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Example sentences of "[adj] and as a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1	Ignoring the bargaining strengths of both parties , there is no clear reason why a vendor should be willing to agree to this and as a matter of practice should establish the order of priority of satisfaction of liabilities within the terms and conditions of the sale agreement .
2	They had forgotten to tell the rest of my body about this and as a result I slumped out of Armstrong , hitting the road with my right shoulder , having just remembered in time not to break my fall with my hand .
3	Research has invariably failed to recognize this and as a consequence failed to approach its task in an explicitly neutral and scientific way , i.e. to account for the nature and incidence of particular forms of adult/child interactions and their consequences .
4	They will be put under the strain of doing jobs for which they are unsuited and as a result will either leave after a short time , have the humiliation of being told they are unsuitable , or cause difficulties for other staff who have to rely on them or cooperate with them .
5	One of the areas that shows the first signs of body ageing is the upper arms — they can become thick and flabby and as a result shapeless .
6	But much more detailed and as a result not only of about twelve days ' training which we 've undertaken in that area with the management team , or various of them , but also of our experience over the last eighteen months in operating it .
7	The report from the college was favourable and as a consequence two warships were fitted with the apparatus that Priestley devised .
8	The company was fined 2,000 and as a result of that conviction and the Health and Safety Executive 's ( HSE ) recommendations additional safety precautions were introduced on the assembly line which were not , however , extended to the testing process at the Newton Aycliffe plant .
9	The weather had been appalling and as a result the whole family had caught colds .
10	Glycollic acid could be a precursor for the petrochemical feedstock , ethylene glycol but it is also a useful chemical in its own right , serving as a descalent and as a mordant in the dyeing industry .
11	Since gaining independence within the Commonwealth ( as an " independent sovereign state " from 1963 and as a republic from 1967 ) , Uganda has been ruled by regimes dominated first by Milton Obote ( 1962-71 ) and then by Idi Amin ( 1971-79 ) ; Obote was re-elected as President in 1980 in the aftermath of the Tanzanian backed overthrow of Amin the previous year , but was himself overthrown in 1985 .
12	We do claim credit for having detected this anger and for having spent a year in working to set up a public meeting at which Thornaby people could express it , but even there we were careful to be non-party political and as a result of that meeting , with the support of Thornaby people and the town 's MP Tim Devlin , we are now carrying the campaign to the proper quarter .
13	The 70th was raised in Surrey in 1756 and as a result it was the junior of the two regiments .
14	When I replaced him he was quite stressed and as a result a week later became ill and had a fungal growth on him .
15	I am terribly shy and as a result , very lonely .
16	The flowing blood was the symbol and proof that life had been taken in payment for the sins of the guilty and as a substitute for his own guilt-stained life .
17	Many manufacturers felt the production of cars was becoming costly and as a result the sport dwindled slightly in Europe but after the Americans introduced the famous Indianapolis 500 in 1911 , interest picked up again on the continent .
18	The Empress miscarried in April 1853 and as a consequence remained extremely unwell for months .
19	During the last year Enterprise Training paid special attention to becoming more cost effective and as a result , investment has been made in equipment , staff development , and the premises .
20	The UN High Commissioner for Refugees , Sadako Ogata , stated that she was " deeply disturbed " by the decision , which was denounced by US human rights groups as racist and as a violation of national and international law .
21	's father was a warder in the old Royal Scottish Museum from 1932 to 1952 and as a boy remembers being a frequent visitor to Chambers Street .
22	I have appended a small article in the hope that you will find it useful and as a measure of my support for ‘ Observations ’ and I hope it does well .
23	Gordon lives in Rutherglen , is married and as a hobby , is a keen yachtsman .
24	MARK DIGNAM was one of England 's foremost actors , both as a juvenile and as a character actor , ready to tackle anything going , from cameo to leading roles , an expert in the classics , above all Shakespeare , and a keen student of modern drama .
25	DDT was followed by other organo-chlorides , including aldrin , isodrin , entrin , and dieldrin , which was widely used in Britain as a sheep-dip and as a seed dressing .
26	What other reasons might account for this urban rural wage differential , just generally higher er standard of living er just cost , just prices er yeah , the cost the cost of living may well be higher and as a result employers have to pay higher wages ,
27	The Moslem President of Bosnia-Hercevgovina , Alija Izetbegovic , protested at the holding of the meeting which he saw as unrepresentative and as a move to split Moslems in the republic , and on Aug. 16 he announced that a referendum would be held on the future of Bosnia-Hercegovina at a date to be determined by Bosnia 's parliament .
28	The Act occasioned a considerable debate about the needs of the disabled and as a result much publicity was given to their cause and many of their problems received greater critical attention .
29	Martin can then liaise CFS General Manager Tony Gauci on the overhaul programme in general and as a customer .
30	His father , who sat in nine Parliaments for Dorset or Weymouth , was prominent as an opponent of the court in the 1620s and as a Royalist in the civil war .