Example sentences of "they [vb base] as a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | They act as a powerful aphrodisiac on pigs , and synthesised versions of them are sprayed onto sows to make them receptive before artificial insemination . |
| 4 | they act as a focal point for action and coordination |
| 5 | They function as a spurious pattern into which the narrative might slide if so allowed . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | The Russian President and the G7 leaders have forged what they describe as a long-term partnership . |
| 9 | They stand as a devastating comment on her view of Scotland , the one kingdom which was actually hers to govern . |
| 10 | They present as a major force in society attitudes and tastes which would be regarded as rather eccentric and marginal in Britain . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | We saw in chapter 4 that mixtures may be homogeneous , in which case they exist as a single phase , or they may be heterogeneous . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | The agency is in a belligerent mood , fighting off what they regard as a male backlash . |
| 18 | Snotlings can not be joined by heroes or led by them — they fight as a big mass of their own kind and are far too excited to respond to even the simplest commands . |
| 19 | As North 's tawdry tale unfolded one was reminded of the 1962 novel Seven Days in May — which tells how a group of disaffected American generals plan to overthrow what they see as a weak and ineffective president by a military coup . |
| 20 | Senior BBC executives in Scotland are now concerned at what they see as a crucial shift in the balance of power to London . |
| 21 | Many senior executives are now concerned at what they see as a crucial shift in the balance of power from Scotland to London . |
| 22 | Although sociologists try to go beyond working within what they see as a narrow ‘ social problem ’ framework , this does not mean that their research can not provide insights and suggestions potentially relevant to practitioners and policy-makers . |
| 23 | So this opportunity depends on a difference of opinion : investors thinking that prices are going to carry on rising , while firms rush to exploit what they see as a temporary state of affairs . |
| 24 | But they also know that it need not achieve the sort of certainty that leads theologians to drive wedges between faith and reason , or faith and history , in a desperate attempt to achieve a level of conviction that is impossible in what they see as a hostile rather than a mature scientific environment . |
| 25 | Next in line are the treble , middle and bass controls for channel two ; this time they double as a bright control , another notch filter , a contour control — to add warmth at low volume levels — and Rivera 's own trademarked Ninja Boost circuit . |