Example sentences of "[adv] as a [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ironically , it was the motor car which saved Huntercombe — not just as a means of travel but because the wealth of car maker William Morris , later Viscount Nuffield , secured its future when he bought it in 1925 . |
| 2 | This was the voice of a separate business activity , the credit industry , for which money-lending was conducted to make its own profit , not just as a means of increasing the sales of the company who employed it as part of its marketing . |
| 3 | The fundamental question , as posed by Foucault , is how is it that in our society sex is seen not just as a means of biological reproduction nor a source of harmless pleasure , but , on the contrary , has come to be seen as the central part of our being , the privileged site in which the truth of ourselves is to be found ? |
| 4 | The Telegraph group , a group in direct competition with both The Times and the Guardian , has also announced a modernization programme as well as a 50% cut in staff in the composing section . |
| 5 | Cleaning of the fresco has revealed considerable use of gold and lapis lazuli pigment , as well as a pair of blue cherubim , heightened with white in a technique similar to contemporary coloured drawings . |
| 6 | The small reedy pools nearby used to have a population of mallard , teal and black-headed gulls in summer as well as a pair of red-throated divers , but the hoodies have spoiled all that . |
| 7 | They had also sent knitted comforts to Eileen , and Anne had made a balaclava helmet for herself which she wore in bed as well as a pair of her father 's socks and a cardigan over her pyjamas . |
| 8 | Room two has a very real salty tang of the sea with a range of nautical themes including three-dimensional sculptural work including a superb leaping Dolphin in gypsums and acrylic by Harry Spensley as well as a pair of porcelain ducks by Shirley Hetherington . |
| 9 | ‘ As well as a £50,000 signing-on fee he wanted two cars and a nanny for his kids , plus his contract money . |
| 10 | If you would like to nominate yourself , or another , as a ‘ Man of Principles ’ then you could receive a £20 voucher — you might even win a complete Principles Menswear Wardrobe worth £1,000 , as well as a £1,000 donation to a cause of your choice . |
| 11 | ‘ Well if it eats half as well as a salmon , I shall be 'appy , ’ grinned Lofty , subtly reminding the others that it was he who had found the fish . |
| 12 | It was performed by the combined bands , drums and fifes , and some two hundred and fifty soldiers from thirty infantry regiments as well as a corps de ballet whose dances were arranged by Lucia Cormani . |
| 13 | The ‘ ideal ’ 100% inversion , where all data items are keys and therefore all items are contained in an index as well as a data record , will be very inefficient in many respects . |
| 14 | Well it is to a certain extent it 's a bit of a typing pool as well as a sales office but in |
| 15 | It stands on the site of Wedgwood 's first factory , and has a statue of him over the porch , as well as a series of elaborate reliefs and friezes . |
| 16 | Certain common variables are being developed , and it is expected that a joint publication reviewing pay since 1970 will be produced , as well as a series of publications relating to the various dimensions separately . |
| 17 | As well as a series of seminars , we have already published a comprehensive range of support materials designed for staff at all levels ( see page 4 for further details ) . |
| 18 | These include establishing contact with MPs , leading academics , employers ' groups and trade unions , as well as a media relations campaign . |
| 19 | The administration and the external political and administrative establishment may see participation as a political end in itself , as well as a means to building coalitions for the political good of their establishment . |
| 20 | As well as a means of ensuring that interoperability and compatibility between different vendors ' Tuxedo-based products , USL wants the club to clearly identify these products by stamping them with the Tuxedo brand . |
| 21 | However , as well as a means to drive volume sales , the deal is an obvious way for Sun to back into Microsoft Corp Windows NT . |
| 22 | In itself , the horse was both an arm and a sign of social distinction , as well as a means of transport . |
| 23 | Russian had indeed become more widely known ; it served as the language of administration and internationality communication , as well as a means of education and career advancement . |
| 24 | Grouping children was an organizational device as much as a teaching approach , a way of maximizing the opportunities for productive teacher-child interaction as well as a means of encouraging cooperation among the children and flexibility in curriculum . |
| 25 | As well as a means of publicising information this is a document of some importance administratively , since without it the register would be cluttered , to a greater extent than it is , with files of moribund companies abandoned by their members . |
| 26 | It is important also to remember that a post or pension given to a member could be a reward for past services as well as a means of securing future ones . |
| 27 | I laughed and set spurs to my horse and thundered through the convent gates as fast as a deer . |
| 28 | The fish fought as hard as a 10lb summer pike and I was quite staggered to lift aboard a barracuda of about 2lb . |