Example sentences of "[vb -s] as the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some theorists regard the discipline it imposes as the only truly effective constraint on managerial discretion and therefore consider its operation to be crucial to the efficiency of the private enterprise economy . |
| 2 | Among such are haemoglobin , derivatives of chlorophyll , anthoxanthins , anthocyanins , riboflavin ( which accumulates as the greenish-yellow " entomo-urochrome " of the Malpighian tubules ) and purines . |
| 3 | Foucault works from exactly the same tradition in the philosophy and history of science as Althusser : like him he utilizes Bachelard 's concept of differentiated histories , which still stands as the major alternative , epistemic or otherwise , to historicism . |
| 4 | Penal Policy in a Changing Society stands as the high watermark of what later became known as the treatment model . |
| 5 | Calypso is a specifically Trinidadian musical form , but just as later Jamaican reggae stands as the archetypal Black music , so in this period does calypso . |
| 6 | The tournament starts on Monday and world No 2 Graf starts as the logical favourite to win following Seles 's withdrawal . |
| 7 | As rivals in the individual stakes , though , McColgan starts as the leading British challenger and is strongly fancied to stop American Lynn Jennings claiming a third successive title . |
| 8 | It is noticeable that in all 3 cases presented in Table 8.2 , the share price declines as the required rate of return increases . |
| 9 | No one would suggest that he rivals Sobers as the greatest of all-rounders , for , although he has taken more wickets , his batting has been much less consistent and his Test average is some twenty-three points lower than Sobers ' . |
| 10 | It counts as the 20th Ecumenical Council . |
| 11 | Which of these levels counts as the fourth floor ? |
| 12 | The meeting counts as the third round in the Ulster championship and will in fact be a two day affair for it begins on Friday night at 7.00pm . |
| 13 | ‘ Nor should the transexual be confused with the transvestite who simply dresses as the opposite sex . |
| 14 | It clearly ranks as the first written literature of any consequence . |
| 15 | It should be noted that the Netherlands continues to become more important as an outlet for Scottish manufactured goods and now ranks as the fourth largest market having overtaken Italy . |
| 16 | These rules were modified by reform Judaism in modern times and , to a lesser extent , by conservative Judaism , but remain in full force for the orthodox , the group that predominates as the only legitimate expression of Judaism in the present State of Israel . |
| 17 | His plan for Bearwood ( Fig. 21 ) , executed in 1865–74 for John Walter , chief proprietor of The Times , and included in The Gentleman 's House , is an expression of what Mark Girouard describes as the Victorian ‘ genius for analysis and definition ’ , a genius which led them to classify everything from insects through households to societies . |
| 18 | IN OUR SECOND disturbing dispatch [ Apocalypse Now — Now , page 110 ] , novelist Christopher Hope reports from suburban Johannesburg , which he describes as the wall-building capital of the world . |
| 19 | With much-ballyhoo , Scottish Mutual has announced the introduction , from December 1 , of what it describes as the first ‘ risk-graded ’ Personal Equity Plan . |
| 20 | The RUC moved in and triggered what Farrell describes as the worst rioting since 1935 . |
| 21 | Then , against the advice of all , he embarks upon a final desperate attempt , which he later describes as the worst mistake he ever made . |
| 22 | He believes that under these conditions of choice , which he describes as the original position , there is only one set of principles which can be rationally chosen to govern a society enjoying favourable social and economic conditions . |
| 23 | A distinguished psychosomatic physician , Dr A. Cameron Macdonald , documented his own findings on what he describes as the water-retention syndrome . |
| 24 | So far , he has been encouraged by what he describes as the responsible way councils have handled the introduction of the new tax . |
| 25 | There will be no hasty purchases , as Tony is determined to keep a focus on the chain 's niche market , which he describes as the top end of the traditional ale market . |
| 26 | That is what will happen when we get what the hon. Gentleman describes as the raw data . |
| 27 | At first the hedges were no more than double rows of seedlings protected by a rail on one side or both , but after twenty years the thorns had grown high enough to be cut and laid , a practice which William Marshall describes as the latest improvement in his Rural Economy of the Midland Counties in 1790 . |
| 28 | The Centre intends as the final project in this programme to conduct one or more surveys of salient work organisation characteristics in order to secure comparative data on the extent of variation in work organisation both within and between sectors . |
| 29 | On the subject of telephone links as the supporting network for the dissemination of these messages , records managers must also be aware that we are entering ( some are already in ) an even more demanding environment where the raw data of a communication , without the man-readable ‘ envelope ’ will be routinely sent down telephone lines to form the record of an activity . |
| 30 | The Board gave FGD costs as the increased cost of generating electricity at particular stations and not as that delivered to the consumer in electricity prices . |