Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb -s] as [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The noise starts as a light tapping and builds up to a louder noise then stops suddenly . |
| 2 | The American and Australian national clearinghouses are dependent on librarians to feed them with information on a regular basis , and as each clearinghouse develops as a focal point for information exchange this is quite successful . |
| 3 | Vigorous exercise for 20 minutes three times a week will approximately halve your chances of coronary thrombosis , as will getting rid of your spare tyre , cooperating with treatment for your raised blood pressure , and giving up smoking — even if the experience counts as a major life stress ! |
| 4 | The University has as a major objective for the future the acquisition of the whole of the Radcliffe Infirmary site , if the Headington Strategy goes ahead , for use for university purposes . |
| 5 | One building stands as a lone design example in the middle of a prepared expensive living area . |
| 6 | First , implicature stands as a paradigmatic example of the nature and power of pragmatic explanations of linguistic phenomena . |
| 7 | But she was always adored by the British public , especially the people of Swindon , where a statue stands as a permanent memorial . |
| 8 | The voltage at the output of this switch alternates as a rectangular wave between the source level and zero , and this in turn is fed into an LC filter network consisting of inductor L1 and capacitor C2 , plus a ‘ flyback ’ diode D1 . |
| 9 | The semi-fixed search starts as a fixed search but then progresses to a more open mode . |
| 10 | The use of investment limits as a central control mechanism of multi-divisional firms is widespread . |
| 11 | Such a deceptively simple greeting acts as the perfect foil for the vast , sumptuous feast laid out between the covers : an array of images that encompasses all aspects of the extraordinary and multifaceted career of a man who achieved mastery of not one but three genres — portraiture , fashion and still life . |
| 12 | Such a deceptively simple greeting acts as the perfect foil for the vast , sumptuous feast laid out between the covers : an array of images that encompasses all aspects of the extraordinary and multifaceted career of a man who achieved mastery of not one but three genres — portraiture , fashion and still life . |
| 13 | The earlier tradition is that of Samuel Johnson , compiler of the 1755 Dictionary of the English Language , in which the lexicographer acts as a linguistic legislator or arbiter . |
| 14 | Religion acts as a restraining force on human nature , and er , raises people , as it were , to a higher , to a higher level , by for example giving them more proscriptions , like the ten commandments . |
| 15 | The club acts as a convenient watering hole at lunch times and becomes the arena for some titanic battles with skittles or darts during the evenings . |
| 16 | Beyond this point you 'll notice that the ‘ mackie lines ’ and frantic neg./pos. effect increases as the post-flash exposure increases . |
| 17 | A new product by Carmen , Steam Therapy acts as a facial sauna but also has a nasal inhaler to help alleviate colds and sinus problems . |
| 18 | Tannin increases as the pressing continues , particularly during the rebêche stage when the constituents of the stalks and pips progressively dominate the flow of juice . |
| 19 | There is now quite a large lump in his groin which his General Practitioner diagnoses as an irreducible right inguinal hernia . |
| 20 | This effect appears as an abnormal increase of the deep laterolog resistivity in formations capped by thick highly resistive beds , like the Zechstein evaporites . |
| 21 | This ghostly figure appears as a scarecrow-thin , stooped human male in late middle age , which mutters and cackles to himself . |
| 22 | As a consequence the research review identifies as a central issue for investigation : ‘ the variety of human interactions in which children are harmed in some way ( physical , emotional , sexual ) , the manner in which these investigations are perceived , and the behaviour which such interactions elicit in both professional and lay people ’ ( Graham et al . , |
| 23 | Once again methane serves as a good example . |
| 24 | This constancy indicates as a preliminary hypothesis that the meaning of luxury is deeply political : it manifests a concern on the part of society — or its authorities — to uphold a particular conception of public order . |
| 25 | Its huge bulk extends as an elevated ridge declining to valley level at Dentdale in the north and Ingleton in the south , a distance of eight miles : it is an upthrust of barren ground with pretensions to attractiveness only at the extremities . |
| 26 | Because of this Barro treats as the best prediction that could be made by rational agents of the value of . |
| 27 | It is also an image which tells us that , it Gide 's contribution to the liberation of the subjugated was as a writer , it is also true that he exemplified the writer 's inevitably exploitative relation to the same , and that this exploitation persists as an aesthetic mode long after the blindness or impossibility of desire was acknowledged . |
| 28 | It 's no use going on a six day trail ride , with six hours daily in the saddle , if all you want is some gentle hacking in a scenic setting , with perhaps a few longer pub rides as an added bonus . |
| 29 | One accident the HSE highlights as a plain lack of common sense involved a child who was left in the cab of a tractor while the operator dismounted to add bedding to a pig pen . |
| 30 | And while work and study in all disciplines can range from the routinely normal through the critical and reflexive to the philosophical , philosophy exists as a distinct field of concerns . |