Example sentences of "[v-ing] as [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this way the social and functional structure for London became a constellation of residential areas , in map form appearing as eggs in a basket , against a backcloth of open space . |
| 2 | As a child at the Legation I had met officers from the Sudan , Kenya and Somaliland , who were serving as Consuls in the border areas of Abyssinia . |
| 3 | Only the papers by R. Derby and H.J. Kleintjes on acetylenic glycols serving as surfactants in emulsion and dispersion paints which minimise the water-sensitivity of the final coatings ; the paper by P.J. Moles on zirconium derivatives as cross-linking agents ; and the papers on urethane-polymeric thickeners and ionomer dispersions by J.H. Bieleman and by W.D . |
| 4 | Bell towers were important features of most churches , serving as places of refuge , means of raising the alarm and giving notice of events . |
| 5 | These are two of the four main bases used by the 2,500 British troops serving as peacekeepers with the UN Protection Force . |
| 6 | Prince Charles is due to visit two of the four main bases used by the 2,500 British troops serving as peacekeepers with the United Nations Protection Force , arriving this morning at the Divulje barracks near Split on the Croatian coast and travelling on , weather permitting , to a camp known as The Redoubt , near Tomislavgrad in south-west Bosnia . |
| 7 | A great deal of work is done by members of local authorities by serving as representatives of their authorities on outside bodies . |
| 8 | Another obstacle to headmen serving as representatives of the principles behind the legal administration was their own participation in crime . |
| 9 | We are acting as hosts for the team during this week . |
| 10 | Little mention has been made so far of those elements of material forms which relate to each other in an ordered fashion , and which may thereby influence the manner in which they are utilized in constituting cultural patterns or acting as systems of meaning . |
| 11 | Literary texts can be seen acting as metaphors for features the skilled ( shamanistic perhaps ? ) reader of the cultural text discerns and whose significances to the larger whole are suggestively indicated . |
| 12 | Rejection of an agency relationship between the Council and the member States depends upon separating the members of the Council acting as members of the Council , from members of the Council acting as delegates of the States . |
| 13 | ( 1 ) This is an absolute disqualification of the persons mentioned from acting as members of a board for any purpose . |
| 14 | By 1305 royal clerks were acting as receivers of petitions and sorting them out among auditors or triers , crown ministers and lawyers , who were usually clerics . |
| 15 | Messrs Jordan and Stone are accused of breaching the Institute 's ethical guidelines in acting as administrators for Polly Peck in spite of an alleged ‘ continuing professional relationship ’ between Coopers & Lybrand and the company . |
| 16 | Drs David Gorst at Lancaster Royal Infirmary , Jerry Ravetz , Honorary Reader in the Lancaster Centre for Science Studies and Science Policy and Iain Chalmers , Director of the National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit at Oxford are acting as consultants to the research group . |
| 17 | Teacher placement in industry have formed the backbone of the UBI activities since the project was set up in 1977 , but formal schemes date back to the early 1960s , with LEAs such as Leicestershire acting as pioneers in the field when the Confederation of British Industry ( CBI ) first piloted the three week Introduction to Industry Scheme for teachers . |
| 18 | Whatever they were called , the duties of all these officials must have been much the same , acting as leaders of their communities , settling minor infractions and disputes , approving corporate actions of the inhabitants , especially in religious dedications , and acting generally as an essential link between government and people . |
| 19 | They can also be disqualified from acting as directors of companies in the future . |
| 20 | Similarly , since there are very few reported cases of sexual assault by women , save occasionally where they are acting as accomplices to men , few defendants would be female . |
| 21 | Dr James Swire , who had lost a daughter at Lockerbie and was the leading spokesman for the British families , told The Times that he still believed the atrocity had been carried out by the PFLP — GC , acting as mercenaries for the Iranians , although he was anxious to see the two Libyans brought to trial by any means short of force . |
| 22 | Together they designed and supervised a large number of contracts , including the Wye Valley Railway , the Guernsey Tramway , the Cardiff and Penarth Tramway , the East Worcestershire Waterworks , and Totland Bay pier , as well as acting as engineers to the West Bromwich sanitary commissioners . |
| 23 | Rejection of an agency relationship between the Council and the member States depends upon separating the members of the Council acting as members of the Council , from members of the Council acting as delegates of the States . |
| 24 | Acting as advisers to the purchaser and shall not have any liability under the heads . |
| 25 | Circumstances in which MAS may be acting as advisers in a disposal |
| 26 | 0501.2 Circumstances in which MAS may be acting as advisers in a disposal |
| 27 | Circumstances in which MAS may be acting as advisers in an acquisition |
| 28 | 0601.1 Circumstances in which MAS may be acting as advisers in an acquisition |
| 29 | While it is fair to assume that the smaller the firm the greater the degree of subcontracting , even 50 per cent of firms with 100–300 workers were acting as suppliers to larger firms . |
| 30 | Cooks also published a far-sighted brochure in 1919 Aerial Travel for Business or Pleasure and by 1921 they were acting as agents for eighteen air companies . |