Example sentences of "as [v-ing] [to-vb] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When considering the long-term effects of the social debate on evacuation , therefore , we must recognise that , as well as helping to construct an ideological climate favourable to welfare legislation , it also boosted a conservative , behaviouristic analysis of poverty that viewed the root cause of the children 's condition as family failure , poor parenting and general social inadequacy . |
| 2 | Functionalism in public law views this apparatus of government as serving to promote a distinct set of purposes . |
| 3 | As well as seeking to eliminate the old technicalities , in which it has , I think , been largely successful , the new code made one radical alteration in the nature of the evidence which could be relied on to prove the offence . |
| 4 | In other denominations , as well as seeking to meet the social needs of those who are disadvantaged , there have been experiments with weekly joint services with the Asian community . |
| 5 | Mr Newton , choosing his words carefully , said the Government would ‘ certainly ensure the needs and interests of western Grampian and Argyll and Bute are taken fully into account at the same time as seeking to achieve the best outcome for the Highlands and Islands ’ . |
| 6 | It is not simply that the former communist societies in Eastern Europe were characterized , to a greater or lesser extent , by relative economic backwardness and political authoritarianism , and consequently had little appeal as models for the future development of any advanced industrial society , but that the democratic socialism of social democratic and labour parties in the capitalist world , despite its real achievements in improving the conditions of life of the working class , has come to be more critically judged as tending to promote an excessive centralization of decision making , growth of bureaucracy and regulation of the lives of individuals , and has lost something of the persuasive character it once had as a movement aiming to create a new civilization . |
| 7 | The objective of this investigation can now be re-stated as attempting to determine the following quantities : |
| 8 | The Modern Art Fund , first founded in 1989 , provides essential financial support for museums and galleries in the purchasing of 20th century contemporary art , as well as aiming to stimulate a greater interest in modern art in Britain . |
| 9 | The Service Business Unit is what was originally Prime 's in-house maintenance operation for its 50-series minicomputer users , which now touts for third party maintenance and support business as well as continuing to support the dwindling PrimOS base . |
| 10 | The 94,000 houses identified as failing to meet the nine-point BTS criteria compares with a higher estimate from the National Audit Office and an estimate of 101,557 by the Scottish Office . |
| 11 | Recommendation 18 , meanwhile , with its suggestion of a committee to advise on grant priorities , was seen as threatening to introduce a dangerous element of state supervision over what students ought to study . |
| 12 | At the same time as trying to knot the heavyish material he peered down at his stomach . |
| 13 | To try to ignore it is about as much use as trying to ignore an aching tooth ; and it will have equal effect in preventing concentration on the work in hand . |
| 14 | The animals failed to draw blood but , two weeks later , she was still so worried about getting her fingers bitten that she admitted to finding the whole business of pushing letters through a letter box as nerve-wracking , in its own way , as trying to hole a four footer . |
| 15 | As well as trying to avoid the numerous pot-holes along the route , not always successfully , Myeloski was not the most accomplished of drivers , being one of those people who were never quite in tune with their machine . |
| 16 | Often it ends up being about as much fun as trying to have a quiet drink in a bouncy castle . |
| 17 | Having the same general intention is not the same as trying to solve the same problem . |