Example sentences of "[conj] as a [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Great Barr , located to the north of the city , close to motorway links and ideal for an overnight stop or as a touring base for the motorists exploring the Big Heart of England . |
| 2 | Another , on their economic importance , shows how male fern has been used as a cure for worms or as a love philtre , how clubmosses provide homoeopathic treatments for everything from hiccups to pre-menstrual tension , and how the mosquito fern plays a vital role in rice production . |
| 3 | His brother Philip reports in the newsletter of the Lord 's Taverners that he is in ‘ remarkably good spirits , ’ a fact that will come as no surprise to those who known him either personally or as a BBC broadcaster . |
| 4 | ‘ The appeal of Caran d'Ache Neocolor II lies for me in combining the exciting possibilities of using the crayons dry as a direct drawing method , or as a painting medium , when they can be dipped into water , finely sprayed for a diffused image , or washed over with a brush — releasing a full flow of colour and texture . ’ |
| 5 | For example , separate decisions need to be taken in relation to : ( 1 ) VAT registrationwhere , if the partners of the new office are not to be the same as those carrying on business at headquarters , separate registration will be required ; ( 2 ) preparation of accountswhere if separate accounts for each office are kept , with separate accounting dates ( which is a matter to be settled between the partners and the firm 's accountants and involves no breach of professional conduct whichever decision may be taken ) , accountants ' reports will have to be produced in respect of each office ; ( 3 ) identity of the partnerswhether the new office should be run as a separate partnership or as a branch office ; ( 4 ) investment business certificatesseparate certificates will be needed if there is not an identity of partners at all a firm 's offices . |
| 6 | Working in an EPH , either as a member of staff or as a consultant analyst , can be a moving and traumatic experience , and is far removed from more typical analysis work in office and business situations . |
| 7 | You can use a Revitaliser to refresh your curls during the day or as a curl activator on those days that you do n't shampoo . |
| 8 | Much of his work was on pottery already in museum collections , or as a pottery assistant to Bushe-Fox , but at Templebrough , he was director of the excavations which had been made necessary by the extension of the large steel works at the end of the Great War . |
| 9 | The synthesiser can be used either as a melodic or as a chorus instrument . |
| 10 | The danger of not including a statement of subject to contract is that one party may subsequently argue that the heads are a binding agreement either as the main contract or as a collateral contract . |
| 11 | This is the difference between seeing growth as depicted by a statistical average on an ascending curve , or as a trend line indicating upwards motion and growth but which includes decline and ascent combined . |
| 12 | Durant and Fabb claim that Literary studies in action is a pedagogical tool which can be used either by individual students or groups of students working in isolation , or as a course book . |
| 13 | But legal proceedings are often brought for a variety of reasons : not just to obtain a favourable outcome , but also in order , for example , to obtain publicity or to force a reconsideration of a contentious decision or policy or as a bargaining tactic . |
| 14 | Where there is compatibility of pitch , the organ can be used very effectively with melodic solo instruments , or as part of an ensemble , or as a continuo instrument to fill in harmonic gaps and add weight of tone and sustaining power . |
| 15 | Available as a desktop package or as a builder kit , it 's scheduled for release this month — prices start at £20,000 for the desktop and builder software combined or £2,000 for the builder kit alone . |
| 16 | Once installed you then have the choice of running the Thesaurus as a standalone program or as a memory resident one . |
| 17 | But you , yourself could use a holding pattern , for example to await a possible weather improvement ; or as a delaying procedure when , if you continue , you will reach a point in controlled airspace before the time at which you have been cleared . |
| 18 | It is also known as the Thumb Knot and can be used to stop the ends of rope from unravelling or as a stopper knot , for example , between beads on the necklace . |
| 19 | Fruit can either be eaten whole or as a fruit salad . |
| 20 | The book may be used by individuals or as a companion text to Back to Nursing programmes . |
| 21 | Made in machine-washable 50% cotton , 50% polyester mix , it looks good worn with jeans or as a beach cover-up . |
| 22 | Gift vouchers are obtainable from the box office in units of £2.00 each — an ideal personal gift all year round , for birthdays , anniversaries , or as a staff incentive . |
| 23 | Also of interest is the ZIG Artist Sketching Pen , a fine pointed black drawing pen that may be used with the marker ranges or as a drawing instrument on its own . |
| 24 | Or as a laboratory supervisor , who was asked to go along with the manufacture of ‘ doctored ’ data so as to secure a contract deadline put it ( Vandivier 1972:22 ) : |
| 25 | Length can be obtained by simple means : as one canon ends it can continue by voices changing roles — the following voice becoming the leading one — ; and perhaps register ; the polyphony can be altered to canon by inversion , or the parts move backwards in retrograde or as a crab canon ; we can have episodes where augmentation lengthens note-values or diminution shortens them , and towards the end a ‘ stretto ’ can bring imitations at closer intervals , giving a sense of culmination . |
| 26 | This list is not intended to be exhaustive , and certainly does not include areas where your nursing qualification is used indirectly , such as working as a children 's nanny or as a sales representative for a pharmaceutical or product manufacturer . |
| 27 | Exercises can be carried out by individuals or as a class activity with the possibility of interaction between the students and teachers . |
| 28 | Advertisement means any word , letter , model , sign , placard , board , notice , device or representation , whether illuminated or not , in the nature of , and employed wholly or partly for the purposes of , advertisement , announcement or direction ( excluding any such thing employed wholly as a memorial or as a railway signal ) , and … includes any hoarding or similar structure or any balloon used , or adapted for use , for the display of advertisements … |
| 29 | Also , the increase in the number of liquid or soft stools , an important item of CDAI , may be caused either because of worsening of the intestinal disease or as a side effect of enteral nutrition . |
| 30 | Small may be beautiful — but probably only if the small farm is run as a part-time unit or as a leisure interest . |