Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] as [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Deng was reported to have been particularly incensed by an attack on the country 's five special economic zones ( SEZs ) , widely regarded as showcases for the reformist line . |
| 2 | The frustration of what she could only identify as love for him , plus the fact that she 'd given herself to him so completely , mixed with her suspicion that he was still using her in some way to further his own undisclosed purposes , had engendered a turmoil of emotions within her , among which , she was ashamed and horrified to realise , lurked a certain impulse to exercise violence on his person . |
| 3 | Computers are not only employed as tools for use within organizations . |
| 4 | Subsidies would be far better utilised as rewards for environmentally friendly farming methods or for protecting the countryside . |
| 5 | The label 's ‘ Shostakovich Film Festival ’ ( ) is music from The Gadfly , Five Days and Five Nights , Hamlet — and , more dubiously , the Tahiti Trot ( which Shostakovich simply orchestrated for a wager after hearing a gramophone record of it — there 's no evidence he ever saw the son , better known as Tea for Two , performed on film or intended that his own version of it should be ) , and the First Piano Concerto ( some of the themes of which were recycled for a Soviet cartoon in 1933 ! ) . |
| 6 | ‘ The waste and desert appearance is partly caused by the vast extent of the common lands belonging to the towns and villages , the system of management of which is ruinous in the extreme , and the finest districts , capable of enriching the proprietors and the country at large , are abandoned to , and only serve as pasture for goats , sheep or a few asses . ’ |
| 7 | That , however , is to ignore the reality of Arab politics , where governments are unrepresentative of popular will , and many have long functioned as clients for Western interests in the region . |
| 8 | As a result of the publicity given to these events , it was decided that the Treasury Solicitor would no longer act as solicitor for the Tribunal . |
| 9 | The normal background in a growth cabinet would be a combination of the light blue of the luncheon boxes normally used as containers for the plants and the reflecting ‘ Mylar ’ foil covering the walls . |
| 10 | Thus , in an early essay , she writes : ‘ I affirm that the intentionality of biblical faith … is neither to create nor to perpetuate patriarchy but rather to function as salvation for both women and men . ’ |
| 11 | A decision by a single judge on assize in 1865 is still regarded as authority for this proposition , but there is surely little justification for this today . |
| 12 | So the problem was to come up with the right kind of songs which would still act as vehicles for the guitar — because , basically , the song itself is the most important thing . |
| 13 | In particular , Gloucester apparently acquiesced in the Woodville attack on Clarence in 1477/8 , the very issue which is usually seen as grounds for their animosity . ’ ) |
| 14 | In particular , Gloucester apparently acquiesced in the Woodville attack on Clarence in 1477/8 , the very issue which is usually seen as grounds for their animosity . ’ ) |
| 15 | It is still used as offices for Holderness Borough Council . |
| 16 | Mr Richter was so smitten by Mr Cliburn 's talent , and so bored by the competition ( 1958 was the last time he ever served as judge for anything ) , that he decided to give the talented American pianist the top score of 25 for everything and all the other contestants a zero for everything . |
| 17 | There are , of course , instances in other areas of the law where such opinion is ignored , and where one searches in vain for a reasoned articulation of justification based on sound policy , but they usually serve as food for the argument that in so doing the law becomes an ass . |
| 18 | Other women in the narrative may not be friends , but are always constructed as rivals for male attention : ‘ She does not consider herself a beauty and this element is used to play off against the beauty of the other woman ( women ) … . ’ |
| 19 | Nuclear power and hydropower — controversial because of their adverse impacts on the environment despite the fact that they do not produce significant quantities of greenhouse gases — are also recommended as substitutes for fossil fuels . |
| 20 | We also act as coordinators for the production of the various documentation . |
| 21 | As well as acting as the government 's banker , the Bank also acts as banker for other customers , for example , overseas central banks and international organisations . |
| 22 | Quantitative material is also used as evidence for the criminal proclivities of persons with certain social characteristics . |
| 23 | Scenes from his native Iran are also used as backgrounds for further facial superimpositions . |
| 24 | He also acted as auditor for a number of major international joint ventures . |
| 25 | Castles also acted as bases for field armies which were used to extend and defend the frontier with Valois France . |
| 26 | On some occasions , a kid goat was also offered as atonement for the sins of the Hebrews . |
| 27 | But he later acted as agent for the chief minister , Robert Cecil , first Earl of Salisbury [ q.v. ] , over private bills , and supported the great contract to put government finances on a sounder footing . |
| 28 | The factions agreed on a compromise under which the Khmer Rouge delegation would initially be based in the SNC 's compound in Phnom Penh , a former government guest house which also served as quarters for some UN officials . |
| 29 | XUV radiation ( also known as EUV for ‘ extreme ultraviolet ’ ) refers to wavelengths between 9 and 10 nonometres and is virtually unexplored ; until recent year , astronomers thought that hydrogen in space would totally absorb them . |
| 30 | These estimates will be used to construct a series of co-ordinated departmental , functional and financial budgets , which will also serve as standards for cost control . |