Example sentences of "as an [noun sg] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As far as I can see , the only way to do this is to adopt a behaviouristic approach to this knowledge and characterize it as an ability to discriminate visual objects . |
| 2 | Yet we must be careful not to use these observations as an excuse to disregard those features of the story which do not immediately appeal , or which immediately appal . |
| 3 | It seems the incidents last year will be used as an excuse to withdraw international status [ from the Cowes-Torquay race ] and hence survival . ’ |
| 4 | This was plainly not part of the agreement and not only was the French government furious but it used the sentence as an excuse to generate public support for Mafart and Prieur on the grounds that they were being unfairly treated by the New Zealand government . |
| 5 | But it has one redeeming feature , for the claim that paperwork needs to be completed is used as an excuse to avoid other types of police work which are disliked even more . |
| 6 | There was a greater preponderance and variety of coloured shells at exposed sites and she regarded the white colour of sheltered enclaves as an adaptation to resist high temperatures . |
| 7 | But we do n't need or love you as an organ gone sour that stinks in the wind . |
| 8 | Workfare was on the committee 's agenda but the committee has now been wound up and it is thought workfare has been pushed back as an idea requiring long-term consideration rather than implementation in the near future . |
| 9 | Though the term is commonly used as an umbrella to cover all types , we should properly attempt a distinction . |
| 10 | are as an instance do that , the present government er last year , in fact since it some over , it was the seventy nine , er nineteen seventy nine . |
| 11 | Three of the gates are used , the first pair , IC1a , IC1b , generating a series of positive pulses at a frequency of about 20kHz , with the third gate , IC1c , acting simply as an inverter to provide negative-going triggers to pin 2 of IC2 , the 555 monostable . |
| 12 | Kung fu was primarily developed as a method of self-defence and as an exercise to promote good health . |
| 13 | Clearly many heads of department saw the appraisal as an opportunity to stress many of their needs in terms of resources and in many reports there was a plea for improved resources , accommodation , staffing or capitation . |
| 14 | During these early talks , progress appeared to have been made on Unionist demands ( i ) that the British government should seriously consider the possibility of an alternative to the Anglo-Irish Agrement ; ( ii ) that the Anglo-Irish secretariat based near Belfast should be suspended before devolution talks began ; and ( iii ) that the normal summer gap between meetings of the Anglo-Irish Intergovernmental Conference [ see below ] could be defined in advance and used as an opportunity to open formal negotiations . |
| 15 | It is essential that the time limit is not seen purely as an opportunity to negotiate renewed permissions with upgraded environmental standards . |
| 16 | Do you want it to be just a commercial success or do you see it as an opportunity to exhibit large or unusual works , or the sort of work you would like to do more of ? |
| 17 | While the city administration of New York Mayor David Dinkins has viewed museums and performing arts funding as an opportunity to promote cultural diversity , the city 's government has largely ignored the arts as a sector for economic development . |
| 18 | Then , just over two years later , John announced at the AGM ( which we use as an opportunity to set spiritual and practical goals for the year to come ) that he felt the time had come for church number three . |
| 19 | Macari used his appointment not only to begin his personal return to form , but as an opportunity to put further distance between himself and the squalid affairs at Swindon . |
| 20 | Someone in the High Police — probably Fouché himself , we know he 's obsessed with intrigue — sees it as an opportunity to introduce one of his agents into Vienna . |
| 21 | The great grey army out there , the growing number of pensioners , saw the legislation as an opportunity to lower unfair standing charges . |
| 22 | When you come to make a recording , do you treat this as an opportunity to synthesise all your learning and experience into the melting pot at one go , or do you still find yourself spontaneously adjusting even in the studio ? |
| 23 | The Scottish Cycling Council welcomes the recent publication of SNH 's countryside access report as an opportunity to make new initiatives in the countryside . |
| 24 | Similarly , if I treat someone 's urgent need of money solely as an opportunity to buy cheap from him , you may well doubt whether I am aware of more than the fact that he is in trouble , and try to rouse me from my callousness : ‘ How would you feel if I did that to you ? ’ |
| 25 | Others saw the project initially as an opportunity to buy more textbooks relevant to their particular teaching skills . |
| 26 | The scope of the innkeeper 's duty is further limited by s.2(3) : where the proprietor of an hotel is liable as an innkeeper to make good the loss of or damage to property brought to the hotel , his liability to any one guest shall not exceed fifty pounds in respect of any one article , or one hundred pounds in the aggregate , except where — |
| 27 | Spain also promised to act as an intermediary to gain more support from the United States government and the EC for the government 's crop substitution schemes , designed to reduce the number of coca plants being grown by thousands of peasant farmers . |
| 28 | Nyerere 's reputation as an individual remains high and was reinforced by his decision to resign as president in late 1985 . |
| 29 | Recession makes it even more essential to have properly trained staff and leaders who portray credit management as a necessary tool — and whilst on the subject of dictionary definitions , my dictionary defines ‘ profession ’ as an occupation requiring special training , whilst ‘ professional ’ is a person who engages in some activity also pursued by amateurs . |
| 30 | His own feeling of staleness as an editor had much to do with his disenchantment at the kind of culture with which he now had to deal . |