Example sentences of "and [vb base] as a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I need to grow and change and develop as a person in my own terms . |
| 2 | We grow and develop as a result of those interactions . |
| 3 | The Greiner administration , which had lost its tiny majority because of Metherell 's earlier decision to leave the Liberal Party and sit as an independent , then recovered its position when the Liberal candidate won the by-election in Metherell 's former seat . |
| 4 | It is found along with fossils of planktonic organisms and it is possible to explain the change in growth between coil and trumpet as a change that happened when the larval shell settled on the bottom . |
| 5 | The famed croaking is more likely to be heard in such tanks , as it 's at its most audible when males meet and display as a threat to other intruding males — or during the mating season as the male pursues the female . |
| 6 | They recognise that mixture of theatre and dance as a general trend in the dance world . |
| 7 | He viewed the establishment of mutual recognition and trust as a prerequisite for the future prosperity of the region and was largely responsible for its realisation with the creation of the non-Islamic Republic of Indonesia . |
| 8 | The second is ‘ Welcome the Asian Games ’ , the international event scheduled long ago for September 1990 which the authorities both welcome as an opportunity to demonstrate normality and fear as a possible platform for dissident protest . |
| 9 | The Parafoils , created by Canadian Domina Jalbert and subsequently used for parachuting and paragliding , established that a properly-rigged , fully flexible shape would fill with ram air and fly as a kite . |
| 10 | The danger is in having a film of glue dry prematurely and appear as a line . |
| 11 | Some patent systems produce a master payroll sheet and a perforated top copy , which can be torn off in strips to provide individual payslips for the employees ; details of pay and deductions for each employee are entered on the top copy and appear as a carbon copy on the master sheet . |
| 12 | The commercial , financial and logistics staff in all parts of the company also enjoyed variety and challenge as a result of the expanding geographic spread and , once again , gave good support to the business units . |
| 13 | Compact discs can store data too , and act as a superb archiving medium for large databases , while videodiscs give instant access to thousands of high-quality photographic images on one 14-inch disc . |
| 14 | As in the opening stages of the civil war in Croatia , the army says it has intervened to protect its soldiers and facilities and act as a buffer between warring sides . |
| 15 | Now Mr Ferguson hopes that a victory over Brian Clough 's Nottingham Forest will reassure his side and act as a timely impetus in the championship campaign . |
| 16 | The Survival level packs will offer words and phrases in bilingual editions and act as a phrasebook , dictionary and aide-memoire . |
| 17 | The Israeli representative at Lausanne knew this position , for a Ramallah delegate had proposed that Israel should agree to the repatriation of 400,000 refugees ‘ who would live in peace with Israel and act as a ‘ peace bridge' ’ between Israel and the Arab states ' . |
| 18 | It was to be on a new site and act as a combined station for suburban and express services . |
| 19 | The hindquarters are the means of support and act as a leverage for locomotion . |
| 20 | The red ones take care of the cholesterol , and these yellow and black torpedoes check acidity and act as a mild purge . |
| 21 | Without the protection of the trees to bind soil and act as a windbreak , the land can be fiercely lashed by landslides , earthquakes and storms . |
| 22 | The result is a sorry compromise in which the old assumptions neutralize the new ones and act as a Trojan horse in the mind . |
| 23 | But this is one candle you can not possibly afford to extinguish in your life , for without it you may lose much of the valuable to-and-fro of friendship , which can protect you from isolation , and act as a safety-valve when you are under strain . |
| 24 | As a purely mechanical filter , packed mainly with filter floss to extract larger particles of detritus and act as a prefilter for reverse-flow systems and trickle filters . |
| 25 | These animals possess the nettle-cells or nematocysts , which are arranged near their surfaces , and act as a weapon either of offence or defence for them . |
| 26 | A white scarf , preferably ex-real parachute , will show firm intent and act as a morale booster , and goggles are a must if our Teddy is at all myopic and wears specs or contact lenses . |
| 27 | After regrouping , William headed for Kent and London with his main army but seems to have sent detachments out into Sussex to subdue the countryside and act as a rearguard . |
| 28 | Cooked garlic is thought to lower blood cholesterol , help prevent blood clotting and act as a decongestant , cough medicine , mucus regulator and bronchitis preventor . |
| 29 | Ahmed : Being in at least two oppressed ‘ specific interest ’ groups we were able to mediate differences and act as a bridge between the two when necessary . |
| 30 | Spadefoot toads have a number of anti-predator tactics , one of which is to inflate the lungs and hence the body , which may fool the snake into thinking the toad is larger than it really is and act as a deterrent . |