Example sentences of "[vb base] as a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Added to this is the perpetual insecurity reserve police suffer as a result of the management 's control over the renewal of their contract : and sergeants are not averse to using this as a threat in parades .
2 However , the ‘ Eroica ’ is a far more complex beast , which I would argue is almost mortally wounded by such problems — harmonic progression , tempo control , articulation and rhythmic definition etc. ( the very life blood of this particular work ) all suffer as a result .
3 For example , under the Land Compensation Act 1973 property owners are entitled to compensation for depreciation in the value of their land caused by such things as noise , vibration , smells , and fumes , resulting from public works , The underlying reasoning is that since the public is presumed to benefit greatly from the building of a motorway ( for example ) , private citizens who suffer as a result of its construction should not have to bear their loss for the sake of that wider public interest .
4 What is theoretically and politically interesting and puzzling is not that it has been defended by the powerful and the better-off sections of the community but that it has been so widely accepted by those who suffer as a result of its continuance .
5 These may be provoked by the lowered self esteem that many suffer as a result of teasing and criticism by peers , parents , and teachers .
6 The problem drinker in our society can be defined as any person who experiences social , psychological or physical problems as a consequence of his or her own repeated drinking , and services should not only be aimed at the individuals themselves but also at family members who suffer as a result of someone else 's drinking .
7 As we will see in Chapter 9 , one way in which the organisation of the mental lexicon is being investigated is by studying the kinds of language disorders which adults suffer as a result of certain kinds of brain damage .
8 Let us pray for all who suffer as a result of war :
9 Yes , the life span of a junior international is a short one and it seems that it 's the back ends of rinks which suffer as a result .
10 To ignore this would ‘ demonstrate a lack of regard for the people who suffer as a result ’ , he said
11 Inside , a slippery walk soon leads to a stream flowing across the line of approach : this , followed to the left , vanishes under a wall of rock , but a few paces upstream bring as a reward a vision of beauty .
12 Any firm decisions on holding early elections to a new legislature ( the Seimas ) were blocked in June by the political split which had repeatedly left the current legislature , the Supreme Council , inquorate as a result of boycotts .
13 Equally , with the use of appropriate figures , it would show that CDs become more liquid , the nearer they get to maturity , i.e. the nearer to maturity they get , the smaller is the loss or gain as a result of changes in prevailing yields .
14 Shearer , who was transferred to Blackburn Rovers last season , told the court he was paid seven hundred pounds cash as a reward for winning three games in a row .
15 The two central , baggy-suited dancers , Lynne Bristow and William Trevitt , either mirror each others ' movements ( the old man perhaps communing with his diary ) or else dance as a couple ( the man reliving past relationships ) .
16 It is found along with fossils of planktonic organisms and it is possible to explain the change in growth between coil and trumpet as a change that happened when the larval shell settled on the bottom .
17 He viewed the establishment of mutual recognition and trust as a prerequisite for the future prosperity of the region and was largely responsible for its realisation with the creation of the non-Islamic Republic of Indonesia .
18 In a way , black sportsmen in Britain are responding to what they perceive as a challenge .
19 But as a general principle the right of animals to be animals , to live in their space on God 's good earth , is a moral principle I commend as a rule of thumb .
20 The theory which I commend as a guide to the fruitful development of international law in the control of force may be called ‘ ethical ’ or perhaps ‘ functional positivism ’ .
21 On appeal to the Court of Criminal Appeal his conviction was quashed on the ground that the finding of guilt by the justices supported a plea of autrefois convict as a bar to his trial on indictment .
22 In general terms , developmentalists take the view that it should be possible to examine the ways in which infants and young children interact with the physical world and with other people and to determine how they change as a result .
23 Staff need , however , to strike a delicate balance between giving optimistic support and encouragement on the one hand and accepting on the other that some individuals do not wish to , or can not , change as a result of disability and may need to be helped , therefore , to cope with permanent social impairments and distressing symptoms .
24 Though parts were altered in the seventeenth century , the Tudor Great Hall , entrance court and river façade remain as a tribute to Cardinal Wolsey 's foresight and taste .
25 Iosif 's tomb in The Kremlin Wall may be hard to find , but the camps remain as a headstone in perpetuity to his memory .
26 I need to grow and change and develop as a person in my own terms .
27 Such consensus was originally explained as the product of a distinct personality which members of the police either possessed before coming to the force or quickly develop as a result of the job ( for a survey of the literature on this see Adlam 1981 ) .
28 We grow and develop as a result of those interactions .
29 The adventure stones which last longest and date least are , I believe , those in which the hero at least , and perhaps other characters as well , develop as a result of the challenges offered to them .
30 Yeah , course I mean as a bat er pitched a bat on this is a beau a beauty but are there are rough spots which you 've helping the slow left arm , or help any spinner .
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