Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [v-ing] as [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If one is to present a credible case for investment planning as a progressive development one has to consider the problems raised by the choice of criteria of operation for a national investment bank . |
| 2 | My arguments concerning the broad possibilities and constraints given by the present structure of capitalist property are not supposed to have the status of a ready-made political programme , and in discussing the possibilities for investment planning as a fruitful avenue for socialist argument I make no pretence to have identified the means of conversion of ‘ social reason into social force ’ ( to use Marx 's formula ) . |
| 3 | Next time you watch a wildlife film , look out for animals feeding as a result of other animal 's activities . |
| 4 | This led into a couple of summers acting as a professional lifesaver during summer vacations from Sheffield University . |
| 5 | The ninth Central American summit was held in the Costa Rican town of Puntarenas on Dec. 15-17 , attended by the Presidents of Guatemala , Honduras , Nicaragua , El Salvador and Costa Rica , with the President of Panama attending as an observer . |
| 6 | This , in brief , is the framework of political calculation within which I have found it useful to investigate the idea of investment planning as a means of appropriating within socialist argument the changing structure of capitalist property in Britain . |
| 7 | ‘ In these circumstances it is not fair and reasonable for building societies and valuers to agree together to impose on purchasers the risk of loss arising as a result of incompetence or carelessness on the part of valuers ’ , he said . |
| 8 | The Exchequer is broadly equivalent to central government and the category of " exchequer transactions " comprises the main flows which are the result of the Bank of England acting as the banker to central government . |
| 9 | Advocating the use of pen sketching as a means of quick and decisive location drawing , the author 's line illustrations are a delight . |
| 10 | Two relatively modern areas have been investigated — those of telephone selling as a technique and the selling of services because of societal changes that have taken place over recent years . |
| 11 | Forrest and Murie have written on the ‘ residualization ’ of council housing as a tenure in consequence of policies and basal developments . |
| 12 | So , it 's stuck with defending this form of public housing in the face of mass dissidence within the working class itself , not so much with the principle of council housing as the tenants ' lack of control over design and management . |
| 13 | Nevertheless , though difficulties remain in locating each possible measurement focus , the idea is one that provides an escape from the dominant ( if woolly ) notion of accruals accounting as an all-or-nothing alternative to cash accounting . |
| 14 | Even the thought of Candy acting as a spy in the camp could n't annoy her — she knew her friend well enough to be sure she would have acted with Rory 's best interests at heart . |
| 15 | served to weaken the traditional view of town planning as a place-orientated , coordinating activity for corporate affairs at the local scale . |
| 16 | The inter-war years , seemingly uneventful and considered even disappointing for the development of town planning as an activity , did however bring about important changes . |
| 17 | Although we tend to think of selection interviewing as a conversation between two people there are several variations on this theme , all of which have their advantages and disadvantages . |
| 18 | The cultural stereotype of cattle stealing as an exciting , adventurous activity may also have contributed to its acceptance . |
| 19 | Unlike the James Report , which had envisaged the colleges of education remaining as a coherent sector , effectively separate from the universities and the polytechnics , the White Paper proposed that , for the most part , they be merged with the polytechnics and other further education colleges . |
| 20 | Rather hoary for a start-up , Mentalix has been through a couple of iterations beginning as a consultant and going on to develop scanner interfaces for the old Apollo workstation . |
| 21 | The second chapter in the section turns to the specific application of consumer targeting as a detailed example of market segmentation in practice . |
| 22 | The Town and Country Planning ( Minerals ) Act of 1981 recognised the unique nature of mineral working as an industrial activity and created mineral planning authorities to oversee the process and ensure the restoration of the land after its mineral resources are exhausted . |
| 23 | Komag Inc , Milpitas , California thin-film disk head and platter maker has won a $60m syndicated , unsecured two-year revolving line of credit with First Interstate Bank of California serving as the lead bank for the syndicate , with Comerica Bank-California , ABN AMRO Bank NV , Union Bank , Industrial Bank of Japan Ltd , and Standard Chartered Bank Plc . |
| 24 | President Ibrahim Babangida was forced to return early from the Commonwealth heads of government meeting as a result of the crisis . |
| 25 | Brown and Jackson ( 1982 ) , quoting a variety of sources , show a dramatically rising trend of government spending as a proportion of GNP at factor cost up to 1976 . |
| 26 | Steve 's work has done much to erase the stigma of kite flying as a childish diversion . |
| 27 | Moreover the importance of the organizational element to the implementation of community care policies is stressed through the role of care programming as a tool in the evaluation of service integration . |
| 28 | Deane was playing well out of position acting as a left wing , to such an extent that he got a few crosses in during the first half . |
| 29 | We also accept responsibility for the negligent acts and/or omissions not only of our own employees or agents but also of our suppliers and sub-contractors and their servants or agents ( provided of course that any such negligent act or omission is within the scope of or in the course of their employment ) in respect of claims arising as a result of death , bodily injury or illness caused to the person who signed the booking form and/or any other person named on the booking form . |
| 30 | Essentially , these express the number of deaths occurring as a proportion of the number of people at risk in each region in such a way that they take into account the fact that regions have different age and sex distributions ; their construction will be explained fully in chapter 14 . |