Example sentences of "[vb infin] as a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Quasi-science will remain as a perpetual epiphenomenon . |
| 2 | but someone he could trust , someone who understood the language , someone who would afterwards be gone , who would n't remain as a perpetual reminder of his uncertainties , a fellow professional to whom he could comfortably think aloud . |
| 3 | Whether Highland should remain as a single-tier region or be divided into smaller units is likely to be one of the most difficult decisions Mr Lang faces as he reaches an advanced stage of drawing up his plans for local government reform . |
| 4 | I would therefore argue that even if the discrepancy between girls ' and boys ' performance at the top levels of achievement in mathematics was entirely due to differences in ability ( which I do not believe , but nevertheless should stay as a possible hypothesis ) , there is a strong case for saying that we should act to try to alter the situation . |
| 5 | Former Nottingham Forest reserve Stephen Bell can stay as a non-contract player after a late-season trial period . |
| 6 | Alternatively , try to find the sort of rectangular table that can also double as a long desk or work table when required . |
| 7 | The other legitimate reason for panning is to relate one part of the scene to another , a situation which can arise as a natural part of the action in this day on the beach sequence . |
| 8 | Inquiries may arise as a natural consequence of conducting business . |
| 9 | However , the pattern can arise as a genetic mutation quite spontaneously in any part of the world ( see Genetics chapter ) . |
| 10 | If we are asking when the issue of who were England 's legitimate rulers was resolved , then the answer can clearly not be 1660 or 1688 ; 1715 , with the failure of the Jacobite rebellion might have a strong claim , although there are some scholars who would maintain that Jacobitism continued to be a significant threat thereafter , so that the succession did not finally disappear as a political issue until after the failure of the rebellion in 1745 . |
| 11 | At the other extreme , Prof Patrick Minford believes that most of the UK 's problems are cyclical and will disappear as a spontaneous recovery takes root , filling the Chancellor 's coffers with tax revenues and creating new jobs , so long as the Chancellor has continued to keep inflation under control . |
| 12 | Does that exist as a real force ? ’ |
| 13 | While O'Neill and his supporters represented that visit as the Republic s de facto recognition that the North did exist as a separate entity and that doing necessary economic business with the North meant the Republic attenuating its claims to the territory of Ulster , the conservative Protestants saw it as an horrendous betrayal of the history and sacrifice of Ulster Protestants . |
| 14 | In order that tables can be joined , the value of the foreign key must exist as a primary key in another relation or be null ( this is a rule of relational modelling known as referential integrity ) . |
| 15 | ( 2 ) The human being does not exist as a legal person until after birth . |
| 16 | He says male rape does n't exist as a legal entity in this country , the law needs changing to alter people 's perceptions It 's the same as any other serious sexual crime |
| 17 | Or there may be a requirement that before the body exercises its power , a certain state of affairs must exist as a preliminary requirement , the correct state of affairs is a prerequisite to the exercise of the power . |
| 18 | And from the ‘ land of oranges ’ , the new exiles arrived in the West Bank and in Lebanon and in the Kingdom of Transjordan with an identity — as ‘ Palestinians ’ — that applied to a country that no longer existed , that indeed never did exist as an independent nation . |
| 19 | It is hard to see why reasonable notice should be an additional requirement where the document concerned is one which a reasonable man would regard as a legal document , to be read carefully for its terms and conditions . |
| 20 | One of the barriers to what the Government would regard as a successful sale is the amount of regulation covering coal mining activities . |
| 21 | ‘ He 's what I would regard as a sensible Scot someone who does n't wear Scotland on every part of his clothing , but he 's deeply interested in the Scottish Institute in terms of its members . |
| 22 | The suggestion at the time that the Labour Party had been behind Profumo 's downfall was a little unfair to many members who repeatedly expressed their misgivings about the scandalous imputations , which several of them could not regard as a proper currency for a political difference . |
| 23 | Nevertheless , in what most people would regard as an obvious case of rape , the victims had to suffer a traumatic experience in court and have their humiliating experiences reported to millions . |
| 24 | Accepting then that the material making up the mantle can behave as a viscous liquid , this raises an interesting possibility . |
| 25 | The leader has special functions and can not therefore behave as an ordinary group member ( ie be ‘ one of the boys ’ ) . |
| 26 | ’ Do I qualify as a nice man who lets you get on with your work in your own way and as far as possible on your own initiative ? ’ |
| 27 | When the reality is that a cottage pie housing a six-year-old ingredient could probably qualify as a listed dwelling . |
| 28 | Other grants made by the leisure sub-committee were : Steven Duffy , 13 , of Suffield Street , St Hilda 's , £150 for boxing strip and equipment ; Geoffrey Mullins , 38 , of Baldoon Sands , Acklam , £150 to help qualify as a senior athletics coach ; St Margaret 's Carpet Bowls Club , Brookfield , £477 to buy equipment ; Linthorpe Community Art Group , Linthorpe Community Centre , £200 for materials and equipment and Northern Sinfonia Orchestra , £250 , to help with concert expenses . |
| 29 | The brief given to the three craftworkers approached this year emphasised that what they produce must qualify as a high quality art object in its own right , preferably of a contemporary nature , and suitable to be displayed in the offices or boardrooms of this years ABSA award winners . |
| 30 | Turning now to impertinent , we can readily see that although the im -is replaceable by zero , it does not qualify as a semantic constituent : |