Example sentences of "they [vb base] as [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | * As a way of finding the best structure for your essay , write out all the main points you think you need to make , and rearrange them until they develop as an overall argument ( see pp. 59 – 61 ) . |
| 2 | In the next part , I describe Buid attitudes towards what they perceive as the intrinsic aggressiveness of their lowland Christian neighbours , before turning to the activity in which the symbolism of tranquillity and aggression receives its greatest elaboration : animal sacrifice . |
| 3 | Typically there is a pair of ganglia in each segment of the body , but the members of a pair are usually so closely united that they appear as a single ganglion , the commissure being no longer evident externally . |
| 4 | Now the police authorities a and the local authorities and the magistrates may be thought to be indulging in special preening , but I do assure Your Lordships that they really are not alone in expressing their anxieties er about the er er er this bill and what it proposes , for example , if I may , I would like to refer to a letter which I received from Justice , chaired by my Noble Friend Lord Alexander of and with his Vice-chairman er er Lord and er they say as an all-party human rights organisation , Justice considers that the composition of police authorities is an important constitutional issue effecting the independence of policing . |
| 5 | We may as well use these same descriptions even if there is no intention of shooting movies from detailed scripts , because they act as a useful discipline when we are shooting any kind of material . |
| 6 | They act as a powerful aphrodisiac on pigs , and synthesised versions of them are sprayed onto sows to make them receptive before artificial insemination . |
| 7 | they act as a focal point for action and coordination |
| 8 | Objectives are important because they act as an essential backcloth to behaviour itself . |
| 9 | They function as a spurious pattern into which the narrative might slide if so allowed . |
| 10 | Suppliers are angry about what they discern as a consistent pattern of Brandmakers refusing to pay bills because , the company says , goods delivered have fallen below the required standard . |
| 11 | When the minds of athletes like Linford Christie turn to Barcelona and the glory of top class competition , raising the cash to get there is n't something they view as a significant problem . |
| 12 | The Russian President and the G7 leaders have forged what they describe as a long-term partnership . |
| 13 | Their home , an 1855 Quaker Meeting House at Garstang , near Preston , is furnished in what they describe as an eclectic ‘ mish-mash ’ of styles , from 16th century to late 19th and everything in between . |
| 14 | They stand as a devastating comment on her view of Scotland , the one kingdom which was actually hers to govern . |
| 15 | They stand as the essential interface between strategy formulation and tactical decisions . |
| 16 | They present as a major force in society attitudes and tastes which would be regarded as rather eccentric and marginal in Britain . |
| 17 | Rather , they present as an individual property , following from the impact of impairment on the ‘ self ’ , what are in fact learnt behaviours . |
| 18 | This small herd of 40 or 50 animals , though enclosed , still has the freedom of 135ha of land and the animals are rarely in contact with humans ; they live as a wild herd and exhibit many interesting behaviour patterns , which have been studied in the past by famous artists and very recently by Cambridge zoologist Stephen Hall , who has published his observations . |
| 19 | We saw in chapter 4 that mixtures may be homogeneous , in which case they exist as a single phase , or they may be heterogeneous . |
| 20 | The figures are based on my own in the 1970s and now bear no relation to the present day , but they serve as a broad outline . |
| 21 | Warts have more nuisance value than medical significance , but , like all of the minor sexually transmitted diseases , they serve as a useful indicator to the possibility of other infection , and anyone with anal or genital warts should make sure that they are screened for other genital infections . |
| 22 | They serve as a valuable corrective to approaches of the kind that a behaviourist view might encourage , approaches which impose conformity on learners , reduce the scope of their participation as persons , and deny them the exercise of individual initiative in the learning process . |
| 23 | In particular it tends to be associational rather than communal — that is , they regard as a key indicator of a flourishing village the number of clubs , societies and other associations which it supports . |
| 24 | The agency is in a belligerent mood , fighting off what they regard as a male backlash . |
| 25 | The Bolshevik claim to represent the true interests of the masses they regard as an arrogant illusion born of a fundamentally false doctrine . |
| 26 | Naturally , neoclassical economists will stand aghast at what they regard as an unwarranted political intrusion into the realm of positive economics . |
| 27 | This is a response from workers who are perhaps seeking a respite from a tedious job , or who wish to defy what they regard as an oppressive management . |
| 28 | Directly related to this theme is the second major concern of libertarian writers : the roots of what they regard as the élitist , coercive nature of the regime established by the Bolsheviks . |
| 29 | Poststructuralists aspire to remove what they regard as the arbitrary distinctions between literature , criticism , theory , and philosophy , and Geoffrey Hartman has made it clear that he believes what he writes to be worthy of the esteem and attention normally given to ‘ creative ’ writing . |
| 30 | When they hear a battle is brewing they flock to the battle site , ready to cast themselves into what they regard as the final hopeless battle between good and evil . |