Example sentences of "[v-ing] [noun] as a " in BNC.
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| 1 | These two techniques are primarily intended for use in table searching in main storage , and are only incidentally usable for direct files ; it is worth noting that they are intended to eliminate the order-preserving properties of division , while using division as a convenient randomizing algorithm . |
| 2 | The research will examine the adoption of new technology within a local labour market using Sheffield as a case study . |
| 3 | The study will examine various organisational forms of collaboration using aerospace as a case study . |
| 4 | ‘ But it 's a younger generation — the Yuppies , the Sloane Rangers , the rich whizzkids , women my age — who are seeing fur as a status symbol again . |
| 5 | At the regional level , by relating material to demographic and socio-economic statistics and deriving projections as a guide to strategic forward planning . |
| 6 | The spark that arises between Vronsky and Anna proves not only damaging to Karenin ( Anna 's husband ) but also to the young Kitty Shcherbatsky , who seeing Vronsky as a possible suitor , was in love with him . |
| 7 | In a letter of that autumn Eliot confessed to using Arnold as a scarecrow — apparently lifeless , but having under his arm a real gun to be fired against the old guard . |
| 8 | Now the consequences of seeing prayer as a hallway and as a telephone are momentous . |
| 9 | However , one problem with using recognition as a method of assessing memory is that although it gives good overall measures of performance it does not make it clear exactly which details of a stimulus were remembered . |
| 10 | Using research as a basis , the Barnes and Maple monograph analyses the importance of sex stereotypes in the development and maintenance of mental illness . |
| 11 | In addition , some bacteria and all green plants have evolved ways of using light as a source of energy . |
| 12 | That was great and started a whole year of being in America for me , which was seeing David as a major star and also for myself , experiencing life as it should be as a major star , with your cars and people looking after you and the record company being polite to you rather than treating you like shit and not working . |
| 13 | Using animals as a substitute for humans is a far from straightforward business . |
| 14 | Canada and Australia account for about another 10 per cent , producing cobalt as a by-product of nickel . |
| 15 | It was advice Erika took seriously , distancing herself from Fritz as much as possible and adroitly using Rosa as a shield so that Fritz was forever baulked in his obscure desires . |
| 16 | None of the belligerents intended to fight what was called the second world war , they all entered into conflict , they all began er a rearmament programme with the idea of using violence as a means to secure lesser objectives . |
| 17 | Sigmund Sternberg , as chairman of the International Council of Christians and Jews , considers that : Many recent religious revivals experienced in particular by Jewish , Christian and Muslim communities … have assumed frightening forms of intolerance , exclusiveness , racism and fanaticism as well as nationalism , using religion as a weapon in defence of particular causes . |
| 18 | ‘ And since Sydney she 's been in Wellington , gaining experience as a programme manager . ’ |
| 19 | Outspokenly supporting the unification of Ireland , he was nevertheless unequivocal in condemning violence as a means to this end , and was held in great affection by his congregation . |
| 20 | Its name means ‘ valley ’ and it was found in the eastern uplands , gaining recognition as a breed in 1880 and opening a herdbook in 1909 . |
| 21 | Hillary became obsessed with climbing mountains as a young lad in his native New Zealand and would go to extraordinary physical lengths to pursue his hobby . |
| 22 | Patients should be disabused of any notion they may have developed of the possibility of becoming invalids as a result of the heart attack . |
| 23 | The percentages are measures of the number of households acquiring CDs as a proportion of the total households in the different territories . |
| 24 | In the silence there was a gentle , tearing sound as a grazing cow moved nearer . |
| 25 | According to Stephen Auditaire of the Fremont , California-based X Business Group , corporations are adopting X as a component of their PC integration strategy — and that wo n't necessarily affect X-terminal business , as PCs are normally used only for occasional access to corporate databases , not the constant heavy graphical use more suited to X-terminals . |
| 26 | Part of hir was afraid Jahsaxa was planning on more than just keeping hir as a highclass whore . |
| 27 | Despite these issues , the clinical model appears to be gaining ground as a basis for structures to support RMI . |
| 28 | Although GL is gaining ground as a de facto standard it does not support PEX , the Phigs extensions which allow developers to write distributed , three-dimensional graphics applications for X-Windows : ‘ because PHIGS is years behind the marketplace , ’ insists SGI . |
| 29 | He urged on his superiors in Madras the advantages of accepting this offer and on the East India Company the desirability of acquiring Penang as a commercial centre . |
| 30 | After half a minute , however , the tenderness still engulfing her compelled her to move closer , the satin softness of her curls slithering across his skin as she touched him gently with her lips , touch becoming kiss as a wave of simple love for him washed through her . |