Example sentences of "[noun] [v-ing] as a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ This controversy has been tainted by racism parading as a concern for the adolescents ’ welfare , ’ says Boudjema . |
| 2 | Pancreatic pseudocysts are localised collections of pancreatic secretions occurring as a result of pancreatic inflammation and ductal disruption . |
| 3 | Having dealt with the general principles of the UCTA it is now possible to analyse its effect in detail on various contractual relationships using as a framework the definitions and different combinations of the factors set out above in the section devoted to the basic rationale of the UCTA . |
| 4 | Article 26 of the 1983 UCP enabled banks to accept freight forwarders ' bills of lading when letters of credit required marine bills of lading if the freight forwarders ' bills of lading indicated that they were issued by a ‘ freight forwarder acting as a carrier , or the agent of a named carrier . ’ |
| 5 | Article 25 d. of the 1983 UCP provides that banks will reject a transport document issued by a freight forwarder ‘ unless it is the FIATA Combined Transport Bill of Lading approved by the International Chamber of Commerce or otherwise indicates that it is issued by a freight forwarder acting as a carrier or agent of a named carrier . ’ |
| 6 | Particles of pellets have polluted the tank , the gravel acting as a reservoir of pollution , despite the water changes . |
| 7 | The impact is often profound , with the MIS acting as a catalyst for developing a milieu in which the quantitative and qualitative aspects of approaches to systematic review can be balanced and integrated . |
| 8 | Former BDO Binder Hamlyn national managing partner Chris Swinson has finally decided to settle down after six months acting as a freelance trouble shooter and litigation expert . |
| 9 | Furthermore , should the level of perception of a toxic substance be lower than its TLV , then the odour is in effect acting as a warning to the workforce . |
| 10 | The tube was then introduced up to the sigmoid colon with the endoscope acting as a guide When the balloons were inflated with air , two 8 cm long segments were established ( Fig 1 ) ; one in the rectum ( rectal segment ) and another in the sigmoid colon ( sigmoid segment ) . |
| 11 | Although indentation testing as a measure of elastic modulus is not well known as a laboratory test method it is the basis of many hardness tests used in industry particularly for softer materials such as rubbers , where the indentation made under a standard load is large enough to be easily measurable . |
| 12 | Next time you watch a wildlife film , look out for animals feeding as a result of other animal 's activities . |
| 13 | In regard to the first , for example — that kasabat kadis did not normally enter or re-enter the medrese stream-two caveats must be entered , the first of which is that one must explicitly exclude two areas in which movement between kadiliks and medreses was not uncommon : first , the kadiliks and medreses below the level at which the hierarchy began to operate , whose holders received perhaps five , ten or fifteen akce a day ; and second , those at the top of the hierarchy , since it was not uncommon for holders of mevleviyet kadiliks to go back to medrese teaching as a form of either temporary or permanent retirement from service as a kadi or a kazasker . |
| 14 | ‘ In these circumstances it is not fair and reasonable for building societies and valuers to agree together to impose on purchasers the risk of loss arising as a result of incompetence or carelessness on the part of valuers ’ , he said . |
| 15 | Also present is the concept of aesthetic pleasure emerging as a by-product of the successful ordering of complex data . |
| 16 | Compensation is calculated to a complex formula which includes a basic award related to gross earnings and length of service and a compensatory award which seeks to meet the employee 's actual and future losses arising as a consequence of the dismissal . |
| 17 | Basic machines use the slip stitch setting as a method of knitting Fair Isle . |
| 18 | In the market , a person who can perform certain activities more efficiently may be able to take over a firm and capture the rent accruing as a result of greater efficiency . |
| 19 | Some clergymen had been approached by a journalist masquerading as a man in distress about his sexuality . |
| 20 | ‘ If a company is serious about stress then it has to address the issues raised , ’ commented , a chartered clinical psychologist working as a consultant with KPMG Peat Marwick , especially if it emerges that certain internal working practices and management are the major factors in staff stress levels . |
| 21 | The real significance of reliability is something rather different : it is the reliability of knowing that there is something to fall back on , with family support acting as a safety net if really needed . |
| 22 | Needless to say I clung equally hard to the metal cable acting as a handrail . |
| 23 | Anyway , the news was not good : the findings emphasised a resilient , informal inmate code based on anti-prison , anti-therapeutic values acting as a bulwark against the ‘ pains ’ and indignities of imprisonment . |
| 24 | Brando refused to act with him in the end and Harris found himself addressing his lines not to Brando but a packing case acting as a stand-in . |
| 25 | Look at what Geoff Mulcahy was saying earlier this year : that within electronics retailing as a whole , the big national chains were losing market share to independent , one-person operations . |
| 26 | All but the simplest PC LANs are likely to have a central computer acting as a file or database server , dedicated to looking after the data on behalf of all the desktop machines . |
| 27 | At present , company law reflects a model of a company as a creature of the shareholders acting as a body , but this does not reflect economic reality as perceived by the market . |
| 28 | At present , company law reflects a model of a company as a creature of the shareholders acting as a body , but this does not reflect economic reality as perceived by the market |
| 29 | Each has been designed with the deck acting as a strut to the top of the abutments . |
| 30 | The operations of the Chamber officials and other financial officers were now supervised by the Office of General Surveyors , a committee of the royal Council acting as a board of audit . |