Example sentences of "of [noun] [to-vb] as a " in BNC.

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1 However an encouraging number of teacher groups did find a first step of action to take as a result of using the process .
2 In the community tank where the decor consists of numerous caves made from rockwork , with a good depth of gravel to act as a filter medium , and where the fish tend to dig less than in a tank especially set up for breeding , then undergravel filtration will be adequate once the biological action in the gravel has become firmly established .
3 Its rigorous application of the acquis communautaire and the finalité politique to new members will in all probability lead to a Europe too full of contradictions to survive as a unitary bloc .
4 Britton looking battle-weary after a match in which he was left as Thistle 's lone attacker , a task which he confessed he had never experienced before , admitted he had a fair bit of work to do as a result .
5 A business can not plan without making forecasts , and it can not make forecasts without having some kind of plan to act as a framework for forecasters to use .
6 SECTION MAIN POINTS 1 & 1.1 Role and A business can not plan without making purpose of forecasting forecasts , and can not forecast without having some kind of plan to act as a framework .
7 Two Australian scientists have developed a chemical process which significantly increases the ability of clothing to act as a barrier against ultraviolet radiation .
8 Kenneth has a list of questions to ask as a result of his reading , but the Dr has to admit that the subject is a highly complex one and that his knowledge is limited as he is a G.P. and not a specialist on the subject .
9 The point is that the inference which you give to it is that they 're not quite fit to be Governors , by comparison with others , and I 'd like to defend that because I can assure you that I have never ever nominated a Governor for a school who I have not thought would be advantageous to that Board of Governors to have as a member and that he will be he or she will be a contributor to that particular school , and I 've done it time and time and time again and indeed on occasions have had headmasters coming to me and thanking me for the particular person that I put in .
10 He added that there might be a sufficient pool of volunteers to act as a new breed of ‘ civil justices ’ .
11 Sir John , I will need some sort of box to serve as a coffin for poor Cosmas .
12 Anyone , almost , could pick up a stone or work a piece of flint to use as a tool , but making metals was a far more skilled job .
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