Example sentences of "as [art] [noun sg] [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So called keyhole surgery is being hailed as the way most operations will be carried out in the future but only a minority of surgeons can actually do it . |
| 2 | With the unpredictability of fashion , it seems that sensitivity has replaced brains or athletic ability as the quality all boys should aim at . |
| 3 | As a whole these wastes are estimated to have an energy equivalent of 21 million tonnes of coal , and government , industry and local authorities alike are very keen on obtaining energy from such cheap sources which are termed biofuels — fuels that come from an organic origin . |
| 4 | Taken as a whole these measures would cost someone on a £30,000 a year salary about £825 of their after tax income . |
| 5 | Bristol 's position at the mouths of the Avon and Severn , facing the Atlantic Ocean , gave it importance as a port many centuries ago , and Bristol mariners were in the forefront of maritime commerce . |
| 6 | Her mummy had once shown her photographs of herself as a Brownie many years ago , and Angela had laughed at the funny straw hat and long frock she had worn . |
| 7 | As a spectacle few events match the ADT London Marathon . |
| 8 | One old lady recalls her days as a midwife many years ago when on one occasion she had to deliver a baby in an old farm cottage near the works . |
| 9 | Laventhol , who makes most of his loot as a carpenter these days , explained Smeggy and Maggot would be the other former Kurt mainmen engaged at the Astoria soirée . |
| 10 | As a result many departments are far behind . ’ |
| 11 | As a result many Marxists , including Engels himself , fell back onto simple utilitarian explanations when they were dealing with these societies , one of the types of explanation which Marx had vigorously rejected . |
| 12 | As a result many Marxists have had to look outside Marxism to explain primitive societies , so they often imported theories of history from the anthropologists whom they used as sources . |
| 13 | As a result many councils have taken an increasingly anti-dog stance in the form of prohibitive legislation . |
| 14 | As a result most forecasts made by the DIA about the Russians are wildly inaccurate . |
| 15 | As a result both agencies have to continue claiming that Russia is facing terrible threats from the West and therefore that their existence is essential despite the fact that Gorbachev is busily telling the Russian people that co-existence is not only possible but desirable as are many aspects of capitalist society . |
| 16 | As a result those areas , notably the paramos plains and intermontane valleys , which are suitable for herding and crop-growing are experiencing environmental problems due not simply to over-exploitation , but to poor management such as the lack of rotational grazing and the replacement of traditional crops with cash crops . |
| 17 | As a result those sections of the rural population who are unable to run a car now tend to find themselves more isolated from the outside world than at any time in their lives . |
| 18 | A troupe of experts has toured the country giving their views over periods of several days and as a result some courts have convicted and others have acquitted . |
| 19 | Hens can be both fearful and aggressive when meeting strange birds , and as a result some birds never leave the house while others become victims of cannibalism . |
| 20 | As a result some publications no longer deal in real information at all , except occasionally by accident . ’ |
| 21 | The list of possible influences on supply is , is exhaustive , erm , and as a result any models of agricultural supply response tend to be very , very simple , and it 's very easy to get a complicated model simply by looking erm , at why , one of these factors , disregarding er , any other , any other of these complications . |
| 22 | Strains are imposed on the self-builders ' families and main jobs , and as a result these schemes are not suitable for all persons and rarely for the elderly . |
| 23 | As a result these groups are in a particularly vulnerable position because they have no able members to represent their interests . |
| 24 | As a result these sub-organizations develop their own repertoires , standard operating procedures and specialized ways of attending to problems . |
| 25 | As a result these bodies are not yet in a position to influence the preparation of individual groups of students for higher education . |
| 26 | Such were the army , in which both George I and George II took a strong personal interest , and foreign policy , about which as a rule few ministers knew or cared very much . |
| 27 | As a consequence many organisms have been sought in the disease . |
| 28 | As a consequence these factors or characteristics should direct attempts to identify and predict , and hence prevent . |
| 29 | As a consequence most descriptions of the management control process are framed around the primary objective of earning profits . |
| 30 | It has been used as a prison many times . |