Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] as a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Groups formed as a result of a parent company , such as Matsushita Electric , spinning off its own operating divisions to form separate companies within the same field to act as suppliers , distributors and even retailers . |
| 2 | It is realistic when one considers the number of new operations developed as a consequence of medical research . |
| 3 | The schoolmaster 's appointment was at times treated as a sinecure for the vicar of Evenley , a Magdalen living . |
| 4 | The student demonstrations against corruption occurred because of illegalities exposed as a result of his high standards of probity . |
| 5 | ‘ I am taking this matter up with the DoE Roads Service as a matter of urgency , ’ said Alderman Hugh Smyth . |
| 6 | After his demobilisation from the Navy he was accepted by the railway authorities to train as a signalman . |
| 7 | The priest , highly regarded in educational circles , was transferred from his school position by church authorities to work as a curate in a country parish over the summer . |
| 8 | Pancreatic pseudocysts are localised collections of pancreatic secretions occurring as a result of pancreatic inflammation and ductal disruption . |
| 9 | If the vendor has the benefit of warranties given as a result of that eariler acquisition and they are assignable , then the purchaser could seek such an assignment . |
| 10 | Having dealt with the general principles of the UCTA it is now possible to analyse its effect in detail on various contractual relationships using as a framework the definitions and different combinations of the factors set out above in the section devoted to the basic rationale of the UCTA . |
| 11 | Spokesman Andrew Ball says it is ‘ smuggling the computer into people 's homes disguised as a CD player . ’ |
| 12 | In the North East of England the waterways developed as a network linked to the wide rivers Aire , Calder , Ouse and Trent . |
| 13 | Significant differences in teachers ' attitudes towards the collegiality and openness of SSE are associated with whether they have seen the Solihull booklet , how well they can recall it , and whether changes in schools occurred as a consequence of its use . |
| 14 | Results showed that the amount of time subjects spent reading each group of three words varied as a function of clause and sentence boundaries . |
| 15 | As we saw back in section 12.5 , the building-up of reserves counts as a deficit ( an outflow from the balance of payments account to the reserves account ) . |
| 16 | The Fascists claimed that their name derived from the fasces , bundles of rods carried as a symbol of power by victors of the Roman Empire . |
| 17 | The inquiry focussed on the deaths of four young addicts picked as a cross section of the scores who 've died in recent years . |
| 18 | Other proposals under consideration include revoking permission for peat extraction ( often operated under old " interim development orders " obtained before the current system of planning permission came into effect ) , and imposing a carbon tax on peat production ( reflecting the fact that undeveloped peat bogs act as a carbon sink ) . |
| 19 | The association between the daughter 's rejection and the mother 's disability appears to afford at least circumstantial evidence that relationships deteriorate as a consequence of the burdens of tending . |
| 20 | Former BDO Binder Hamlyn national managing partner Chris Swinson has finally decided to settle down after six months acting as a freelance trouble shooter and litigation expert . |
| 21 | The last words came as a snarl . |
| 22 | The resonant hieratic words acted as a slap in the face . |
| 23 | Franklin , USA : Porter Paints ' products have been used in the restoration of historic homes used as a command post and refuge for the wounded during the Battle of Franklin in the American Civil War . |
| 24 | They too , spoke enthusiastically about , for example , the opportunities offered by The Machine Gunners for emotional empathy with the world of the child versus the world of the adult ; the emotional pleasure pupils frequently found in empathizing with Billy 's relationship with the hawk , and the themes and topics raised by Kes ; the complex nature of the link between humans and animals offered as a theme in The Red Pony ; the thematic possibilities of the Irish location of Across the Barricades together with its handling of prejudice ; and the understanding of allegory and its special features which might be well illustrated by a reading of Animal Farm . |
| 25 | The elegant studies undertaken by Bissell et al showed that none of the individual major matrix proteins used as a culture substratum would maintain hepatocyte function as effectively as the complete EHS gel complex . |
| 26 | In addition , the effectiveness of certain other types of clause is limited by statute where one of the contracting parties deals as a consumer ; for instance , the Consumer Arbitration Agreements Act 1988 restricts the enforcement of an arbitration clause against a person who makes a contract as a consumer , unless certain conditions are fulfilled . |
| 27 | For the words to function as a death sentence , all these conditions must be fulfilled . |
| 28 | Next time you watch a wildlife film , look out for animals feeding as a result of other animal 's activities . |
| 29 | Second , nine steps to use as a guide when introducing parents to an intervention were detailed . |
| 30 | In La Route des Flandres , for example , there is ample evidence that many of the fictional sequences emerge as a result of an exploration of the properties of certain words : the inherently fertile nature of language can be shown to have generated the subsequent text , and , through the use of metaphor and metonymy , the associations of both memory and language work together in the production of the text . |