Example sentences of "of [noun sg] as [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It takes its structure from a set of correspondences between elements and persons , and the old definition of temperament as a mixture of qualities is present to the reader 's mind — the same definition that permits us to think of Faussone as a part of Levi , or as his alter ego . |
| 2 | It can be argued ( though I do not have space to do it here ) , that there is an incoherence in a view of the subject which regards all notions of unity as an illusion . |
| 3 | The concept of play as an activity entered into with delight for its own sake is important for both the theology and the psychology of religion . |
| 4 | The reshuffle served its purpose , for after a 15-minute rather uncomfortable settling-in period Sunderland , inspired by Davenport 's goal , gradually assumed control and there was no indication of tiredness as the Rokermen , superbly served by Anton Rogan in defence and the non-stop Brian Atkinson in midfield , hustled Boro at every opportunity . |
| 5 | Despite this , there were significant differences , reflecting the PSOE 's social base of support as a party of the left , and the particular dynamic of the transition to democracy . |
| 6 | Frequently , the support teacher becomes the source of all forms of support as the boundaries between education and counselling are blurred . |
| 7 | Some things needed to change , but some needed to remain the same and I usually found myself in this place pulling at the forces of change as a child might pull at the reins of a runaway horse . |
| 8 | It is however not in curriculum thinking that Fullan 's major contribution is to be found , but rather in the issues he raises about the nature of change as a process in educational terms , and the implications these have for managers in the service . |
| 9 | The environmental imperative is held to reside mainly in the market context of manufacturing firms and the rate of change as a variable determining the ‘ best ’ structure of an organization . |
| 10 | She turned away abruptly and snatched up a glass of champagne as a waiter passed by with a tray of brimming glasses . |
| 11 | He told her she was a fool , and wished her luck — then he gave her a gold sovereign and a bottle of champagne as a farewell present . |
| 12 | This use of hair as a symbol of social disorder reflects Benthall 's contention ( 1976 ) that an obsessive interest in the body was a result of people turning to its use as a medium of expression , because of their individual inability to shape modern technological and bureaucratic society . |
| 13 | Levin makes a special case for Debord as a film-maker whose aim was to contribute to the ultimate destruction of cinema as a spectacularist medium . |
| 14 | The significance of cinema as a medium of mass entertainment and therefore as a potentially suitable weapon for political control was recognised by Lenin when he remarked , ‘ Of all the arts , for us cinema is the most important . ’ |
| 15 | This argument he knew of old was hopeless and he listened to his own voice with a kind of horror as a note of pleading crept into it . |
| 16 | These correlations are given in Table 3.3 taking the degrees of freedom as the sum of those for individual subjects ( Guilford & Fruchter 1973 ) . |
| 17 | There are a few isolated reports of hypothyroidism as a cause of torsades de pointes , but in most of these cases other abnormalities were present . |
| 18 | I have already noted his rejection of utilitarianism as an interpretation of the aim and purpose of life . |
| 19 | One reason why the range of music employed in cathedrals is often fairly narrow is the almost daily singing of Evensong as the choir s main musical offering . |
| 20 | I begin by examining the antiracists ' notion of racism as a form of irrationalism . |
| 21 | Others ( e.g. Hatcher and Shall ice , 1983 ) have drawn upon Phizacklea and Miles 's North London research which , although in the final analysis conceives of racism as a form of false consciousness , nevertheless gives a more active , reasoning or reflexive role to the working class racist subject . |
| 22 | The idea of racism as a product of ignorance or superstition is conserved for ‘ the uneducated masses ’ while it remains a ‘ rational choice ’ for the elite . |
| 23 | The definition of racism as the sum of prejudice and power can be used to illustrate these problems . |
| 24 | That the semi-official history of the party should have eschewed discussion of Conservatism as an ideology is not surprising , but a prominent British Marxist scholar has conceded that ‘ the Tory tradition is not best understood as a tradition of ideas ’ and the introduction to a recent collection of essays on Edwardian Conservatism also accepts that ‘ Conservatism is not an ideology , but a frame of mind , an outlook , a general approach ’ . |
| 25 | Huntington argues that , despite the different focus adopted by these three conceptions , they all basically agree as to the content of conservatism as an ideology . |
| 26 | Recent years have seen an increasing emphasis on the importance of inspection as a means of securing quality performance . |
| 27 | This suggests that it is general practice for the courts to admit evidence of intoxication as a defence to the charge where this negatives the requisite mens rea . |
| 28 | Generally , people think of inequality as a test which is performed on numbers . |
| 29 | But since Russia 's agriculture is a peasant agriculture … our economic policies objectively conflicted with the development of agriculture as a whole . |
| 30 | But there can be little or no dispute about the appalling state of agriculture as a result of forced collectivisation and the fact that millions of farm animals were slaughtered by the peasants rather than allow them to be collectivised , nor can the starvation and deaths be disputed . |