Example sentences of "[vb -s] as an [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The neck joint is similar to Ibanez and Heartfield 's ‘ all access ’ variety which does away with the usual bulky metal plate and offers as an alternative four recessed bolts and a sloping , shaped heel , which really does feel good under the hand . |
| 2 | ‘ Business seemed like an attractive idea and I wanted to learn about finance first , ’ he offers as an explanation . |
| 3 | Mr Tapie is by no means a doctrinaire socialist and sits as an independent in the National Assembly . |
| 4 | In securing huge government land grants as an inducement to build , the railways became the prime engine of migration , transporting the migrants , acting as land agents , supplying their machinery , building materials , and seed , and later shipping ( a word which developed land-bound connotations ) their produce . |
| 5 | Where the plaintiff sues as an assignee the action shall be commenced only in a court in which the assignor might , under the above rule , have commenced the action but for the assignment ( Ord 4 , r 2(2) ) . |
| 6 | [ For loan guarantees as an issue in the ongoing peace process see pp. 38787 ; 38452 and previous months . ] |
| 7 | ‘ I do n't deny him the right to use whatever symbols he wants as an artist , but as a friend I was disappointed that he knew how inflammatory that would be to a Madness audience . |
| 8 | if if the stories of are to be believed , and who would doubt him , is that the kind of person that wants as an ambassador in Europe ? |
| 9 | The main part of the eye , the retina , is an outgrowth from the brain , whereas the lens develops as an invagination from an overlying sheet of cells . |
| 10 | The image of Tess , vulnerable and innocent despite the shoulderpads , develops as an antidote to scheming female sophistication . |
| 11 | It is important that as Christians we conceive of the corporation as a community which has as an objective more than just profit maximisation . |
| 12 | A word which has as an element either a past participle or a present participle , eg airborne , weatherbeaten , self-taught . |
| 13 | That play has as an epigraph a Christian equivalent of the escape through ‘ Shantih ’ from the cycles of creation : ‘ Hence the soul can not be possessed of the divine union , until it has divested itself of the love of created beings . ’ |
| 14 | Straddling the azure magnificence of San Francisco Bay , the Golden Gate Bridge stands as an icon to the sun-loving , glossy sophistication of West Coast civilisation . |
| 15 | If the foundation of the UGC stands as an attempt to relate narrowly-based civil institutions to the concerns of public policy and national agency , the proposals contained in the Newbolt Report represent an attempt to provide for English a similar link with national policy . |
| 16 | Nevertheless , his Memoir stands as an indictment of the apprentice era . |
| 17 | ‘ An out-party sometimes forgets that the power it exercises as an opposition is to some extent in the hands of journalists ’ ; the more supportive the press is of the opposition party , the more pressure it can bring on the party in power . |
| 18 | ‘ If he has any , ’ he adds as an afterthought . |
| 19 | This not only involves a mutual understanding of the common-sense notions in everyday life about what counts as an excuse , it requires that constables put themselves in the position of the offender to test whether they would have done the same . |
| 20 | If you can get them to absorb your material at all , that counts as an achievement . |
| 21 | That means it er , formatted to fixed two decimals , and er , that counts as an entry as far as memory is concerned . |
| 22 | Er , and that counts as an entry , as far as memory is concerned . |
| 23 | A dress that does n't fit , no matter how cheap it was , counts as an extravagance . |
| 24 | She does n't sound too keen on him , though I do n't know if she counts as an enemy for our purposes . |
| 25 | That is quite different from the responsibility each of us accepts as an individual . |
| 26 | Robert Cripps is a director of Cohere Limited , which holds as an investment 1,963,528 shares in Velcro — or 65%/ of the share capital . |
| 27 | Emphasis is also being placed on the effectiveness of the fleece covers as an insect barrier to keep off pests such as carrot fly , whitefly and cabbage butterflies so avoiding the frequent and extensive damage that can otherwise only be prevented by using pesticides . |
| 28 | This is something that Adrian Bromley proudly quotes as an archetype of the group 's customer-driven ethic . |
| 29 | Consider finally how even the man of knowledge , when he compels his spirit to knowledge which is counter to the inclination of his spirit and frequently also to the desires of his heart — by saying No , that is , when he would like to affirm , love , worship — disposes as an artist in and transfigurer of cruelty ; in all taking things seriously and thoroughly indeed there is already a violation , a desire to hurt the fundamental will of the spirit , which ceaselessly strives for appearance and the superficial — in all desire to know there is already a drop of cruelty . |
| 30 | If a person criticizes the criminal justice system and uses as an example the handling of his case , are his opinions to be considered opinions ‘ regarding such crime ’ ? ’ |