Example sentences of "[vb pp] as [verb] [conj] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since then , however , in spite of a hiccup of concern during the depression of the 1930s , the British constitution has been seen as settled and so constitutional debate could itself settle down . |
| 2 | A similar result was avoided in The Lisboa where the clause was so widely drawn as to suggest that even proceedings for execution of the award were prohibited ; as such an interpretation would lead to the clause being null and void by virtue of section 8 of the Carriage of Goods by Sea Act 1924 , the Court of Appeal adopted a more limited interpretation under which proceeds for execution or to obtain security , including security by means of a Mareva injunction , were allowed . |
| 3 | If anything the expensive fiasco at Three Mile Island ( this issue , p 79 ) could be interpreted as showing that even when a bunch of incompetents is let loose on a nuclear power station and does its best to help an accident along , the chances of harming the public are slim . |
| 4 | This statement was generally interpreted as meaning that only military action could save the Yugoslav federation . |
| 5 | ie. Whether DCs referencing the module are to be automatically assessed as agreed or not on behalf of the module manager . |
| 6 | The Tutworker could have a reasonable income which was more or less guaranteed ; the Tributer was more in a position of winning or losing ; the Day Workers , with the lowest wages , were only hired as required but even so were better off than the local farm labourer ; bearing in mind that the mine was not a particularly unhealthy one . |
| 7 | The way we touch , lift and support and the words which accompany actions all convey feelings to the person concerned : they may be experienced as hating or as loving even when the carer disclaims involvement . |
| 8 | The effect of these three changes brought about by the growth of corporate enterprise was that the market could no longer be viewed as regulating and thereby legitimating the exercise of corporate power . |
| 9 | The kind to use for preference is any variety which is labelled as polyunsaturated or as high in polyunsaturates . |
| 10 | In paragraph 2.2 he reminds everybody that in his first report ’ the state of policing in Derbyshire was described as mixed but all too often one of deterioration in infrastructure and morale . ' |
| 11 | Two million of them bought her first album ( and probably bought all the tracks when they were released as singles as well ) thus , in a self-fulfilling arc , making her very rich indeed , and even more enviable . |