Example sentences of "as it [vb -s] an [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is clear then that the DUP will receive the votes of the working-class loyalists so long as it retains an image of being more unionist than the Officials , unless there should be an alternative to the right of the DUP . |
| 2 | The latter site could be something of a watershed , possessing as it does an example of a type B arrangement , one of the earliest examples of star-like squares enclosed by a circle , a saltire design , and a simple geometric meander ( pI . |
| 3 | Use of trade exhibitions is on the increase and firms increasingly need to establish a more scientific method of managing this function as it requires an understanding of how an exhibition stand communicates itself to the public . |
| 4 | It is a valuable acquisition for the museum as it describes an experience which quite a number of Middlesbrough people must have gone through . ’ |
| 5 | Appointment of GALs in secure accommodation applications is not only a major challenge of the Act , but is a significant change from previous practice , as it provides an opportunity for an independent investigation . |
| 6 | Forfeiture This is a drastic power as it gives an enforcement authority power , under s16 of CPA 1987 , to obtain possession of unsafe goods and , if necessary , destroy them . |
| 7 | NEXT loops execute at integer speed whether or not the control variable is an " integer variable " ( % type ) , so long as it has an integer value . |
| 8 | This thoughtless response is so much easier than confronting the real reasons , as it has an inevitability about it . |
| 9 | We can continue to represent the normal case , which corresponds to Bolinger 's referent-qualification , by either of the types of formulae : ( 6 ) Although it is relatively easy to describe verbally the second version where the adjective qualifies the property of the noun but does not in itself qualify the entity of the noun phrase , it is not so easy to suggest a simple but appropriate diagrammatic representation for it ; we may perhaps adopt a formulation as in ( 7 ) where the arrowhead representing qualification passes through the bracket into the property which is the descriptive identification resource of the noun : ( 7 ) [ ( DISTANT ) ( COUSIN ) ] We should still speak of the adjective as attributive , since it remains part of the same entity-identification as the noun ; and it is still perfectly proper to describe it as qualifying the noun syntactically , inasmuch as it marks an extension of what would be achieved by using the noun alone . |