Example sentences of "as a [noun] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On Wednesdays , as a tribute to Aunt Emily , she was at home to callers , and faithfully , once a week , she went to the Rectory and was a tiger for an hour in the jungle under the nursery table . |
| 2 | Present troubles are not so much an outbreak of anarchy , as a return to normality , with all its faults … |
| 3 | The duke was virtually forced into some sort of counter-offensive to protect his own interests , and his seizure of prince Edward at the end of April could even be justified , although Mancini does not say so , as a return to Edward IV 's original wishes . |
| 4 | The duke was virtually forced into some sort of counter-offensive to protect his own interests , and his seizure of prince Edward at the end of April could even be justified , although Mancini does not say so , as a return to Edward IV 's original wishes . |
| 5 | For thousands of children who spend their days locked up in the shanty towns while their parents work , the streets offer freedom and escape from domestic violence as well as a springboard to prostitution or petty crime . |
| 6 | This chapter has been organized so as to describe three main tours of the island , as well as a trip to Curral das Freiras . |
| 7 | Carlos Alberto Reutemann , that cunning , solitary ace from Argentina , worried about his racing twenty-four hours a day ; James seemed to give it scarcely a thought — technically , as a contributor to development he was something less than a devoted genius ( but on the track he had extraordinarily good reflexes and a lot of savvy ) . |
| 8 | The CPSU draft programme as published on Aug. 8 contained alterations to the version endorsed at the July plenum , as a concession to conservatives designed to prevent a split in the party . |
| 9 | To do this , education has to be seen as a continuing life process linked to social and economic activity at all points and not just as a precursor to employment and a dependent adjunct thereafter . |
| 10 | PPB and ZBB are largely ignored in the UK and , as a prelude to part of the discussion in chapter 7 , this chapter concludes by outlining the strategy adopted by central government since the mid-1960s . |
| 11 | LITTLE is known of the interdecadal variability in the thermohaline circulation of the world 's oceans , yet such knowledge is essential as a background to studies of the effects of natural and anthropogenic climate change . |
| 12 | A meeting between him and Louis XIV was not a great success , but the young man made a generally good impression and though they had missed the ideal moment , when Prince Charles was threatening London from Derby , the French do seem to have been in earnest , as a letter to Prince Charles from the French Minister of Marine , the Comte de Maurepas , dated December 1745 , confirms : |
| 13 | But , as a risk to safety taken recklessly , the offence deserves a penalty which places it above many intentional offences against property . |
| 14 | A joint statement was issued , which noted that both sides had agreed " on a common commitment towards the resolution of the existing climate of violence and intimidation from whatever quarter , as well as a commitment to stability and to a peaceful process of negotiations " . |
| 15 | The administration and the external political and administrative establishment may see participation as a political end in itself , as well as a means to building coalitions for the political good of their establishment . |
| 16 | A breach of condition by the seller gives the buyer , as well as a claim to damages , the right to reject the goods ( and therefore not to have to pay for them ) . |
| 17 | The visit has not all been work orientated , however , as a visit to Loch Ness has been fitted in , together with sight-seeing visits to Dundee and Inverness . |
| 18 | Thus , the price mechanism is unlikely to operate as efficiently as a signal to households under inflationary conditions as under conditions of stable prices . |
| 19 | H. L. A. Hart , who has recently added his voice in support of this kind of analysis , provides the following explanation : ‘ The commander characteristically intends his hearer to take the commander 's will instead of his own as a guide to action and so to take it in place of any deliberation or reasoning of his own : the expression of the commander 's will … is intended to preclude or cut off any independent deliberation by the hearer of the merits pro and con of doing the act . ’ |