Example sentences of "[adj] is [adv] [verb] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | Moreover , Hume famously insisted , there is a prima facie gap between any assertion as to what is the case and any assertion as to what ought to be done , and this is best understood as the gap between reason 's detection of how things are and passion 's emotional response to their being so . |
| 2 | But when many people die from known carcinogenic work-conditions or their employer 's refusal to put right unsafe equipment , machinery , or buildings , this is normally seen as a ‘ disaster ’ , even though their deaths were easily avoidable . |
| 3 | It is , however , possible to operate a single transferable vote system within a single-member constituency ; this is normally described as the ‘ alternative voting ’ system . |
| 4 | This is otherwise known as a fiduciary relationship . |
| 5 | Moreover — and this is generally regarded as the decisive argument — the greater will be the number among them who will be eliminated and make their votes available for transfer . |
| 6 | This is generally interpreted as a band for overnight money rates . |
| 7 | This is widely understood as a call to arms to defend the movement against a takeover by Mr Klaus . |
| 8 | This is widely recognised as one of the more remarkable achievements of Lubavitch . |
| 9 | This is also known as soil banking and involves the addition of microorganisms , nutrients , bulking agents , and/or contaminants to soil , with subsequent biodegradation occurring in the surface soil . |
| 10 | This is also known as the holistic approach . |
| 11 | This is also known as SERPS , short for the State Earnings-Related Pension Scheme . |
| 12 | This is also known as the purposive approach , since the courts are looking at the purpose for which the Act was passed . |
| 13 | This is also known as negative carry or negative funding . |
| 14 | This is also known as the citric acid cycle or Krebs cycle . |
| 15 | This is also known as the molal freezing-point depression constant or simply the freezing-point constant . |
| 16 | This is also known as a SWOT analysis . |
| 17 | This is clearly seen as a way of encouraging parental involvement in the reintegration of the pupil into school life . |
| 18 | This is sometimes done as part of Sunday worship , or , more frequently , in mid-week fellowship . |
| 19 | This is sometimes regarded as old fashioned thinking , unfortunately , and it 's a shame , for although clothes do n't actually make you perform better a good comfortable appearance does give the panel a chance to see how you see yourself and how your body uses clothes . |
| 20 | This is sometimes interpreted as insubordination , crime , madness , immaturity , or ignorance ; sometimes as a sign that the speaker is foreign — and sometimes as creativity ! |
| 21 | This is sometimes quoted as a contradiction of the central dogma , but that is a misunderstanding . |
| 22 | This is sometimes described as the reverse Rotterdam–Antwerp effect . |
| 23 | This is sometimes known as an asymmetrical display . |
| 24 | This is sometimes known as a personnel specification and is an essential part of pre-interview preparation . |
| 25 | This is sometimes known as a Monte Carlo simulation , due to the original gambling application of this approach . |
| 26 | This is sometimes used as a complement to the organ in accompanying Early , Renaissance , Tudor and Baroque music . |
| 27 | This is sometimes used as a dipping condiment as well as a seasoning . |
| 28 | Statistically this is often expressed as an increase in casework or in the number of ‘ repeat ’ clients whose problem entails a second or third visit to the bureau to bring it to a satisfactory conclusion . |
| 29 | This is often expressed as the fact that relations must not contain repeating groups . |
| 30 | Sir Thomas drank a lot of coffee , and as this is often given as an enema in atropine poisoning cases , it might have led to his being sick , perhaps even delayed the onset of symptoms . |