Example sentences of "[vb infin] [pron] [adv] as [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But those preparing standard assessment tasks and other assessment instruments should consider them so as to minimise bias in the task or context and guard against any preconceptions of assessors ; and any comparison of results between single-sex schools or between those with different ethnic or social class populations should be made in the light of the evidence referred to above . |
| 2 | The complexity of pre-trial procedure , particularly in the High Court , has been said to act not only as a deterrent to all but the most determined litigant , but also as a weapon for the recalcitrant defendant who may manipulate it so as to place the pressure of delay upon the plaintiff . |
| 3 | To grasp the meaning of a handshake we must not only see it positively as located in a greeting ceremonial , that is in a sequence of actions identified with respect to the social act they accomplish , but we must also see it negatively , as excluding certain alternatives and possibilities of action . |
| 4 | If a man has a loaded gun we will probably recognize him immediately as having power . |
| 5 | If an agent enters into the transaction , then for certain types of investment and if the agent does not regularly hold himself out as buying investments , the transaction is excluded . |
| 6 | Such reforms would either completely displace existing rules derived from the Fair Trading Act and monopolies legislation or they would refashion them so as to make them more meaningful in the era of multi-media ownership . |
| 7 | After all , we all know how often we tell the truth , and I 'm sure it does n't seem anything like as complicated a process as I 've said it is . |