Example sentences of "in [adj] [verb] as [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This involves keeping one concession in reserve to use as the final push towards agreement : ‘ If you are willing to place an order now , I 'm willing to offer an extra 2½ per cent discount . ’ |
| 2 | Whatever the evidence , there is undoubtedly a widespread belief that the absence of effective supervision of management is an important factor ( though by no means the only one ) in the weak performance of the British ( and the American ) economy as compared with those particularly of Germany and Japan where management accountability is not in general regarded as a problem . |
| 3 | Longer-term decisions in the six companies are in general made as a result of discussions of strategic issues . |
| 4 | If the demand for pedigree dogs and the size of the dog population in general falls as a result , this is the price that all whose livelihood depends on pet dogs will have to pay . |
| 5 | If the utilitarian looks at it in this way , he takes it as a criterion for an acceptable use of ethical words , and way of understanding moral judgement , that it should give them a factual content which is the only one which it is sensible to expect people in general to endorse as a sensible guide to acceptable conduct . |
| 6 | Cézanne in particular had as a rule relied completely on visual models , and had looked at the subjects of his paintings with a concentration and intensity as great as that shown by the artists of the early Renaissance in their rediscovery of the natural world . |