Example sentences of "[det] as a [noun pl] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The second reason that , that we 're delighted to see you is that as a Trades Council we have been trying very hard over the last six or seven years to raise the profile of the trade union movement and this has been quite difficult in in during the Thatcher years , during the anti-trade union legislation , the onslaught by the media , trade unions er , the profile of trade unions has not been easy to raise . |
| 2 | But co-operation over matters such as a futures rulebook and joint compliance have indicated the economies of scale possible in combining with the TSA 's 1,000 members . |
| 3 | The communication unit might consist of a number of specialists such as a personnel expert in communications , a journalist , a technical specialist and a back up advisory group drawn from all levels in the organization , and perhaps supplemented by occasional outside consultants . |
| 4 | So you see that being a MIDI device has massive advantages : first , sound changes which might otherwise require the drastic resetting of several controls can be carried out instantly , by calling up a patch containing the new settings ; and second , when using another MIDI device , such as a multi-effects processor , the two can be linked via the MIDI sockets and a patch change on one can trigger a patch change on the other . |
| 5 | Last spring , the US Supreme Court dealt the unions a blow by ruling , in a suit brought by treasury employees and rail workers , that for critical occupations ( such as a customs agent ) testing does not curtail constitutional rights . |
| 6 | Doubtless the freedom from ‘ bureaucracy ’ such as an accounts department is one of the reasons why individuals decide to practise on their own . |
| 7 | Now expected late next month , the pen-driven handheld computer is said to be able to organise data such as an appointments diary and can communicate with other machines by dialling phone numbers and sending facsimile messages . |
| 8 | But today the diary is regarded much more as an appointments aide-mémoire , and for the ‘ ordinary ’ person the keeping of a detailed diary of daily events would probably be regarded as just a little eccentric and perhaps even self-centred . |