Example sentences of "as [verb] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is also the supplementary point that very commonly the " web-groups that are thus linked together treat their solidarity as deriving from common substance , in contrast to the alliances , which link " we " and " they " , which rest on obligations periodically expressed in gift-giving and services . |
| 2 | My hypothesis is that there is a space for a socialist argument in favour of investment planning ; that such an argument could be presented in such a way as to appeal to organised labour and even to broader strata of the population concerned about employment prospects and their standard of living in retirement ; that if organised workers were to support the proposal they could use their union organisation to press for social accountability of their savings funds ; and that if the proposals were not linked to a ‘ dogmatic ’ pursuit of nationalisation they would stand a chance of recruiting some support from the more progressive elements of the state and corporate salariat — those whose technical expertise would be required in any such project , even if it is overlaid with oppressive ‘ professional ’ and ‘ managerial ’ ideologies — helping to isolate , so far as possible , reactionary financier elements . |
| 3 | On the F-Plan it is even less possible because if you are consuming 1,000 calories a day in the form of fibre-rich meals a percentage of those calories is not digested , as explained in previous chapters . |
| 4 | German , as taught in British schools , is of the correct variety . |
| 5 | Second , are States which ratify the Convention closer to its coming into force bound by the terms of the Convention , or the terms as altered by subsequent actions of non-parties . |
| 6 | And however my person , and parts be meane in the Worlds Eye , and so may cast an odium upon the things that I hold forth ; yet I shall runne the hazard in that kinde , and leave the Lord to gain his own Honour and Glory in it ; as seeing by sweet experience , it is one of his greatest designes in the World , to confound the high and mighty things thereof , by the most meane and contemptible . |
| 7 | But it has remained as puzzling to modern historians as it was shocking to contemporaries . |
| 8 | Self-control , obedience , the recognition of authority , and , later , respect for elders are all the outcome of the first year 's training , as emphasized in preceding chapters . |
| 9 | A visually outstanding picture book revealing the megalomania of Stalinist architecture both on paper and as realised with amazing diversity in popular palaces deriving most from Boullée , Piranesi and the Gothic cathedral . |
| 10 | Starlings and a wide range of plants from the Mediterranean ( some introduced for ornament , some escaping as weeds from agricultural crops ) have made deep inroads into the native animals and plants of North America . |
| 11 | We may think of them as competing for various tenures . |
| 12 | Many thousands of pagans were baptised and Charles himself is recorded as assisting in mass baptism in the rivers Elbe and Ocker in 780 . |
| 13 | One of Charles 's most fruitful contributions to knowledge of the wider world was his establishment in 1675 of Greenwich Observatory , which was intended quite as much to assist sailors with the problems of navigation as to carry on scientific research . |
| 14 | One of the major problems with this is that the private benefits accruing to households or families who take up either family planning or conservation measures are often not clear — either as perceived to exist by households themselves or even as calculated by economic models . |
| 15 | The distinction made between make and cause as intended vs unintended causation , for instance , is based on the claim that one can say : ( 125 ) John accidentally/inadvertently caused Mary to drop her books . |
| 16 | Since it was of relatively minor importance to whom the words for setting up a trust were addressed , it was possible to conceive of the trust as inhering in certain property in the estate , and therefore of the recipient of that property as automatically in the position of trustee for the intended beneficiary . |
| 17 | As well as reacting with simple RCN systems , SNS+ reacts with multicyano compounds — eg dicyanobenzenes , dicyanogen ( NCCN ) , tricyanobenzene and tricyanomethanide — yielding the corresponding bis and tris(dithiadiazolium) cations . |
| 18 | Secondly , and most serious , are allegations of ‘ Clever Hans ’ errors ; named after the German horse early in the century that gave correct answers to arithmetical problems shown it on a blackboard ( by tapping with its hoof ) until it was unmasked as reacting to unwitting symptoms of tension in its trainer which caused it to stop at the right moment . |
| 19 | Various factors , including actual experience and transmitted beliefs , play their parts in solidifying the conception of society as biased against black achievement in all spheres except music and sport and so , looking to those characters who have achieved the desirable commodities of prestige and affluence , black kids zealously follow their example . |
| 20 | I accept the offer of the hon. Member for Aberdeen , North ( Mr. Hughes ) as given in good faith , but there are 646 hon. Members — I exclude you , Madam Deputy Speaker , and your colleagues for this purpose — and we can not necessarily rely on them all to show such restraint and singlemindedness as the hon. Gentleman . |
| 21 | Another approach has been to apply regime theory as developed by political scientists to areas regulated by international law.150 — In all cases , a particular claim would have to be carefully examined to determine the legitimacy of an erga omnes claim , which can not be presumed . |
| 22 | Crime — Fraud — Fraudulent trading — Investigation by Serious Fraud Office — Applicant charged with carrying on business of company with intent to defraud creditors — Whether power of Director to compel answers to questions ceasing once applicant charged — Criminal Justice Act 1987 ( c. 38 ) , s. 2 ( as amended by Criminal Justice Act 1988 ( c. 33 ) , ss. 143 , 170(1) , Sch . |
| 23 | It was British policy to enforce Roman-Dutch law , as amended by British proclamations . |
| 24 | The current law is to be found in Part V of the Employment Protection ( Consolidation ) Act 1978 , as amended by subsequent employment legislation . |
| 25 | The former occurrence of coastal stands of birch , as indicted by submerged wood-remains of mid-post-glacial age off Pabbay , between the Sound of Harris and N. Uist , and on the west . |
| 26 | The popular media — such as Tomorrow 's World , for example , or children 's science books — tend to present science as consisting of benevolent inventions , or a series of clever tricks . |
| 27 | But since it seems to be possible to analyse the black community as a whole as consisting of overlapping sets of relatively closeknit groups , the network variable is rather more helpful in describing the relationship between linguistic variability and non-linguistic differences between speakers . |
| 28 | Originally he thought of his main audience as consisting in enlightened rulers who happened to have power and who with sufficient for themselves already , sought their main further pleasure in seeking the happiness of their subjects . |
| 29 | Behaviour which lies outside ( 1 ) and ( 2 ) , and to which in addition there may be strong personal disinclination : e.g. homosexuality as regarded in enlightened circles . |
| 30 | Friedman sees the real demand for money ( M D /P ) as depending on total wealth ( W ) , the expected rates of return on the various forms of wealth ( r ) , the ratio of human wealth to non-human wealth ( w ) and society 's tastes and preferences ( T ) . |