Example sentences of "[verb] [det] [adv] as a " in BNC.
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| 1 | To a large extent , Bolinger 's division between those adjectives that qualify referents and those that qualify sense is presented as if it were a classification of adjectives as word types , that is , as one might find them categorized in the dictionary , thereby giving an impression that Bolinger might regard this almost as a lexical division , similar to that dividing adjectives that can qualify animates from the rest . |
| 2 | Now you know , wi with lots of experts in this field and so we 're we only simply put that forward as a , a general suggestion whether it should be one-third from them and two- thirds from the pension funds , you know , I do n't think is a matter of great importance to us , but we do think that the should perhaps be a bit spread , spread a bit more widely than just into the pension funds . |
| 3 | Haney and Ullmer ( 1970 ) note that the modern American generation will have viewed , on average , 15,000 hours of television , attended 500 motion pictures and spent approximately 11,000 hours in class by the end of their school careers , and put this forward as a reason for using television and film very much more in the classroom . |
| 4 | Weber admits that a common market situation may provide a basis for collective class action but he sees this only as a possibility . |
| 5 | I state this only as a general and not as an invariable premise because of the possibility of cases in which the court would not authorise treatment of a distressing nature which offered only a small hope of preserving life . |
| 6 | As it had never been proposed in the first place , her children could read this only as a piece of unadmitted defensiveness about having ignored them in the past . |
| 7 | Ecologists studied the natural environment , but often saw this only as a means of helping the human race to manage its interference more effectively . |
| 8 | Use these only as a last resort , since it is better to stop moisture getting into the walls in the first place . |
| 9 | I offer this merely as a piece of information . |
| 10 | Of course , Simak was not putting this forward as a serious theory . |
| 11 | I have never been able to subscribe to the extreme schools of thought which see this either as a sin or as an act of brave defiance . |