Example sentences of "[det] as a [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do n't do the i y , e one , because we 'll take that as a spelling and grammatical change . |
| 2 | The whole story is not yet known , although it 's claimed that North Korea er invaded South Korea er I sh I should take that as a hypothesis and not as a fact . |
| 3 | Can individuals and the community serve without spiritual values What about that as a starter before we look at the other questions , then . |
| 4 | He 'd always thought of that as a cliché before he met Emily . |
| 5 | Would they take that as a lesson and conform to the party 's expectations of educated youth ? |
| 6 | Campese dismissed the matter , but when he chose to put less confidence in the cover on the field and deliberately knocked down Peter Winterbottom 's pass , Bevan should have taken that as an admission that the so-far impregnable ‘ Gold Wall ’ was about to be breached . |
| 7 | Now y'know you can come up with a description of that as an ellipse but in exactly the same shape , in a slightly different context , yeah , you know it 's actually circular and it 's a hoop and your perception of the object is different . |
| 8 | I took that as an indication that I could play him every match . |
| 9 | I was glad to read late in the article of the NRA 's positive attitude to the potential problem , and hope that farmers will take this as a sign that the task of improvement of farm waste management systems is not as dire in every case as many people would have us believe . |
| 10 | Joseph 's special robe ( 3 ) : Joseph 's brothers saw this as a sign that Isaac intended to pass them by and make Joseph his heir ( see 48:21–22 and 49:22ff . ) . |
| 11 | She did not count this as a master and servant situation , yet she did n't dare to presume too far . |
| 12 | Historians usually regard this as a scandal and look forward to the day when computerised storage will allow everything to be kept . |
| 13 | The men in power see this as a menace and attempt to make their position more secure by fighting ; but in doing so they are forced to yield ground because of the losses they incur in decreased production . |
| 14 | At first sight this looks like an uninteresting stipulation about how to use the word ‘ fact ’ — uninteresting because the anti-materialist could as well state his case using some such term as ‘ feature ’ or ‘ aspect ’ , and it is difficult to see how , once having allowed that there is something called ‘ what it is like to see ’ which one only learns by seeing , one could refuse to describe this as a feature or aspect of mental life . |
| 15 | I do n't recommend this as a tactic unless the rest of your cavalry is already engaged , or he could be surrounded and overwhelmed by a mass of lesser troops . |
| 16 | Wherever possible we should try to make provision for children ( perhaps by showing videos etc. to keep them amused while a class takes place ) Please consider this as a possibility when planning an event or rally . |
| 17 | We have already identified this as a problem but at least the opportunity for manipulation was constrained by the time it would take to receive the invoice . |
| 18 | you know , er briefly er a amend er on to using this as a backcloth as it were . |
| 19 | With this as a model and financial support from various trusts and charities , the Ulster People 's College was established in 1982 . |
| 20 | You can expect that Novell is going to run this as a business and is going to want USL to be profitable . |
| 21 | The Lonrho case establishes this as an exception but leaves the court with the problem of determining what is meant by an ascertainable class . |
| 22 | So do they see this as an imposition or |
| 23 | The French King seems to have taken this as an insult and , if he had not already been in touch with the Poitevin rebels , he very soon was . |
| 24 | That 48½inch long weapon , described by some as a monstrosity and others as an affront to decency and the Royal and Ancient game , has , according to Sam , done no less than salvage his entire career . |
| 25 | The appointment of John Moore in 1987 as Secretary of State at the DHSS was seen by some as a signal that the welfare programme would receive a dose of Thatcherism . |
| 26 | In the case of contracts creating continuing or recurrent liabilities incident to the disposition or holding of property , such as a settlement or a leasehold tenancy , the infant , on attaining full age , becomes bound unless within a reasonable time he takes steps to repudiate liability . |
| 27 | The lunch-time meal will probably be fairly high in fat ( such as a pasty or pie ; or cheese sandwiches with a generous spread of butter or margarine on the bread ; or fish and chips ) . |
| 28 | That is , continuous dynamic dealing with minor perturbations is automatic and so also is the application of basic rules about safety ; for example , the system or some part of it might be programmed to go through a step-change function such as a shut-down if certain parameters exceed prescribed limits . |
| 29 | If , literally , all the time you can spare , is five minutes in the morning before you go to work , and a couple of hours in the evening when you come home , then you would probably be better off with a caged animal , such as a hamster or bird . |
| 30 | The EPA says it was obliged to approve the pueblo 's standards : " If an entity such as a state or a pueblo wishes to adopt standards that are stricter than national standards , we can not stop them . " |