Example sentences of "[noun sg] as [verb] for [adj] " in BNC.

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1 However , When we come to more detailed considerations — such as exactly where this ‘ golden age ’ is to be located in real historical time — then we are confronted with such a disorderly jumble of datemarks and vague historical allusion as to allow for wide margins of disagreement even among dedicated ‘ law-and-order ’ enthusiasts .
2 If the cache is to be viewed in last used order or alphabetically then the ‘ General ’ cache for module names is displayed in the same manner as used for other data types represented in the ‘ General ’ cache .
3 ( By the ‘ original pattern ’ I mean the pattern as designed for single bed knitting , not as punched out for double jacquard ; the double jacquard card is of course moving on at every row . )
4 They saw their role as providing for mutual help among the working class in a situation in which individual self-help was impossible for so many of them .
5 Cantril saw this young man as hoping for cosmic disaster to free him from worries .
6 Chiaro herself notes the " What do you get if you cross " formula only indirectly , and then in its " adult " variation as exploited for sexual innuendo by The Two Ronnies ( p. 72 ) : What is particularly characteristic of elephant-jokes and their kin is not only their proneness to formulae , but also their semantic anomaly .
7 There will need to be an assessment of which overseas markets offer the most opportunities at the same time as looking for early signs of local companies being eyed by competitors as ripe for merger or acquisition , forecasting what the effects of this might be on the locality .
8 We have been obliged to meet this difficulty by treating the lower prizes as marks of distinction for merit rather than as indicating special selection of the design as fitted for separate construction .
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