 4 ) Part I of Schedule 2 to this Act shall have effect as respects the notices to be given and the documents to be served on an application for the grant of a licence under this Part of this Act . |
| 25 | If we dissolve a tablet in a bath of water will a teaspoonful dose have the same effect as taking the tablet itself ? |
| 26 | Treatment of the effect or symptoms of the disorder without attention to the cause itself can have the same effect as ignoring the oil warning light on a car ; eventual major breakdown . |
| 27 | Double clicking has the same effect as pressing the return or enter key . |
| 28 | In the present case the only issue is whether there is something in the language of the Act or by necessary implication , to show that the policy embodied in the Act should not be given effect as regards the questioning of a suspect who has been charged . |
| 29 | ( 3 ) The five following sections of this Act shall have effect as regards the interpretation and operation of this section ( and , except as otherwise provided by this Act , shall apply only for purposes of this section ) . |
| 30 | The main failings of the nation lay within its own boundaries , not in the outside world or such phenomena as bourgeois liberalism' , which the authors did not view in the same threatening light as did the more conservative party members . |