Example sentences of "it as a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Generally , infertility does not come as a sudden cut-off point ; rather it declines gradually , and when it is observed we have to look for the cause in the interdependence breakdown , and not just regard it as a shortage of one or other nutrients . |
2 | In the ‘ FURNITURE ’ section he made a little hut out of cardboard and used it as a base for his search . |
3 | But how useful is it as a base from which to discuss the complexities of ‘ race ’ and representation in British cinema ? |
4 | You can create classic pilaus ; authentic curries ; use it as a base for salads using leftover turkey and ham ; or try it Waldorf-style with satsumas and nuts ; in a gammon stir fry or nasi goreng . |
5 | Sir George Calvert , a politician at the Stuart court , had already shown his interest in colonization by trying to found a settlement in the Avalon district of Newfoundland , though this had failed partly because of the climate and partly because of the opposition of the fishermen who came from England every summer to use it as a base for fishing on the Grand Banks . |
6 | WordStar used it as a base from which to build WordStar for Windows , a process that has continued with this latest release , which adds Windows 3.1 compliance amongst other things . |
7 | Use it as a base and travel . |
8 | Gouldner was just three-quarters right in describing it as a culture of critical discourse ; for it is essentially a culture of self-critical discourse . |
9 | At times of apparent stability , contentment , and political success , there has been a tendency to see the political culture in idealized terms , to hold it aloft and laud it as a culture to be admired and possibly even envied . |
10 | It is likely to come about only as a consequence of a general election yielding a majority for no single party thus putting a minority party favouring change in a strong position to secure it as a price for joining or supporting another minority party in government . |
11 | The Conservatives knee-jerk reaction to this is to condemn it as a knock-out punch for everybody . |
12 | Elsewhere , in Coronation Street Catherine Cusack is presently giving her role as the nanny from hell some considerable welly , using it as a showcase for what promises to be her considerable talent . |
13 | Anti-Americanism has old roots in Germany , at least if one sees it as a continuation of the anti-liberal , anti-mercantilist sentiments of ‘ Englandhass ’ ( dislike of England ) . |
14 | They did not engage in an abstruse discussion of the technicalities of Trinitarianism but saw it as a paradigm of the religious experience of God . |
15 | What , what is it as a paradigm . |
16 | But Fromm interprets it as a conflict between matriarchy and patriarchy ; Jung sees it as a story of ethical conflict between laziness and duty ; and Ferenczi argues that Oedipus himself is a phallic symbol since his name means literally ‘ swollen-foot ’ . |
17 | ‘ But I regard it as a penance . |
18 | In respect of the foregoing it must be understood that the interpretation put upon the word ‘ selfishness ’ in this book is one which does not necessarily brand it as a vice . |
19 | Grandiloquence was the besetting linguistic vice of Dickens 's era , and it is clear from many burlesque treatments of it in his novels ( notably in the language of Mr Micawber ) , that he himself regarded it as a vice . |
20 | He has a vision of it as a vehicle which prepares us for the presence of God . ’ |
21 | While it needs to be developed in terms of the production of ideologies by class formations , he regards it as a corrective to the view , often attributed to the sociology of knowledge , that a particular ideology belongs to a class . |
22 | well no she has it as a toy room do n't she ? |
23 | And if there 's any areas or warnings of concern which you feel that you 've both got , because he might think , he 's got any , he 's concerned about an area , but you do n't see it as a concern , and you allay his fears . |
24 | ( By contrast , in April 1990 some journalists had questioned the regime 's claim of an alleged attempted coup , dismissing it as a pretext for action against suspected opponents — see p. 37367 . ) |
25 | Clearly something strange was happening to the Edwardian Conservative party : but does one need to label it as a flirtation with ‘ proto-Fascism ’ ? |
26 | The Lower Mill site had clearly been re-used on a number of occasions , as references during the 16th century describe it as a structure of mud walls with a thatched roof . |
27 | Developers could use the tool in-house , at the expense of buying a target machine , currently an RS/6000 , or have Echo do it as a service . |
28 | Although the Club is a private one , we have always seen it as a service to the local community , particularly the younger members . |
29 | Because in the past Dave we 've actually tried to tie it in with parent 's evening to sort of use it as a bit of a motivator to jeer the , gee them up before the end |
30 | Willink thought that perhaps he should not go ; but he also discontented Ramsey by treating it as a problem in how Ramsey should get the best career in a worldly sense . |