Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] as the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( ii ) It then becomes rather palatable to describe f as the function given by unc or again as the function given by af = b , for all a ε A. |
| 2 | But I think that sex can be a fleeting thing and sometimes I believe that if it is that alone as the basis of a relationship , then all the finer and better qualities are thrown out of the window . |
| 3 | Arms flick to and fro as the Winter Fairy and the Stars of Ashton 's Cinderella give the illusion of twinkling lights in the frosty air . |
| 4 | She had risen at dawn each day , when the sky was still apricot-coloured and swum naked and alone as the sun rose . |
| 5 | In biblical language , God makes himself known always and only as the Lord who lays his claim upon us ; in that of Kierkegaard , he is the Subject who can never be reduced to an object , but is always the One who challenges us across the gulf of the ‘ infinite qualitative difference ’ , and so awakens in us the ‘ infinite passion ’ of faith . |
| 6 | The first is the world of terror and death ; the second is referred to by Hitlerites from Germany and elsewhere as the world of barbarians . |
| 7 | Thousands of lovestruck fans would willingly take her place in Home and Away as the girl who wins Craig McLachlan 's heart . |
| 8 | Librarians must also carefully plan their initial selection decisions to make sure they take place before there is any danger of books being reported out of print ( although the chances of a book going out of print in the six months immediately following publication are often exaggerated — this happens rarely , and usually as the result of a miscalculation by the publisher ) . |
| 9 | The normal form never has one IF directly as the argument of another . |
| 10 | This attractive black and white mammal has widespread human appeal and has become a symbol for conservation efforts both within China and internationally as the symbol of The World Wide Fund for Nature ( WWF ) . |
| 11 | She was not a scholar but a queen , to be trained for the needs of diplomacy , and also as the centrepiece of a Renaissance court ; and she was certainly skilled in the courtly arts , music and dancing . |
| 12 | While other workers have published careful studies showing modest , often transitory , benefits of training for IQ , Heber 's projects stood as a beacon of hope for dramatic and lasting benefits , and also as the defence against those who say that IQ has proved disappointingly hard to budge . |
| 13 | Material culture studies derive their importance from this continual simultaneity between the artefact as the form of natural materials whose nature we continually experience through practices , and also as the form through which we continually experience the very particular nature or our cultural order . |
| 14 | They saw the union as being primarily concerned with keeping up levels of men 's pay and hence as the sphere and responsibility of men . |
| 15 | Paco Rabanne has had two lives in his present incarnation — that of the revolutionary 60s dress designer , and then as the name behind one of the world 's most successful men 's fragrances . |
| 16 | The late meal was eaten in comparative silence , and then as the clock on the mantelshelf struck ten o'clock Carrie slipped on her coat . |
| 17 | She spends much of the opera in disguise , first as a ‘ doctor ’ who ‘ revives ’ the Albanians ( who have pretended to kill themselves when rejected ) by means of an enormous magnet ( thanks to Dr Mesmer ) , and then as the notary who is to perform the marriage ceremony . |
| 18 | ( The key is referred to as the Enter key as it is used to enter a command , and sometimes as the Return key in word-processing because of its similarity with the typewriter carriage return lever . ) |
| 19 | Again and again as the nation prepared to cross the River Jordan and enter the Promised Land , Moses solemnly charged them : ‘ Remember ! ’ |
| 20 | Do you remember when as a child you would stand transfixed , gazing up at the grandfather clock , with your little heart beating faster and faster as the minute hand slowly crept up to the hour when suddenly , with magical ringing chimes it burst into life . |
| 21 | Old age rarely seems to be regarded by a writer as interesting in itself : it is relevant above all as an influence on a young , new life , and never as the culmination of a lifetime . |
| 22 | With the rise of the fascist menace , the bourgeois educational system was no longer perceived as the site of idealistic mystification , but rather as the site of a political struggle ; a political struggle in which the vast majority of the teaching profession , committed to the idea of cultural enlightenment , were refusing to be silenced , gagged by a bourgeois state progressively more dominated by fascist ideas at a time of deepening political crisis . |
| 23 | In the meanwhile , we may perhaps see here a reflection of a decline of noble and , possibly , of literary influence on the place accorded to the battle in war , in which it was no longer regarded as the great opportunity for individual acts of courage , but more as the culmination of a military process whose aim was the achievement of a particular political goal . |
| 24 | This should not only be expected to happen as a natural consequence of ‘ the Church 's active , sympathetic presence within the world of communications ’ ( ibid. ) , but also as the result of a precise commitment on the part of communicators . |
| 25 | Now before we move further I 'd like to take this opportunity of expressing on your behalf our thanks to Hugh here for the service that he 's rendered our church to this point in time but particularly as the convenor of the Board of World Mission and Unity . |
| 26 | Civilization is most commonly defined not as greater efficiency in crop-growing and manufacture , but precisely as the preservation of distance from these activities . |