Example sentences of "[v-ing] a [noun sg] [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | He can understand imagining something ( a cave , perhaps ) as a dwelling ; but can not understand imagining a butterfly exactly as it is , but ugly . |
| 2 | And non-occupation by either spouse does not prevent an absentee wife from filing a notice so as to defeat her seller-husband , notwithstanding the fact that a court order would be required to entitle her to resume occupation of the matrimonial home ( Watts v Waller [ 1972 ] 3 All ER 257 ) . |
| 3 | There are obviously certain groups of people from whom there is a greater risk of catching a disease just as there are certain areas of the world where the prevalence of diseases is higher than others , but , wherever you are , it is the change of sexual partner that is the crucial risk-producing move . |
| 4 | Trouble is you 're doing a rave there as well . |
| 5 | Such self-reflexivity , far from involving a turning inwards as is so often generally supposed , comprises rather an edge or void from which a critical perspective can be opened up : a ‘ thinking of the outside ’ . |
| 6 | The courts will , however , avoid constraining a statute so as to dispense with a hearing completely . |
| 7 | But , it is equally vital to recognize that the reversal of reforms began well before Mao 's victory in China in 1949 , indeed , it appears that one section of the US occupation was anticipating a reversal almost as the constitution was being drafted . |