Example sentences of "[noun prp] [modal v] [verb] as a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whether Highland should remain as a single-tier region or be divided into smaller units is likely to be one of the most difficult decisions Mr Lang faces as he reaches an advanced stage of drawing up his plans for local government reform . |
| 2 | He suggested that Hungary may act as a support centre for Data General 's entire Eastern European operations , while a local manufacturing site could help the company secure more of the large projects currently being financed under the European Community 's PHARE scheme — European-based suppliers are favoured under PHARE criteria . |
| 3 | 1979 Conservative Government got into its stride that this tenet was raised from aspirational status to a specific directive that InterCity must operate as a self-financing business . |
| 4 | It therefore recommended that the WEA should continue as a teaching as well as an organising body , while suggesting that some increase in financial contributions from voluntary sources ‘ would materially help to preserve its independence and its status as a voluntary body ’ — a hint that the WEA could not expect to rely too heavily on government or local authority aid and that its members and friends must continue to dig deep into their pockets . |
| 5 | Apart from what Dora would see as a disaster for her friend , her own life-style could be on the line . |
| 6 | Perhaps Jesus is refuting the popular idea of Messiah , which was that a descendant of David would come as a nationalistic leader , drive the Romans out and restore the kingdom of Israel . |
| 7 | The Hlatlolanang Health & Social Service Centre in Sekhukhuneland will serve as a base from which these learnings can be experimented . |
| 8 | Therefore , PCNA may serve as a useful marker for proliferation if the conditions of fixation are held constant and the same antibody is used throughout the experiment . |
| 9 | He gave his support to a motion , subsequently adopted , advocating that the IU should continue as a federation of independent parties . |
| 10 | If Glu-Ser-Gln-Glu did indeed correspond to the minimal DNA-PK phosphorylation site , we reasoned that this region of c-Jun might serve as a phosphorylation site when placed in the context of another protein . |
| 11 | Because , technically , his jail sentence was for one year , Nkrumah could register as a voter and then stand for election . |
| 12 | Possibly this form of GGF could act as a natural antagonist by inhibiting an activity of the receptor , such as ligand binding , dimerization or kinase activation . |
| 13 | If looks could kill , the Toyota Paseo would pass as a deadly weapon . |
| 14 | The Government 's problems have been compounded by the crazy suggestion of the Secretary of State for the Environment that the Ove Arup route via Stratford will act as a springboard for the creation of a new linear city from Stratford to Southend . |
| 15 | At best Spitalfields will survive as a kind of Hampstead-in-the-city . |
| 16 | What we already know of the Titfords can serve as a model : Charles the Cheesemonger in the late 18th century had 13 children , seven of whom died in infancy ; his grandson , Benjamin the Silversmith , had reduced the number of offspring to five , and would live to see all but one reach adulthood . |
| 17 | Once he had decided on Free-range chicken à la Thallium , it was fairly important not to buy anything Elinor might choose as a substitute . |
| 18 | Washington appeared to believe that Zahir Shah could act as a bridge between the mujahidin and the marxists in Kabul . |
| 19 | De Gaulle 's hope was that France 's withdrawal from NATO would act as a catalyst and speed up the process of change within both blocs . |
| 20 | GFP 's vice chairman , David Holgate , said that the proposed twin bridges across the Clyde , beneath the Kingston Bridge , would increase congestion and a dual carriageway from Townhead to London Road would act as a barrier between the east end and the city centre . |
| 21 | Local hospital administrator , Carlos Castro , reported that pregnant women were afraid Sarah Helen would reincarnate as a vampire in their babies . |
| 22 | Object Design UK Ltd , Swindon , Wiltshire will operate as a wholly-owned subsidiary , selling the firm 's flagship product , the ObjectStore database and related tools . |
| 23 | World Environment Day will serve as a symbol of international ecological solidarity by bringing together representative groups who will draft a letter to all the peoples of the world with concrete recommendations for safeguarding the planet . |
| 24 | That JPL should continue as a research leader is a matter of considerable concern to planetary scientists everywhere . |
| 25 | The only child of parents whose steady outrageousness was only charming to outsiders — oh , the luck , Anna used to think as a child , oh , the sublime luck of being an outsider ! — Anna , at university , sought out friends who seemed to be defiantly normal . |
| 26 | DOUG Blewitt must rank as a contender for the most unsung hero of North-East business . |
| 27 | Bosnia would survive as a constitutional fiction , allowing the world to save face . |
| 28 | The FMLN would re-organize as a political party . |
| 29 | Mr Wolfgang Berghofer , the mayor of Dresden and deputy Communist Party chairman , insisted after meeting Dr Kohl that East Germany would continue as a sovereign state . |
| 30 | NB : A sentence imposed by a court outside Great Britain shall betreated as a sentence most nearly corresponding with a Great Britain sentence . |