Example sentences of "[noun] [modal v] [verb] as [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Preparasitic development from egg to L3 is typically strongyloid , though earthworms may intervene as transport hosts . |
| 2 | More narrowly , but still at a high level of generality , some variables may function as identity markers for whole status groups or for larger regions than merely an inner-city community . |
| 3 | If so the draftsman should consider giving one of the parties ( usually the landlord ) the right to choose whether the person to be appointed to determine the new rent should act as expert or arbitrator . |
| 4 | Here was a storeroom of statuary of deceased Sagramosos , exiled at the accession of a new Lord , though not condemned to be crushed to dust — their sheer enduring weight might act as anchor to the multi-thousand year dynasty . |
| 5 | The President would serve as commander of the armed forces and chair of a newly established Council on National Defence and Security . |
| 6 | It is likely that the availability of digital cartographic data will increase as demand from users of GIS becomes greater . |
| 7 | It is proposed that the successful applicant will serve as foundation Director of a Centre for Japanese Economic Studies within the School of Economic and Financial Studies . |
| 8 | The applicant will work as part of a small group , studying the structure of the nuclear envelope and the dynamics of its assembly during cell division . |
| 9 | This ‘ withdrawal ’ — which can be explained as a collective , dignified attempt not to have any truck with the enterprise except on one 's own terms — which an outsider can describe as apathy or schizoid withdrawal — has far-reaching political consequences . |
| 10 | Demirel had previously pledged to remove President Özal from power , but on Oct. 24 , possibly influenced by the narrowness of his party 's victory over the ANAP , he declared that Özal might continue as President — an office to which he had been elected for a seven-year term in October 1989 . |
| 11 | What the workers might think is a lively practical joke , management may regard as disruption or sabotage ; what workers might see as an intensification of their labour , management may regard as an improvement in flexibility , and so forth . |
| 12 | Lineker became incensed when Taylor went public , not only questioning whether Lineker should remain as captain , but whether his form justified a place in the side — even though he was maintaining his phenomenal strike rate . |
| 13 | According to Bede , Eorcenberht ( 640–64 ) ruled the kingdom ‘ most nobly ’ ( HE III , 8 ) and his son and successor , Ecgberht ( 664–73 ) , afforded a secure base from which Theodore could embark as archbishop of Canterbury on his work of ecclesiastical reorganization . |
| 14 | Previously only a member firm of The Stock Exchange could act as sponsor . |
| 15 | On rare occasions a parent would act as chaperone . |
| 16 | Since the beginning of this year Mr Chatichai Choonhavan 's coalition government has been agonising over whether General Chaovalit Yongchaiyudh will resign as commander-in-chief of Thailand 's armed forces . |
| 17 | Leakages of saving , taxation , and imports will fall as income declines until once again total leakages equal total injections . |
| 18 | Mrs Catherine Eaton said : ‘ I would hope Frank Field can stay as MP . |
| 19 | There we claimed that if nothing in your experience could count as evidence that you were not a brain in a vat , your belief that you are not a brain in a vat can not be called justified . |
| 20 | So sulphur oxides emitted from English power stations may fall as acid rain in Norway and emissions from Poland and Holland may contribute to the haze seen on fine summer days inn England . |
| 21 | Hewlett-Packard Co Precision Architecture RISC and Sun Microsystems Inc Sparc versions may follow as part of Apple 's Cat in the Hat project ( CI No 2,090 ) . |
| 22 | It is here too that the husband should act as priest within his own household , as the example and nurturer of his wife and children . |
| 23 | Quite how a man who could not bear to hurt a living thing after seeing the damage his childhood air-rifle did to a starling could serve as defence secretary is something of an enigma . |
| 24 | However , Brownie Helper 's husband would act as chauffeur , so not being able to think of more excludes , I duly arrived at the appointed hour , to find a welcoming party of six little girls , all anxious to fetch and carry equipment . |
| 25 | Mr D. Wilson will act as co-ordinator . |
| 26 | Lloyd George is out of the running for some time and I suppose Herbert Samuel will act as leader in the House of Commons . |
| 27 | Income elasticity of demand for any product will change as income per head rises , but when income per head is currently at a certain level , income elasticity of demand for a product can be estimated from the statistical analysis . |
| 28 | A weakly verifiable statement is not itself strongly verifiable , but is confirmable or disconfirmable by appeal to other statements which are conclusively verifiable ; that is , strongly verifiable statements can count as evidence for or against it . |
| 29 | Sales promotions embrace a variety of techniques that organisations can use as part of their total marketing effort . |
| 30 | Elimination : problems may manifest as constipation , fluid retention , congested skin , catarrh . |