Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] as a [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Round ‘ chutes have all but disappeared , except for supply drops and emergencies in the big world outside bearland , so it is only natural that the popular Parafoil should emerge as a fauna canopy . |
| 2 | If you are considering leaving a company pension scheme , this could be one of the questions you should ask as a means of comparing the value of a personal pension against your existing scheme . |
| 3 | Thus Moore 's methodology points inevitably to his main ethical conclusion , which is that nothing , or at least very little , is to any great degree good except for cases of personal affection and the enjoyment of beautiful objects and that everything in life which does not come under these heads has barely any value apart from whatever it may have as a means of promoting these great goods . |
| 4 | But , as we saw in Chapter 5 , genetic evolution too may proceed as a series of brief spurts between stable plateaux . |
| 5 | The corpus would appear as a series of pages interrupted periodically by a heading and extensive bibliographic information wherever a new item in the corpus began . |
| 6 | For those who have yet to take the plunge I hope the following will act as a series of checkpoints that you can apply to your own , unique situation . |
| 7 | Office work creates its own demands and its own routine , which area officers and senior staff can exploit as a means of assessing field staff 's competence and industry . |
| 8 | ‘ ONE of the outstanding books of this 20 years , ’ wrote Sean O'Faolain in his review of Angus Wilson 's first collection of stories , The Wrong Set , on its appearance in 1949 : He is a satirist with a lyrical touch ; trenchant , ruthless , often very funny , sometimes very frightening ; and he can write as a duck can swim . |