Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] as a guide " in BNC.
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| 1 | The relationship of settlements to cemeteries can be considered using the results of large-scale excavations as a control , and the actual distances between such features may act as a guide even when a relationship can not be directly inferred . |
| 2 | The first believes that perfect competition is a useful paradigm that policymakers should take as a guide ; this is the liberalising , deregulating , competition-promoting wing of the profession . |
| 3 | A detailed review of all the standard forms of building contract available is not possible here , but a brief description of the most common forms may serve as a guide . |
| 4 | These figures only hold accurately for large files — 100 or more tracks in extent — although they will act as a guide even for very small files . |
| 5 | Office of Innovation facilitators can act as a guide for those involved with innovation . |
| 6 | Stewart was a versatile artist ; painting was his lifelong passion and his pictures can serve as a guide to his career . |
| 7 | Indeed the headings of budget estimates can serve as a guide to the content of both sections of the supporting statement . |
| 8 | They can serve as a guide to what was agreed , and we now need to work on the detail . |
| 9 | There is literally nothing of an official nature which can serve as a guide to possible fluctuations in the intervening years . |