Example sentences of "[verb] as [verb] [to-vb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The two rivals ' remarks came as attempts to negotiate a truce in the bitter struggle between parliament and Mr Yeltsin 's executive seemed close to collapse . |
| 2 | Recommendation 18 , meanwhile , with its suggestion of a committee to advise on grant priorities , was seen as threatening to introduce a dangerous element of state supervision over what students ought to study . |
| 3 | The second Activity is concerned with tailoring the method to suit the particular circumstances , and the FAOR package introduces the concept of instruments , each representing a pre-packaged set of tools , techniques and application principles which can be used as required to address a situation from a desired viewpoint . |
| 4 | On Oct. 22 , the President had promulgated an order banning individual MPs from defecting to other parties — a move interpreted as designed to hamper a post-election attempt by Bhutto to form a coalition government . |
| 5 | The dual purpose of the book was identified as attempting to present a view of landscape and processes in terms relevant to the student of human geography by indicating the ways in which socioeconomic and physical systems interlock and interact , and also by showing how far knowledge of the physical world and its processes is compatible with the ideas of systems theory to demonstrate areas in which research might profitably be concentrated . |