Example sentences of "[vb -s] a [adj] [noun] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | This makes it difficult to reach a decision , and causes a nagging worry as to whether the right system has been selected . |
| 2 | My mum wants a front seat as well ! |
| 3 | Krimsky 's labours in the archives adds a voyeuristic titillation as people are quoted directly , sometimes saying things they might wish to forget . |
| 4 | Humour has a similar function as any copy of The Dandy or The Beano will demonstrate . |
| 5 | This is especially relevant when a partner leaves on bad terms , but has a general application as well . |
| 6 | The woman or — more especially — the man who has a deep-seated doubt as to capacity to satisfy a partner in intercourse will more often than not fail to do so . |
| 7 | Store manager Tim Stanger has a warm welcome as well as a rose and a flag for his first customer . |
| 8 | Other related differences are in the number and nature of flutes on a column , which has a moulded base as well as the complex volute capital , and the division of the architrave into three registers . |
| 9 | It is a three- or five-door hatchback that comes with umpteen variations of engine , from a 1.2 petrol up to a 1.9 diesel and , like the new Volkswagen Polo , it has a catalytic converter as standard . |
| 10 | A Ensure that it has a secure run as guinea pigs can be difficult to catch if they escape . |
| 11 | This certainly has a biological basis as well as a social one . |
| 12 | That , that is its primary function , that 's its primary purpose , but it has a secondary purpose as well it is concerned for the pursuit of what are now termed er in the jargon sub-strategic objectives . |
| 13 | Most girls would love a flower picture for their bedrooms , and if it has a sentimental significance as well then it will be even more appreciated . |
| 14 | This has a methodological implication as well : all too often it is assumed that Foucault 's stress on disruption can be taken as equivalent to randomness , as we have seen with Perry Anderson . |
| 15 | ‘ The government has a free hand as regards interpreting this declaration , ’ Mr Yegor Gaidar , the first deputy Prime Minister and economics supremo , said yesterday . |
| 16 | This has a direct bearing as to remedies . |
| 17 | Right , and it needs a new battery as well I think |
| 18 | But it 's whether , whether the officers do that and start the consultation or whether it 's done by P A G , I 'm getting a shaking of the head here , I think it needs a political decision as opposed to anything else . |
| 19 | Knitted entirely in broken rib , the pattern needs a little concentration as it is possible to confuse right and wrong side rows ; but do n't let that put you off . |
| 20 | Mr Ramrath holds a German qualification as auditor ( Wirtschaftsprufer ) , and was employed by an audit firm in Luxembourg . |
| 21 | Fortunately it works well , since the machine has an obvious role as the portable data capture device for a desktop PC . |
| 22 | The Bank is a nationalised corporation , and has an organisational structure as set out in Fig. 8.1 . |
| 23 | For products that are expensive and only used sporadically an unattractive product may be chosen if it has an exceptional performance as its handling characteristics will ensure that it is only used as a last resort and not used casually when other cheaper products would suffice . |
| 24 | Now I would say to sa say that that is almost a bit like the story of the boy crying that he did n't have many holidays because he did n't go to school and that because Harrogate 's er unemployment is so low or has been historically so low compared with other areas , a relatively small increase in the number of unemployment has an enormous increase as compared with what it 's been in the past and so the same number of people living in Harrogate who lose their jobs has an impact on the unemployment figures as perceived locally greater than a similar number of people losing their jobs in Leeds or Selby or somewhere else , and so I think to some extent this the rhetoric has outrun the reality on that point . |
| 25 | The system does not take a zero-based view of needs but has an incremental approach as the formula is replicated from year to year . |
| 26 | It is in everyone 's interest that the sale agreement contains an express statement as to whether prior knowledge is a defence or whether prior knowledge will not prejudice the purchaser 's ability to claim for breach of warranty if the material fact is not disclosed in the disclosure letter ( see clause 13.4 of the standard sale agreementAppendix III ) . |
| 27 | Both these methods of construction were taken up by continental masters , and Benet holds an important place as one of the early creators of the Mass cycle , the leading musical form of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries . |
| 28 | Not only that , if we accept that there has been a divorce between ownership and control in the typical large company , then management has escaped effective shareholder supervision and hence possesses a broad discretion as to the ends for which the company 's power shall be used . |
| 29 | It also possesses a circular wreath as one of its concentric bands , and the spandrels of the arrangement are filled with graceful acanthus sprays . |
| 30 | Merton describes a spiritual director as |