Example sentences of "and [adv] as a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I qualified in 1979 and have worked as a social worker and latterly as a team manager in various London boroughs . |
| 2 | Hard thinking and research may aid us individually , and eventually as a species , to counter some of these problems . |
| 3 | To say that a given rule is valid is to recognize it as passing all the tests provided by the rule of recognition and so as a rule of the system . |
| 4 | But this will scarcely work , for it was precisely in this year , and perhaps as a result of the failure of Archbishop Ralph 's letter to produce any effect at the papal court , that the Canterbury monks claimed that they had ‘ discovered ’ the long lost documents with all the essential primatial clauses in them . |
| 5 | Sometimes people have um a whole variety of symptoms in later life and perhaps as a consequence of some sort of therapy , some sort of consciousness raising exercise , something like that erm they are not necessarily aware at the start that they 've been abused but sometimes they feel y'know a very compelling sense of memories flooding back . |
| 6 | A century ago it was considered to be as good as the Normande , and better as a butcher 's beast , but a combination of war and frontier changes led to its deterioration ; it was crossed with Danish Red as well as Belgian Red to form the Flemish Red , which is usually whole red , though some have mottled or blazed faces . |
| 7 | and especially as a sign of cultural aspiration . |
| 8 | They reflect money balances and just as a mirror image shows everything literally as a mirror image , everything is the opposite way round , so too are the balances in the mirror accounts in relation to the balances in the NOSTRO and VOSTRO accounts . |
| 9 | The nurse summoned a doctor in alarm , and just as a sedative was about to be given , Marek began to scream . |
| 10 | And just as a bulldozer began clearing the coal , another demonstration of anger was taking shape at the unlikely venue of Cheltenham ; a town far removed from collieries and pits , but nevertheless a hotbed of outrage . |
| 11 | His main strategy was to emphasize his personal success in overcoming the disadvantages of race and poverty during his childhood in rural Georgia and rising to the top , first as a corporation lawyer , then as a public official and finally as a judge . |
| 12 | My father used to crack his finger knuckles like dry firewood , first as a joke , later as a tiny defence against boredom , and finally as a habit as much a part of him as his ear-lobes or the blue coal-scar tipped into the bridge of his nose . |
| 13 | Although there is a wealth of literature on second language acquisition — usually in children of primary school age or younger , and usually as a consequence of schooling in a second language — the processes of the foreign language classroom are not necessarily identical or even generally comparable . |
| 14 | The Evangelists proposed the concept of home as a private retreat for man , and home as a centre of morality , away from the rigours and corruption of the outside world . |
| 15 | Some have pointed out that the mercurial Vercruysse has provoked similar situations in the past , and always as a result of difficulties in their relationship : most recently over an exhibition to be held in May at the Dhondt Dhaenens Museum , Deurle , which examines Belgium 's contribution to Documenta . |
| 16 | Agnes Fogerty , quiet and still as a mouse , and not unlike that timid animal in her much-pressed grey flannel skirt and twin-set to match , stood oblivious of the chaos around her . |
| 17 | Travel companies are featuring Japan more and more as a destination in their brochures , and more foreign visitors are encountering the Japanese way of hotels . |
| 18 | Wilson had to trot briskly , to keep up with his wife ; and he trotted responsibly , because there was no doubt that he was proud of his charge — tall and upright as a Grenadier Guard as she was , and issuing instructions in the way that I imagine a Grenadier might , so that when they were at home her voice would sometimes float right up the road and into our garden , ‘ Wilson ! |
| 19 | Contracting out by local authorities has increased under the Conservative government — partly voluntarily and partly as a response to changes in the law requiring them to do so for certain activities . |
| 20 | All the time he talked he kept his hand on the bonnet , partly for reassurance — he was less confident than he seemed — and partly as a caress . |
| 21 | But the interpenetration of mathematics and magic in the school is well attested ; Dodds , for example , sees Pythagoreanism partly as ‘ a development of shamanism and partly as a development of number mysticism and the speculations about cosmic harmony ’ . |
| 22 | On the other hand , Political Union was conceived late in the day , partly in response to the dramatic changes in Central Europe and partly as a complement to EMU designed to placate , if not to satisfy , the European Parliament and those favouring its strengthening . |
| 23 | Many disabled , ( partly because of their disability and partly as a result of the inadequacy of public transport ) , are completely dependent on private or other vehicles to get out at all . |
| 24 | Partly for historical reasons , such as the impact the Poor Law made on their memories , and partly as a result of their attitudes towards financial ‘ dependence ’ on the state , there are grounds for believing that some of these factors are more acutely felt by older people than other age groups . |
| 25 | The back to nursing movement has established itself over the past five years , partly in response to a national shortage of qualified staff , and partly as a result of the UKCC 's stated commitment to introduce mandatory updating programmes for nurses and health visitors returning to practice after a specified minimum break in service . |
| 26 | Finally , another category of prisoners — those held in ‘ protective custody ’ — has been greatly reduced in size recently , partly by the Juvenile Justice Act and partly as a result of the case of Hussainara Khatoon v. |
| 27 | Partly as a result of a slow trickle through the barriers , and partly as a result of internal inconsistencies , the analytic tradition has recently shown signs of moving from the strictly aloof position it adopted in the heyday of conceptual analysis . |
| 28 | Partly out of over-confidence and partly as a result of the double pressure of having to sit still under a bombardment while their property was burned and looted under their noses , the garrison made a foray against Richard 's camp , placed temptingly close to the walls . |
| 29 | Crèches were abandoned in the early twentieth century partly for reasons of economy and partly as a result of the pressure exerted by the infant welfare movement on mothers to stay at home with their children . |
| 30 | The Court of Appeal stated that it was impermissible to make a finding of 100% contributory negligence , as the Act states that the plaintiff must suffer damage partly as a result of his own fault and partly as a result of the defendant 's fault . |