Example sentences of "[Wh det] [vb base] as [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Now , it is , of course , true that many countries exhibit fearful nationalistic reactions of this kind which appear as violent hostility to minority groups .
2 Peptide binding is associated with stabilization of assembled class I molecules which appear as strong bands in the autoradiograph .
3 It is easy to find , because it is usually visible with the naked eye at about magnitude 5 , and is in the same binocular field with Beta ; to either side of it are Tau ( 5.1 ) and Sigma ( 4.9 ) , which act as good comparisons , though Tau is of type K and has been suspected of slight variability .
4 This induces transient dipoles in the atoms or molecules , which act as secondary scattering centres by re-emitting the absorbed energy in all directions , i.e. scattering takes place .
5 He is involved in radiesthesic soil-testing in an attempt to determine the requirements of the soil for the purpose of restoring balance to elements which act as responsible agents for the propagation of crops .
6 Vitamin B6 ( pyridoxal phosphate ) is needed for the metabolism of several amines , which act as important messengers within the brain .
7 For example , the bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis has the ability to produce crystalline spores which act as natural insecticides .
8 Research has shown that hormones are released during exercise which act as natural anti-depressants ( endomorphines ) .
9 These are new antagonisms which emerge as social conflict is diffused to more social relations .
10 Crompton and Jones ( 1984 ) have highlighted the significance of the relationship between pre-entry academic qualifications and post-entry professional qualifications in shaping the gender inequalities in white collar employment which emerge as occupational careers develop .
11 considered " structuralist " as well as " functionalist " , it is because I feel that the structuralism of Levi-Strauss , which pays close attention to the semantic patterning of concepts which operate as normative ideas , has given us new insights into this traditional problem .
12 Computer hackers are helped in their quest for confidential information by bulletin boards which operate as electronic mailboxes available to subscribers .
13 The vast arrays of artefacts to be found in ethnographic museums which serve as simple vessels or clothing are , however , eloquent evidence for the distance between form and function in non-industrial as well as industrial societies .
14 Results are incorporated within personalised medical records which serve as clinical review forms .
15 The paper works comprise a variety of techniques : collage , India ink swirled by an air compressor , and overpainted postcards , all of which serve as experimental preambles to Bartell 's paintings .
16 Compensating for this loss of sight , some species have small extendable tentacles at the angle of their jaws which serve as sensitive feelers .
17 Or , as she said in an interview with Paul Oldfield : ‘ Throwing Muses go so far into people 's inner dreams , their family lives , that you find what appear as outside problems . ’
18 The significance of both approaches is the challenge they gave to the ‘ naturalness ’ of what appear as basic divisions .
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