Example sentences of "[adv] [vb base] as [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Inside , a slippery walk soon leads to a stream flowing across the line of approach : this , followed to the left , vanishes under a wall of rock , but a few paces upstream bring as a reward a vision of beauty . |
| 2 | Moreover , the higher taxes that are an inevitable counterpart of more government services not only act as a disincentive to saving and investment , but also " overload " the economy and crowd out opportunities for economic growth at the same time as the opening up of export markets and the defence of the home market is made ever more difficult by the inevitable inflation . |
| 3 | To possess someone in the mind is to be saved from a brutal repudiation in reality , and instead to love the ethereal , which can neither disappoint nor satisfy , but only act as a goad . |
| 4 | A dog — or better still — a gaggle of geese not only act as a deterrent to a prowler , but also provide an excellent ‘ alarm ’ . |
| 5 | Therefore its ‘ laws ’ of regulation and equilibrium only emerge as the result of a myriad of private actions , the results of which can not be foreseen . |
| 6 | In so tar as a class dominates social relations it dominates the production of ideology . |
| 7 | In the same field lies 1 Geminorum , not much use as a comparison for Eta because it is too faint ( 4.1 ) . |
| 8 | If he 's a skilled boardroom apparatchik , they say he 's not much cop as a coach . |
| 9 | This was greeted with shock and outrage by an Italian public which , although it goes to church in ever smaller numbers , would like to see the outward signs of the Church 's existence march on unchanged , and recoils at the prospect of a sacred building housing something so profane as a fashion house , for example . |
| 10 | CBP100 may correspond to ICR and thereby function as a repressor of the cAMP response in UF9 cells . |
| 11 | On the other hand , linguists no longer cling as a matter of faith to the notion of linguistic equality . |
| 12 | And while Monika has been told unofficially that she is no longer welcome as a teacher of religious studies at St Thomas More School , Bedford , Father O' Neill continues to enjoy the protection of the church as a practising priest . |
| 13 | The localised states thus act as an electron reservoir , keeping the effective density of mobile electrons constant over ranges of V that have widths proportional to the number of states in the mobility gap . |
| 14 | Statistically these deaths largely occur as a result of the inhalation of vomit and alcoholic poisoning , and it therefore seems somewhat bizarre for the police to be in charge of those suffering in such a way . |
| 15 | The politicking between the ruwatu is kept at a relatively low-key level , for they rarely meet as a group . |
| 16 | Such consensus was originally explained as the product of a distinct personality which members of the police either possessed before coming to the force or quickly develop as a result of the job ( for a survey of the literature on this see Adlam 1981 ) . |
| 17 | My flesh is boundless ’ - hardly qualify as a testament to a ‘ major force of personality ’ . |
| 18 | The Discount houses usually act as a conduit in such transactions ( see Chapter 9 on more detail relating to these operations ) . |
| 19 | They usually act as the employer 's agent , and therefore have a dual function ; as well as giving the contractor instructions , the certifier administers the contract . |
| 20 | The Ten Commandments nonetheless stand as the expression of God 's holy Law and of the purity and goodness he demands . |
| 21 | My mind , once sound as a bell , became muddled and confused . |
| 22 | I still keep as a bookmark my ticket for the 1989 Revolution Day parade in Red Square . |
| 23 | I wanted to be a winner when I played football and I still do as a manager . ’ |
| 24 | Now , although I have great respect for er , the representative of the Osteoporosis Society I se , I still think as a epidemiologist that there have n't been enough women on H R T for long enough |
| 25 | They still serve as a yardstick against which to measure each individual school . |
| 26 | The great Italian poet Leopardi had this to say : ‘ Works of genius have this intrinsic property that even when they give a perfect likeness of the nullity of things , even when they clearly demonstrate and make us feel the inevitable unhappiness of life , even when they express the most terrible despair , nevertheless … they always serve as a consolation , rekindling enthusiasm , and though speaking of and portraying nothing but death , restore to it , at least for a while , the life that it had lost . ’ |
| 27 | As we have seen , old St Paul 's had been in a very poor state of repair even before 1640 , and had suffered further damage as a result of the events of the 1640s before being fatally weakened by the Great Fire . |
| 28 | The children probably appear as a source from which to develop new relationships and the immediate perception is to translate this experience into scholastic terms . |
| 29 | The second is ‘ Welcome the Asian Games ’ , the international event scheduled long ago for September 1990 which the authorities both welcome as an opportunity to demonstrate normality and fear as a possible platform for dissident protest . |
| 30 | They also function as a focus for the generation of collective values and a group identity which is considered desirable given the fragmented and impermanent nature of pupil attendance . |