Example sentences of "[vb pp] [verb] as a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tranmere looked most likely to earn the draw their approach was designed to secure as a bottom line when defender Richard Smith put his first foot wrong of the afternoon in the 82nd minute . |
| 2 | Englishness , as a sense of racial or spiritual identity , had come to function as a stabilizing force within the field of professional English studies , rather than providing the authority for a programme of cultural intervention . |
| 3 | This should not only be expected to happen as a natural consequence of ‘ the Church 's active , sympathetic presence within the world of communications ’ ( ibid. ) , but also as the result of a precise commitment on the part of communicators . |
| 4 | It 's been designed to act as a snug environment for babies up to six months and there are ample pockets for nappies , easy heats and favourite toys . |
| 5 | Establishing a ‘ lead agency ’ as the single source of funding for the social care for elderly people is designed to act as a financial incentive for the social services department to develop alternative and less expensive community care options . |
| 6 | The mural by artist Oscar Romp is painted on the double gable end of the Il Ponte restaurant , Northgate , Headland , and is designed to act as a celebratory entrance piece to the Headland area of the town . |
| 7 | Levy Mwanawasa , a constitutional lawyer , was named as Vice-President and Leader of the National Assembly , and was expected to act as a prime minister , running day-to-day affairs . |
| 8 | The PTE area covers both sides of the Mersey and the ferry services , declining in traditional form , have been reorganised to operate as a circular tourist service calling in turn at Liverpool , Seacombe and Birkenhead Woodside . |
| 9 | The nCube 2E series is designed to operate as a stand-alone system or as a networked extension of existing computing resources , integrating into environments of supercomputers , mainframes , minicomputers and workstations from multiple vendors . |
| 10 | The CNU was intended to serve as a transitional " mini-parliament " to govern the country until the holding of a general election on May 20 [ see p. 37191 for background to political crisis which provoked the round-table talks ] . |
| 11 | After all , club life was intended to serve as a practical course in citizenship . |
| 12 | This is intended to serve as a dedicated newspaper microfilming project to deal with newspaper preservation problems across Scotland and not just those within the NLS collections . |
| 13 | There remain few available sites for development in Central Oxford , and the Radcliffe Infirmary site is well placed to serve as a logical extension of the University 's Science Area . |
| 14 | In other words , how far can the distinction between ‘ public ’ and ‘ private ’ be said to continue as a valid principle in which to base the notion of individual rights ? |
| 15 | Some licensees have seen catering as a profitable sideline and invested their own cash and other resources into developing it , while others have either not been interested or have lacked the capital to do so , and have accordingly only provided minimum facilities . |
| 16 | We are unanimously of the opinion that the settlement was a sham on the facts in the sense that it was made to appear as a genuine gift when it was not . |
| 17 | First , a strong close-knit network may be seen to function as a conservative force , resisting pressures to change from outside the network . |
| 18 | Sugar said Venables was still empowered to return as a non-executive director , but was adamant he did not want his opponent at the club . |
| 19 | This has now been submitted to the Department of Transport in the hope that it might be adopted to act as a national guide to all bus operators and local authorities . |
| 20 | The knowledge that fitzAlan had a family had come as a strange shock . |
| 21 | By a clumsy piece of organisation , the contemporary sale at Christie 's clashed with the sale of the contents of the Nigel Greenwood Gallery which Sotheby 's had packaged as a separate catalogue . |
| 22 | My fourth point is that some of you may be persuaded to regard as a good reason for non-intervention the fact that the child , if it survives , will so disrupt its parents ' lives as to destroy the marriage , or will end up in some institution , in a form of living death . |
| 23 | In general the ascorbic acid is thought to act as a free radical scavenger or by a direct antiviral effect . |
| 24 | Biofeedback has been shown to act as a useful adjunct to relaxation training and can be particularly useful for focal areas of tension in the body . |
| 25 | The name of a person within the client organisation may be supplied to act as a specific contact for any queries regarding the issue of the product . |
| 26 | The name of a person within the client organisation may be supplied to act as a specific contact for any queries regarding the issue of the product . |
| 27 | Over the years I suppose I 've become known as a dotty naturalist but I try to be rational and I think it 's a pity the Greens are n't more practical . |
| 28 | Just as curry may have become identified as a traditional British dish with the blurring of ethnic and other socio-economic and demographic trends , there is an equal and opposite trend to identify positively regional specialities such as West Country farmhouse cheddar or Welsh lamb or Scottish beef as offering that bit more than the ‘ commodity ’ product . |
| 29 | Well before the Great Plague of London in 1665 and the Great Fire of the following year , Chiswick had become established as a healthy environment away from Westminster and the City of London , yet conveniently close to both , also to Richmond Palace and Windsor Castle . |
| 30 | The rest of the cast has yet to be decided , but the Civic panto has become established as a major regional attraction and demand for tickets is bound to be fierce . |