Example sentences of "[vb -s] as the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Foucault works from exactly the same tradition in the philosophy and history of science as Althusser : like him he utilizes Bachelard 's concept of differentiated histories , which still stands as the major alternative , epistemic or otherwise , to historicism . |
| 2 | Penal Policy in a Changing Society stands as the high watermark of what later became known as the treatment model . |
| 3 | The tournament starts on Monday and world No 2 Graf starts as the logical favourite to win following Seles 's withdrawal . |
| 4 | It is noticeable that in all 3 cases presented in Table 8.2 , the share price declines as the required rate of return increases . |
| 5 | Which of these levels counts as the fourth floor ? |
| 6 | The meeting counts as the third round in the Ulster championship and will in fact be a two day affair for it begins on Friday night at 7.00pm . |
| 7 | ‘ Nor should the transexual be confused with the transvestite who simply dresses as the opposite sex . |
| 8 | IN OUR SECOND disturbing dispatch [ Apocalypse Now — Now , page 110 ] , novelist Christopher Hope reports from suburban Johannesburg , which he describes as the wall-building capital of the world . |
| 9 | Then , against the advice of all , he embarks upon a final desperate attempt , which he later describes as the worst mistake he ever made . |
| 10 | The RUC moved in and triggered what Farrell describes as the worst rioting since 1935 . |
| 11 | He believes that under these conditions of choice , which he describes as the original position , there is only one set of principles which can be rationally chosen to govern a society enjoying favourable social and economic conditions . |
| 12 | A distinguished psychosomatic physician , Dr A. Cameron Macdonald , documented his own findings on what he describes as the water-retention syndrome . |
| 13 | So far , he has been encouraged by what he describes as the responsible way councils have handled the introduction of the new tax . |
| 14 | There will be no hasty purchases , as Tony is determined to keep a focus on the chain 's niche market , which he describes as the top end of the traditional ale market . |
| 15 | At first the hedges were no more than double rows of seedlings protected by a rail on one side or both , but after twenty years the thorns had grown high enough to be cut and laid , a practice which William Marshall describes as the latest improvement in his Rural Economy of the Midland Counties in 1790 . |
| 16 | The Centre intends as the final project in this programme to conduct one or more surveys of salient work organisation characteristics in order to secure comparative data on the extent of variation in work organisation both within and between sectors . |
| 17 | On the subject of telephone links as the supporting network for the dissemination of these messages , records managers must also be aware that we are entering ( some are already in ) an even more demanding environment where the raw data of a communication , without the man-readable ‘ envelope ’ will be routinely sent down telephone lines to form the record of an activity . |
| 18 | The Board gave FGD costs as the increased cost of generating electricity at particular stations and not as that delivered to the consumer in electricity prices . |
| 19 | Another was that , while Recommendations 7 and 8 had proposed higher payments to tutors , the Report had seen 75% of teaching costs as the maximum grant available , leaving the prospect of a widening gap to be filled from voluntary sources — 25% of a salary of ( say ) £700 being greater than 25% of one of £600 . |
| 20 | Beyond this point you 'll notice that the ‘ mackie lines ’ and frantic neg./pos. effect increases as the post-flash exposure increases . |
| 21 | Some of these will be short tapes , which the company sees as the future equivalent to 45 rpm audio discs . |
| 22 | These formal devices enable cultural heritage to be maintained beyond the lives of single individuals and offset what Goody sees as the ephemeral nature of ‘ face-to-face ’ communication . |
| 23 | However others in the audience thought it provocative and exciting in its willingness to zone in on what mainstream society sees as the dark underbelly of homosexual life . |
| 24 | When Waggoner talks of the entrepreneurial spirit that exists on the Tour , he always comes back to Buddy Gardner , whom he sees as the typical journeyman pro . |
| 25 | What a visiting Londoner sees as the soaring grandeur of New York , a fed-up New Yorker sees as sunlight deprivation . |
| 26 | In fact , dna acts as the chemical basis for heredity , serving as a template for its own replication and for instructing the sequence of amino acids and proteins . |
| 27 | In many countries this elite acts as the chief negotiator with transnational companies and therefore its members become beneficiaries from negotiations with logging contractors , purchase of agricultural estates , permission to sell agricultural inputs , purchase of agricultural inputs , and other policy measures . |
| 28 | It would not be an exaggeration to stress the extent to which the nouveau roman has dictated the terms of critical discourse , nor to state that it still acts as the essential reference point in any definition of postmodern aesthetics . |
| 29 | Such a deceptively simple greeting acts as the perfect foil for the vast , sumptuous feast laid out between the covers : an array of images that encompasses all aspects of the extraordinary and multifaceted career of a man who achieved mastery of not one but three genres — portraiture , fashion and still life . |
| 30 | Such a deceptively simple greeting acts as the perfect foil for the vast , sumptuous feast laid out between the covers : an array of images that encompasses all aspects of the extraordinary and multifaceted career of a man who achieved mastery of not one but three genres — portraiture , fashion and still life . |