Example sentences of "[noun sg] as [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet Mary Joe forcibly made the point that ‘ exhibitions can hurt the tour when they take place during the same period , the same City or just the same continent as specified sanctioned tournaments . ’ |
| 2 | The aim of imposing this levy is not so much to raise revenue as to bestow contributory rights on lower paid , part-time workers . |
| 3 | In correct rural circles , having your lawn turfed is regarded in the same light as wearing made-up bow ties . |
| 4 | Blanket speed limits applied to all vehicles must be set at such a low figure as to ensure reasonable safety with the most badly designed vehicle when it is in the worst acceptable state of maintenance . |
| 5 | A new and very junior partner may make little headway in challenging the terms of partnership offered him where similar terms are already in force as regards other partners in the firm . |
| 6 | I I take your point that yes you have submitted er a a proposal as have other parties er to the discussion . |
| 7 | If a left ear advantage , per se , were considered indicative of right-sided speech then up to this proportion of right handers would be classified on such a test as having right hemisphere speech . |
| 8 | Taylor Walker managing director David Longbottom said : ‘ Unlike our European counterparts , in the UK we do not perceive bar work as having professional status . |
| 9 | The original double entrance doors to the booking hall had been replace by an utterly incongruous picture window as had adjacent booking hall and waiting room windows . |
| 10 | Therefore the importance of the foreclosure issue as regards overall welfare is rather unclear . |
| 11 | Serious political divisions within the Congress , whose proceedings were brought to a standstill in October over the impeachment of the Minister of Public Works and Communications and the subsequent dismissal of the Congress president [ see pp. 37771-72 ] , threatened prolonged instability as did continued labour protests against anti-inflationary measures , culminating in a 24-hour general strike on Feb. 6 , 1991 [ see p. 38001 ] . |
| 12 | Eichenbaum and Orbach ( 1982 ) also see women 's socialization as producing characteristic concerns with connection and emotion . |
| 13 | One might offer the following reason why one could regard apine dance as having communicative significance lacking in the case of the bruise ; that the dance is a somehow ‘ arbitrary ’ or ‘ rule-governed ’ causal product of the sighting of food . |
| 14 | Moreover , the use of Tradeco in relation to the property transactions would afford a degree of personal protection to the members of the church council as regards limited liability , which is an important factor in the context of land transactions . |
| 15 | The Luxembourg session was represented as a " political agreement " and the subsequent Salzburg disagreement as reflecting different interpretations of how this was to be translated into concrete terms ; " on some outstanding questions the respective positions were converging , while on others further work remained necessary " . |
| 16 | Paul Hollway did a good job as attacking full back while Alan Dowd was solid and performed capably when he joined the midfield and attack . |
| 17 | Nor does his work lead to the same fame as does great success at the Bar ; but some solicitors are as affluent as their opposite numbers at the bar , and they achieve their wealth in a more relaxed way . |
| 18 | Anglo-Saxon archaeology has n't come to a crisis point as did prehistoric studies in the early 1960s ; rather it is gradually slipping into new directions with the establishment of a generation of archaeologists more aware that alternative approaches exist to be tried and which have been available for 20 years . |
| 19 | Mrs Clinton is on record as favouring mental-health services , but how bountiful a package is not clear . |
| 20 | Conversely , indigenous politicians , who do not make explicit reference to the individual actor as having multiple points of view , may nevertheless in practice make considerable use of those multiple points of view that are implicit in the existence of different political factions . |
| 21 | There was one vital breakthrough for the nationalist consciousness , though there still remains some doubt as to how deep this was for the Fianna Fáil party : all the parties committed themselves to the recognition of the protestant — loyalist group as having legitimate aspirations and affirmed the need for the recognition of ‘ two sets of legitimate rights ’ coexisting in the island as a whole : ‘ Constitutional nationalists are determined to secure justice for all traditions … |
| 22 | Members of just such an organisation , the European Communities , saw the Article as having special application to them . |
| 23 | But alternative remedies also raise quite directly questions about the suitability of the judicial process as opposed other avenues open for the control of governmental action . |
| 24 | Employment agencies offer another source of help with the recruitment process as do specialist selection consultants . |
| 25 | Mr Lamont plausibly presented his reforms of petroleum revenue tax as taking sensible cognisance of a much-changed industry . |
| 26 | If it is true that , today as in 1869 , low-income families pay broadly the same percentage of their income in tax as do middle-income groups , then one needs to explain why a supposedly ‘ progressive ’ tax system has had this result . |
| 27 | Since 1985 profits growth in the division has been restricted to an average of less than 5 per cent a year and as 40 per cent of revenues come from the US the one third fall in the dollar over the period obviously affected the outcome as have rising R&D costs . |
| 28 | Furthermore , while these " blankouts " may distress other people , the primary sufferer may find them confusing but may go so far in denial as to accuse other people of having faulty memory for the things said or done while he or she was in a " blankout " . |
| 29 | Aug. 3 14 Arab League states condemn invasion as does joint Baker-Shevardnadze statement . |
| 30 | As is so often the case with archaeological data , the smaller cemeteries present such a small sample as to make detailed conclusions of dubious value , and their small size may be misleading as more graves may await discovery . |