Example sentences of "[noun pl] [modal v] [verb] as [art] " in BNC.

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1 Moreover , simultaneous oesophageal pressure peaks may occur as a normal phenomenon when swallows are taken in rapid succession , due to the phenomenon of deglutitive inhibition .
2 A detailed review of all the standard forms of building contract available is not possible here , but a brief description of the most common forms may serve as a guide .
3 Now those critics have been joined by what entrenched IRFU committeemen may regard as the Enemy Within .
4 Erm how do people sort of beco when you become a member of a group , usually in some way the group changes you as you go through different stages of it , your values may change as a result of interacting with people in the group and th this process of erm somebody 's come up with how it is that you start off in a group , how it is that you become an active member of a group , how it is you may even become involved in the maintenance of the group and the leadership of it and then you sort of die away and that 's the y'know retire from the group .
5 A firm which is not a tied firm and which provides investment services in respect of packaged products must act as an independent adviser in respect of those products .
6 Bilingual children offer opportunities to explore language in a novel context , and a study of the different ways in which different languages convey and produce meanings should feature as an element of teachers ' schemes of work , wherever this is practicable .
7 Ian Taylor speculates that tree clumps may act as a respiratory system , drawing up earth energies and releasing them through the clump 's composite aura , as well as performing the same function with subtle celestial stimuli .
8 According to our data , non-deglutitive repetitive simultaneous pressure waves may occur as a normal oesophageal motor pattern .
9 Savings may rise as a precaution against the worst happening in the future ; or they may fall , since the future real value of savings can not be guaranteed .
10 Secondly , any changes that come to the primary schools must come as a result of changes at the secondary level .
11 The first believes that perfect competition is a useful paradigm that policymakers should take as a guide ; this is the liberalising , deregulating , competition-promoting wing of the profession .
12 But he warned there were potential risks and pitfalls because the new working methods could come as a culture shock .
13 Crop yields would fall as a result of shorter growing periods , and reduced solar radiation due to heavier cloud cover .
14 It is naive to assume that the existence of city technology colleges or grant maintained schools will act as a stimulus to the rest .
15 Mr Bill Nicol , whom many readers will know as a former Chairman of SCOTVEC , chairs the new Committee .
16 Think too about drainage from paved areas at the bottom flight ; in wet weather the steps can act as a small waterfall .
17 Stewart was a versatile artist ; painting was his lifelong passion and his pictures can serve as a guide to his career .
18 However , capital movements may result as a by-product of companies transferring technology and know-how .
19 Although sequencing errors may occur as a result of either left or right sided lesions ( Kim , Royer , Bonstelle and Boller , 1980 ) it is generally held that left hemisphere damage more frequently leads to impairment .
20 The comparison of the philosophy of competition policy in the three jurisdictions should serve as a warning against ignoring completely the ‘ public-interest ’ dimension .
21 From notes of the meeting and subsequent correspondence it is clear that Jacques was unequivocal in his view that the LEA evening institutes could develop as the ‘ natural home for adult education activity ’ and he wished the District 's Chapter III courses to be accommodated wherever appropriate within the LEA 's existing institutions .
22 Ingham ( 1974 ) maintains that this was the case in Sweden where strong , centralised employers ' associations could develop as a consequence of the domination of a narrow and specialised export market by a small number of large-scale employers who had interests in common .
23 Sonnet 108 challenges abruptly all the founts of invention : The answer is predictable , inevitable , right : Those four lines could stand as a motto for the whole sequence , with there reworking from a fresh direction of the desire to celebrate the other from which Shakespeare started .
24 Last week Frankfurt finalised the WOMBAT negotiations with Albania and Mongolia , and their currencies were absorbed into the Global Numismatic Unit ( GNU ) , so named because one specimen was ‘ minted ’ ( made in metallic hard-copy form ) into what our grandmothers used to know as a ‘ coin ’ .
25 Additionally , the rate of payment must not exceed that which an individual in similar personal circumstances would receive as a grant from a public awarding body .
26 THE parliament of Lithuania yesterday followed eastern Europe in abandoning the political supremacy of the Communist Party in favour of a multi-party system in what conservative Russian Communists will see as a brazen act of defiance .
27 Checklists can serve as a useful indicator of the extent to which human factors and ergonomic principles have been taken into account in a particular situation .
28 Thus , for a profession-orientated list server , messages may act as a record of the change in theory and practice and as such deserve good records management and perhaps long term retention .
29 Polyps or papillomatous lesions may develop as a result of pronounced local proliferation .
30 The two compartments should behave as a single , functional unit , with the underlying transducer element achieving an extended analyte response through the selective analyte recognition capability of the ‘ value added ’ biolayer .
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