Example sentences of "one [modal v] [verb] as a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The change from centrally planned to market economy requires , one may say as a condition precedent , proper legal framework . |
| 2 | Most businesses would be valued on either an earnings or asset or dividend yield basis as appropriate but there are certain ‘ rules of thumb ’ or key features which one may use as a ‘ double check ’ to confirm the reasonableness of the determined value . |
| 3 | I mean people do n't always agree on what evidence means ; they do n't always agree on what is the best thing to do , erm and I 've developed the idea that it 's possible to do an evaluation that I like to call divergent in the sense that there might be several different things that one might do as a result of it . |
| 4 | I can hardly forebear , I 'm sorry for , if it 's er , a bad pun , but er , I can hardly forbear to say that it may be that I , that diocese can do with what one might describe as a dash of the Robin Hood 's , which I think Alan may er , bring to it . |
| 5 | By not assigning 9 , but using it as " an octave device " , one could establish as a convention a way of producing a hierarchy of numbers allowing for almost infinite addition in array . |
| 6 | The French delegation led by M. Jean Arrivetz of FACS stressed the desirability of using a mnemonic one could say as a word . |
| 7 | well er , I , I , no , that 's , that 's , that 's not what I was saying , I was saying article eighty five then concerned with , what one could describe as a malign or bad prevention , restriction or distortion |
| 8 | erm it may be that erm because of my generation , but you do n't get the same sort of personalities nowadays as you did in those days , erm Mr for instance he was , he was a most benign sort of erm fellow of what one would describe as a real gentleman mm , mind you he used to have his paddies at times but |
| 9 | The finished one would act as a cupboard , full of clean dishes and utensils , which would also save on storage units . |
| 10 | If two mountain sheep of markedly different size meet each other , the smaller one will behave as a subordinate and retreat . |
| 11 | Urban life for him demanded a more human scale , a city like Durham or Bristol , a place that one can comprehend as a city . |
| 12 | The threat of disciplinary action or even dismissal from the Library Association is empty when one can practise as a librarian without membership of the professional association . |