Example sentences of "as indicate a " in BNC.
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| 1 | A situation can be structured and comprehended so as to indicate a direction for proceeding . |
| 2 | Twenty years on , the phrases which she saw as indicating a deformation of values have become commonplace in the Thatcherite academy , where contemplation is regarded as idleness , rather than the other way round , and Leavis 's abominated ‘ technologico-Benthamism ’ is firmly in the saddle . |
| 3 | He recognizes that it might be regarded in a pejorative sense as indicating a readiness to compromise and to accept something inferior , but he uses the term , nevertheless , for the want of a better word and tries to give it a different connotation . |
| 4 | The definite Art Nouveau style and the somewhat shaky signature are regarded by the gallery as indicating a date after 1900 . |
| 5 | Using data from the health and lifestyle survey shows that a lower proportion of the older age groups have a BMI within what is defined as indicating a correct weight ( see Table 6.10 ) . |
| 6 | This semantic shift should not necessarily be interpreted as indicating a decline in nationalism or racism . |
| 7 | Despite the fact that dichotic listening techniques have often been adopted without proper validation , findings which show a difference in the direction and/or magnitude of ear asymmetry between groups of right and left ( or non-right ) handed subjects have been taken as indicating a difference in direction or magnitude of cerebral lateralisation . |
| 8 | Some see this as indicating a constant relegation battle come the winds of March , but I believe it is only from such a lowly position , lulling opponents into a false sense of security , that we can wreak havoc on the rest of the League . |
| 9 | The fact that a wealth tax bore heavily on someone who turned out to lose all his capital would not on an ex ante basis be regarded as indicating a regressive impact , but in terms of measured income ( allowing for the loss ) it might appear that way . |
| 10 | On the one hand , it has been interpreted as indicating a revival of entrepreneurial vigour with new firms being formed either on the basis of new technologies or else in order to exploit market opportunities which have emerged as a result of the recession . |
| 11 | This was widely regarded as indicating a warmer attitude towards NATO , in which France 's position had been ambiguous since it withdrew from its integrated military structure in 1966 . |
| 12 | This was interpreted as indicating a move towards increased autonomy for the territories or less economic aid from France . |
| 13 | This was widely interpreted by opposition parties as indicating a switch to economic conservatism . |
| 14 | This result has been interpreted as indicating a small degree of price pressure . |
| 15 | He exhibits a number of adjectives which differ in precisely the way required while maintaining the same or essentially the same lexical value ( we modify his examples slightly where it is possible to do so without damage to his case , so as to make the distinction sharper ) : ( 19 ) visible stars vs stars visible the only navigable rivers vs the only rivers navigable a handy tool vs are your tools handy ? guilty people vs people guilty As it happens , the examples which Bolinger uses employ words which can make the distinction a rather subtle one , with perhaps the exception of visible stars ( a group recognized astronomically ) beside stars visible ; but it is quite easy to produce further instances which seem to confirm his view : ( 20 ) a complaining visitor vs a visitor complaining the eligible bachelor vs the bachelor eligible In other cases , the divergence of lexical value between the two positions may be greater but still with the characteristic value for the former , and the occasion value for the latter : ( 21 ) the responsible man vs the man responsible a sorry sight vs the girl is sorry He notes that the acceptability of an adjective in pre-adjunct position may apparently depend on whether or not it can be regarded as indicating a relatively enduring characteristic of what is expressed by the noun , as in : ( 22 ) the faint girl vs the girl is faint an asleep man vs a man asleep This possibility of course depends not only on the adjective itself but also on the nature of the noun being qualified , so that " when one scratches one 's head the result is not *a scratched head but when one scores a glass surface the result is a scratched surface " . |
| 16 | For a Part B mark , no injunction or other relief is available to a plaintiff if the defendant can show that the use complained of is not likely to deceive or cause confusion or taken as indicating a connection in the course of trade between the goods and the person having the right to use the mark ( section 5 ) . |
| 17 | It was usually taken , particularly when combined as it often was with the adjective " extraordinary " , as indicating a status superior to that of the resident : it became rapidly in many states during the later seventeenth century the most widely used of all diplomatic titles . |
| 18 | The IFC 's rapid withdrawal , which led to the project 's collapse , was itself criticised as indicating a lack of interest in local input . |
| 19 | The fact that a person is aware of a notice or contract term purporting to exclude another 's liability for negligence is not to be taken as indicating a voluntary assumption of any risk ( s2(3) ) . |
| 20 | Labour 's Scottish home affairs spokesman , John McFall , attacked the Government 's record on tackling crime as indicating a ‘ state of torpor ’ . |