Example sentences of "[noun] by [verb] as [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gerry : Unions could have a role in organizing workers with specific oppressions by acting as a buffer between groups and management ; providing a wider political context tor organizing in ; and for providing liaison , information and support . |
| 2 | He extended the family fortunes by marrying a Welsh heiress , and built up a considerable personal wealth by acting as a mortgage broker to less fortunate or less thrifty members of the gentry . |
| 3 | How could he possibly think such a thing about her — that she would not only take drugs herself , but that she 'd willingly put him in horrific danger by acting as a kind of double agent ? |
| 4 | He also believes his gas sensor could play a key role in improving home safety by acting as a fire detector . |
| 5 | These people supply the expert knowledge which is lacking , and save the librarian embarrassment by acting as a shield between the disposing library and the purchaser . |
| 6 | It seems likely that the stigma can improve the aerodynamic efficiency of the wing by acting as a passive , inertial regulator of its pitch angle , thus raising the speed limits operative both in active flight and in gliding ( Norberg , 1972 ) . |
| 7 | She had the feeling that this morning 's events would have been faithfully reported by Marie and she sincerely hoped that the girl did not add to her earnings by serving as a waitress here . |
| 8 | In patients with TIH , the main circulating mediator is PTHrP. , In breast cancer , PTHrP may also contribute to the ability of metastases to grow in bone by acting as a local mediator . |
| 9 | So the citizen could only flourish as a person by acting as a part or member of the whole , the community . |
| 10 | If you can afford one , a good plugger can benefit both the artist and the radio station by acting as a fixer for guest appearances , or providing news and creative ideas ; but like everything , some pluggers are better than others , and radio producers usually prefer to exercise their own musical judgement and not to pander to pluggers ' suggestions . |
| 11 | Painting represented the choice of an arduous intellectual profession and Angelica Kauffman boldly inserts her self as the intellectual artist making a moral choice by using as the model for her self portrayal one of the key themes used to demonstrate masculine dedication and virtue , ‘ Hercules Choosing between Virtue and Vice ’ . |
| 12 | And yet this creature who so violates the natural order and traditional gender divisions by dressing as a man also does things better than a man : ‘ I should draw first and prove the quicker man ’ , she says ( iv . |
| 13 | Wirgman influenced the development of Western-style painting in Japan by serving as the first foreign teacher to artists painting in the Western style . |
| 14 | Meanwhile he neglected his classics by engaging as a Liberal campaigner in the elections of 1923 and 1924 . |
| 15 | These regularly include at least one actor standing in a position intermediary between the dramatic characters proper and the audience by acting as a narrator or declaiming a prologue . |
| 16 | A disabled man has made aviation history by qualifying as a glider pilot instructor . |
| 17 | This is because the skin responds to sunlight by thickening as a protection , and this leads to blocked follicles , beginning the spot-cycle all over again . |
| 18 | Certainly suspect committee members had attempted to go abroad , but the real reason was probably that the committee had served its purpose by acting as a bait to attract foreign relief organizations ( the ARA drew up an agreement on 20 August ) . |
| 19 | The song , properly known as the ‘ Song of the Western Men ’ , was not sung on the road : it was not written until two centuries later , by the eccentric Parson Hawker of Morwenstow , ( in the intervals between scaring his parishioners by dressing as a mermaid and singing on the seashore ) . |
| 20 | Consultants can get round this problem by acting as a neutral third party . |
| 21 | As his land was not fertile enough to support his family , he supplemented his income by operating as a carrier , conveying small quantities of goods by pack animal to and from neighbouring villages . |
| 22 | Returning to London , Crawford supplemented his income by working as a waiter at Lyons ' Corner House , in Westminster , showing his athleticism by taking responsibility for a whole floor , a task normally given to four waiters . |
| 23 | Simon Preston 's DG Archiv version with the English Concert remains preferable , but Robert King evens the balance by providing as an extra the first period performance of Handel 's Royal Fireworks Music to use the full complement of instruments that Handel demanded . |
| 24 | A TWO-WOMAN firm based in east London believes it has found a niche in the staff recruitment market by acting as a broker between companies and recruitment agencies . |
| 25 | At the next elections to the Council , Wylie continued his protest by standing as a Protestant Unionist and he was elected . |