Example sentences of "[vb infin] to [noun sg] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | The proposal does not refer to sponsorship as such , but it does state , in convoluted Euro-language , that ‘ a ban should therefore be imposed on such indirect forms of advertising which while not actually mentioning the tobacco product , use trade marks , emblems , symbols or other distinctive elements associated with tobacco products … |
| 2 | And feeling does n't refer to emotion as such . |
| 3 | Belching cows , paddy fields , melting permafrost , leaking natural gas pipelines — all can contribute to methane as greenhouse gas . |
| 4 | Little wonder then that those who seek peace ( that is the absence of violence ) between nations as well as within them should look to law as a means of regulating and reducing the international use of force . |
| 5 | Two flowers which do not readily spring to mind as candidates for cutting , but which make excellent displays , are Sisyrinchium striatum and paeonies . |
| 6 | Perhaps it was inevitable that when the Auditing Practices Board was set up in 1991 in the ashes of the old Auditing Practices Committee , Mr Morrison 's name should spring to mind as its first chairman . |
| 7 | They can not exist to society as a whole ’ . |
| 8 | They decided that they should go to work as no more news could be expected yet and Maureen hurried first to see Sarah . |
| 9 | Although CREB can bind to DNA as a homodimer CREB is a member of the ‘ bZIP ’ class of transcription factors ( 23 , 24 , 25 ) and can heterodimerise with other bZIP proteins ( 26 , 27 ) . |
| 10 | They do not come to school as empty vessels . |
| 11 | Did you turn to music as an avenue for writing , or were you driven by musical instincts ? |
| 12 | It might be suggested that the employed women make up a particular group with respect to housework attitudes : women who are dissatisfied with housework may turn to employment as a palliative . |
| 13 | Although character and aesthetic ideals differentiated Williamson from post-war society more radically than the large majority of the participants in the conflict , an analysis of his work helps to explain why other idealists and embittered individuals at all levels of the movement should turn to fascism as a solution to the problems of British society in the inter-war years . |