Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [verb] as [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If one is to present a credible case for investment planning as a progressive development one has to consider the problems raised by the choice of criteria of operation for a national investment bank . |
| 2 | My arguments concerning the broad possibilities and constraints given by the present structure of capitalist property are not supposed to have the status of a ready-made political programme , and in discussing the possibilities for investment planning as a fruitful avenue for socialist argument I make no pretence to have identified the means of conversion of ‘ social reason into social force ’ ( to use Marx 's formula ) . |
| 3 | ( Abel Matutes , the EC Commissioner for Latin America , noted that access arrangements in respect of Andean Pact countries were " temporary and exceptional " to help eradicate drug trafficking , but agreed that the Central American countries should be compensated for losses incurred as the result of the concessions , particularly as regards coffee . ) |
| 4 | The houses of the great in England had for centuries served as the model for the aspiring middle classes . |
| 5 | Next time you watch a wildlife film , look out for animals feeding as a result of other animal 's activities . |
| 6 | Reserve team versus Coventry last Wednesday postponed — Tinkler and Weatherall comebacks after injury/illness delayed as a result . |
| 7 | AFTER a familiar Eighties-style de-tox saga , Hiatt returned after years spent as the nearly-man with this scary , hilarious and durable collection . |
| 8 | The appeal for a day of prayer for peace came as the conflict in Bosnia-Herzegovina grows worse and threatens to spread into other areas of the Balkans and beyond . |
| 9 | Now , instead of the bands gradually spreading to fill the gaps , there is a particular voltage at which the gaps are suddenly filled ( a type of change known as a ‘ crisis ’ ) . |
| 10 | Its face has a strange convoluted patch of skin known as a nose-leaf , which contains heat-sensitive areas . |
| 11 | The viticultural zone occupies that part of Champagne known as the falaises or Champagne cliffs . |
| 12 | This led into a couple of summers acting as a professional lifesaver during summer vacations from Sheffield University . |
| 13 | In several ways this loss of hope acts as a self-fulfilling prophecy . |
| 14 | I would alternate from extremes of hope to despair as every way I tried to win Grant back failed . |
| 15 | The client concerned undertook training with the British School of Motoring at a cost of £1,000 to qualify as an approved driving instructor immediately prior to commencing to trade as such . |
| 16 | If more than one attempt was required to guess the correct letter then the character is emboldened and the number of attempts shown as a subscript . |
| 17 | Those at the receiving end of policies made as a result of corporate arrangements — the policy-takers rather than the policy-makers — have often been forced to bear the costs of those arrangements . |
| 18 | Until recently , the prohibitive cost of hydrogen acted as a powerful deterrent . |
| 19 | As would be expected , the amount of damage increased as the number of vehicles using the tracks increased but the greatest reduction in vegetation cover was caused by initial vehicle runs . |
| 20 | Many of them also nurtured hopes that a new commercial sector would offset what their flights of fancy saw as the ‘ bolshie ’ bias of the BBC . |
| 21 | This book is not designed to engage with exposition of doctrine though it will inevitably point to its importance ; rather it attempts a mode of appreciation of these texts to help readers , whether or not they have prior knowledge of the subject , to respond to them as literary witnesses to a life of faith understood as a game . |
| 22 | Like the ‘ language ’ of narrative , the ‘ language ’ of literature serves as a source of stereotypes and models which provide ready-made explanations and prevent people from analysing the specificity of the world around them . |
| 23 | By 1676 it was part of the main Oxford to Coventry road and of course remains as a major trunk road today . |
| 24 | Since 1966 it has operated a set of rules known as the ‘ stabilizer ’ which has regulated the behaviour of tour operators and travel agents in the inclusive tour industry . |
| 25 | The cock-of-the-rock belongs to a group of birds known as the cotingas , closely related to the manakins . |
| 26 | Another was that , while Recommendations 7 and 8 had proposed higher payments to tutors , the Report had seen 75% of teaching costs as the maximum grant available , leaving the prospect of a widening gap to be filled from voluntary sources — 25% of a salary of ( say ) £700 being greater than 25% of one of £600 . |
| 27 | As in an Indian raga , a particular sequence of notes serves as the basis for variations that could continue to infinity ; eventually , however , it returns to its theme . |
| 28 | The ninth Central American summit was held in the Costa Rican town of Puntarenas on Dec. 15-17 , attended by the Presidents of Guatemala , Honduras , Nicaragua , El Salvador and Costa Rica , with the President of Panama attending as an observer . |
| 29 | Thus , for each census ward for which a 1981 population total exists , it is possible to determine the number of pixels classified as a certain land-cover type . |
| 30 | Representing a more traditional form of British cinema , John Schlesinger 's Madame Sousatzka ( Virgin ) has a stand-out performance by Shirley MacLaine and a keen eye for varied London locations , while A Time Of Destiny ( Vestron ) is a baroque romantic melodrama from Gregory Nava ( El Norte ) , which despite the miscasting of William Hurt as a Basque immigrant 's son seemed to me to have been unfairly downgraded . |