Example sentences of "[adv] [vb -s] as [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 It only occurs as a result of the incorporation of these societies into capitalist systems .
2 This last might seem to be an asset if you are trying to lose weight , but in actual fact it merely acts as a mask to the body 's natural craving for food .
3 The Bank of England merely acts as a bank in terms of these accounts , with the government making the decisions as to the level of public deposits .
4 Consequently , a sea waybill that meets the requirements of a straight bill of lading under United States law not only acts as a receipt of goods but also as a transferable document of title .
5 But the caveat that was applied to affection applies even more strongly to status : it only acts as a constraint in settings where criminal activity is generally unfavourably evaluated .
6 In the meditation it is given in Latin , the Middle English version from the Primer is : This tone of penitent confidence in the grace made available through Christ dominates the longer meditation which sustains a formal devotional element that constantly acts as a buffer between the meditator and the subject of his meditation .
7 In the evening he takes classes for the village children and perhaps acts as a model for their future .
8 In cases involving the supply of goods ( which is the only case where consumer status makes a difference to the effect of a term in a standard term contract ) the definition is , of course , restricted by the third limb of the definition of " consumer " : the buyer only deals as a consumer if the goods are of a type ordinarily supplied for private use or consumption .
9 He was among the first to exploit the fact that living nerve fibres pick up and transport protein molecules like the enzyme horseradish peroxidase , whose presence is easily demonstrated and so acts as a marker .
10 Where the seller is successful in adding his additional clause , the guarantee obviously acts as an exclusion of liability .
11 That is to say , is it not the case that a religion in which the Godhead is represented as male , or central to which is a male human being , necessarily acts as an ideology which is biased against half of humanity ?
12 Poverty not only exists as a consumption experience but it is also related to labour market experience .
13 Sadly , The Lost Road only survives as a fragment , and its story line is at a rudimentary stage of evolution .
14 The real wage rate obviously rises as a result of an expansion of output over this range .
15 Although the single-section filters covered in this chapter are quite important , their treatment merely serves as an introduction to the vast subject of filters .
16 In consequence , it actually masks the true reality of power in Britain and so serves as an ideology legitimising and stabilising the system as one worthy of public support .
17 This only comes as a shock if we insist on seeing Theo in terms of sainthood .
18 As emphasized in Section 17.4 , linear stability theory does not in principle predict the type of motion that eventually occurs as a result of this growth — non-linear processes must always come into play before that stage .
19 A financial problem nevertheless persists as the Association , apart from statutory grants for special projects is entirely dependent on private generosity , and deafness has never been the most popular cause for charity .
20 This results from an increased level of the hormone progesterone in the blood , which normally occurs as the result of pregnancy , but sometimes takes place without conception .
21 In a dealer programme , an appointed dealer normally acts as a principal , purchasing SCP from the issuer for onward distribution to investors .
22 The party thus acts as a facilitator of social mobility for those from working-class or peasant origins .
23 The often mentioned ‘ crisis ’ in British broadcasting — ‘ crisis ’ , in Gouldner 's phrase , being that the system ‘ may , relatively soon , become something quite different than it has been ’ — thus acts as a backdrop for numerous contemporary analyses of broadcasting .
24 Regnal years might also appear on coins of the Roman emperors made in the provinces of the empire , while at Rome coins were frequently dated by the titles of the emperor , such as the tribunician power , which was renewed every year and thus acts as a sort of regnal year .
25 Nevertheless , such an indemnity , whether relating to third party claims based on death , personal injury or damage , still acts to shift liability for economic loss , thus acts as an exclusion clause , and should therefore be controlled under s 2(2) ( Phillips ) .
26 index or database and indicates the form in which they shall be shown ; it thus acts as an authority list for index terms and their form ;
27 New ideas : Peters no longer acts as a consultant : his only involvement with individual companies now is to study their workings as research for his books and lectures .
28 His ‘ melancholia ’ , with all its evocative associations for me , no longer exists as a diagnosis — it 's been swept away into the vast , featureless ocean of modern ‘ depression ’ .
29 This provides an assured market for the product and thus serves as a loan repayment source .
30 The 1979 and 1983 elections also witnessed an increase in the number of candidates fielded by minor parties , to whom the £150 deposit ( first set in 1918 ) no longer serves as the bar to nonserious candidates that was intended .
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