Example sentences of "[noun] [noun sg] as [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Interfax news agency quoted Russia 's defence ministry as confirming an air strike on ‘ military targets ’ in Sukhumi . |
| 2 | These two pleas took the place of the forgery plea as justifying the conclusion that the building society 's charge was ‘ void ’ and that Mr. Steed was ‘ entitled to an order for rectification . ’ |
| 3 | Yet I do not read the speeches in the Hoffmann-La Roche case as conferring a privilege on the Crown in law enforcement proceedings . |
| 4 | A spokesman for Wolters Kluwer has described the Liber deal as offering a springboard for further acquisitions in Norway , Denmark and Finland . |
| 5 | Dr. Berry said of his new appointment : ‘ I see the Westlakes research Institute as providing a tremendous opportunity for extending scientific and technological knowledge . |
| 6 | He appeared to conceive the Commonwealth as a tighter union than was envisaged by the Slav republics , and the purpose of the Alma Ata meeting as negotiating the new structure rather than formally including new members , as its original founders had appeared to suggest . |
| 7 | Before the Second World War ethnic Japanese were barred from applying for US citizenship ; in the months following Pearl Harbour 110,000 people were described in a State Department report as comprising a ‘ generally suspect ethnic group ’ and forcibly relocated from west coast communities to internment camps in the remote deserts of California , Arizona and Colorado , where most remained until the closing months of the war . |
| 8 | The sponsors of the trust proposal see the new Ayr hospital as providing an excellent opportunity for further enhancing the quality of services provided in south Ayrshire . |
| 9 | John Steel Lewes was buried in the desert and is listed on the El Alamein memorial as having no known grave . |
| 10 | The limited ‘ defence ’ of mistake about the girl 's age , available to young men under 24 , was explained above , and the reason for creating such a limited ‘ defence ’ is that in general it has been held that the crime does not require any fault element as regards the girl 's age . |
| 11 | The court continued by making some observations , undoubtedly obiter , about the powers of the Serious Fraud Office as regarded the person under investigation himself . |
| 12 | Sangster is more than willing to offer his lottery expertise and experience to the government , who may still be inclined to accept his suggestions , even though he was quoted during the Election campaign as believing a Labour win would be better for racing . |
| 13 | In such a case A has de facto conferred the opportunity on C through the instrumentality of B. Any other conclusion would , it seems to me , leave open so wide an escape route as to frustrate the purposes of the section . |
| 14 | Although they registered their disapproval at the MPs ' vote with the Government , the council group leader , Richard Lyle , said : ‘ Alex Salmond has the clear backing of the Motherwell SNP council group as does the SNP parliamentary group . |
| 15 | If we know that the discount rate on a 91 -day 100 TB is 10 per cent , then we can calculate the Issue price as implying a discount of 2.49 . |
| 16 | Third , Vaubel [ 1988 ] defines a free intercirculation union as involving the free movement of member countries ' currencies throughout the union . |
| 17 | She described the Maastricht Treaty as striking the " necessary balance " between the conflicting interests of the 12 EC members . |
| 18 | Or that on their first-ever real takeoff during base checks at Prestwick , most pilots have as much difficulty keeping at 1,500 feet circuit height as does a low-hour student in a Cessna 152 ? |
| 19 | All these restrictions , whether carrying a right to compensation or not , are imposed in the public interest , and the essence of the compensation problem as regards the imposition of restrictions appears to be this — at what point does the public interest become such that a private individual ought to be compelled on to comply , at his own cost , with a restriction or requirement designed to secure that public interest ? |
| 20 | We have a way of talking , and thus a way of thinking , about thoughts as if they were sentences in the head ; and it is worth noting that Fodor ( for example in Psychosemantics ) regards folk psychology as providing a rough but reliable account of mental life and behaviour . |
| 21 | This stress on the events of the gospel history as making a difference , as a revelation of new light from God , was not an easy concept for the Gentile world to assimilate . |
| 22 | … The problem is whether in the present case , which arises out of the use by the defendant of a motor car on a public highway , the circumstances produced such a relationship between the defendant and the infant plaintiff as to impose a duty on the defendant in relation to the plaintiff . |
| 23 | A few terraced streets alongside a mill evoked as much community loyalty as did an ancient village . |
| 24 | While there was such a difference in the length of time it took to acquire qualifications , many working class youngsters who had achieved good grades in the sixth form tended to view a course in teacher training as marking the limit of their ambitions . |
| 25 | Further privileges are granted to those lexicographers identified in the group table as leading the group . |
| 26 | Many people regard job satisfaction as getting the formula right . |
| 27 | Recall ( see p. 157 ) that I characterized the DOE procedure as collapsing the two stages of the orthodox , acquired distinctiveness design . |
| 28 | If one person performed all these tasks then they were defined by the Tavistock group as having a ‘ composite work role ’ . |
| 29 | Pavarotti 's manager , Herbert Breslin , was quoted by New Yorker magazine as saying the singer would leave opera in a year or two . |
| 30 | In 1985 , the United States delegation made similar remarks to those at the earlier Special Commission , but the United Kingdom expert offered a much fuller statement of the position as it had emerged in the Westinghouse and Asbestos Insurance Coverage cases ; but he still identified the Article 23 Reservation in the United Kingdom version as meeting the case . |