Example sentences of "as [v-ing] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These trends continued in a broadly similar pattern over the Heath years ( continuing decline of manual employment in manufacturing and expansion of the salariat accompanied by continuing social mobility ) so perhaps one can understand the revival of the Liberal Party ( with its relative lack of symbolic ‘ class ’ connections , and lack of political ‘ dogmatism ’ ) as reflecting this trend ‘ de-alignment ’ as well as the conjuncture of 1974 . |
| 2 | Is our political culture more attractive if seen as accepting that virtue ? |
| 3 | As well as using this guide and learning from practical experience , an important way of improving our service is for us to continue to be knowledgeable about the broader theory and practice of our work . |
| 4 | Of the 106 authorities who responded and could be used for analysis , seventy-eight were described as using some form of standardised intelligence test and nearly all were using examination procedures to measure attainment in English and arithmetic , though the variety of standard , ‘ tried out ’ and internal tests was wider . |
| 5 | The foundation of Scotland 's success was laid in the loose by the captain , David Sole , and the No.8 , Derek White , whose pace often confounded the Romanian back row , as well as bringing each man a second-half try . |
| 6 | Exercise is just as important a part of slimming as eating less food . |
| 7 | Kaunda is now reported here as talking of Rhodesia as becoming another Phnom Penh ( or however you spell it ) , or Saigon . |
| 8 | ‘ As well as opening more boutiques in England , France and Germany , I 'm working on ways of making the clothes cheaper . |
| 9 | Given its origins , the NUR saw itself as an industrial union ; originally it organized most groups of BR workers , and it continues to be recognized by BR as representing all grades of staff other than management . |
| 10 | He said : ‘ I do not regard the non-renewal as representing any reduction in our commitment to ex-servicemen . |
| 11 | It identifies in particular local authorities as applying such pressure , and asks them to permit librarians to exercise their professional discretion in the selection of stock . |
| 12 | As well as keeping some nail polish remover at home , make sure you carry some handy remover in case of emergencies . |
| 13 | ‘ Nothing in this Act shall be construed as enabling any court to make an order that is binding on the Crown or on any person in his capacity as an officer or servant of the Crown . |
| 14 | Descriptivists are seen as advocating ‘ anything goes ’ , and as condemning all forms of linguistic correction . |
| 15 | If we approach these tensions from the perspective of assuming that these represent the dialectical poles , or at least some of them ( for of course others could be discussed here had we the space : for example the tension between " knowing how " and " knowing that " in design activity ) of a design activity which encompasses all of these in a vertical moment of synthesis , a synthesis that is counterposed horizontally ( ie over time ) by the changing movements of the activity itself ( from product critique through to problem definition to cognitive modeling of potential solutions etc ) , a movement of understanding and practice which parallels in its sphere the circle of historical understanding and historical praxis ( and just as the latter is the " way in which history itself moves " so the former is the " way praxis itself moves " ) so design can be seen as embodying that movement in its movement from or across actuality ie in its activity of transformation from one set of " givens " to another ; in its movement from problem to product . |
| 16 | None of this , however , should be interpreted as implying that Semai are callous or indifferent to the welfare of their neighbours and kin , which is certainly not the case ; it merely demonstrates that another person 's problems and affairs are pre-eminently his own ; ‘ hal mai , hal mai ; hal hii ’ , hal hii' ’ is the apposite aphorism : ‘ their affairs are theirs ; our affairs are ours . ’ |
| 17 | As well as implying this criticism of classical economy , Marx 's attitude suggests a new approach to the construction of a social theory . |
| 18 | Indeed throughout humanities disciplines , after thirty-odd years of this kind of research , there are embarrassingly few books and articles which can be confidently pointed out as passing both tests . |
| 19 | As with Lacan 's own work , these readings see femininity and masculinity as defining each other . |
| 20 | They saw the school as condoning these teachers ' attitudes . |
| 21 | For example , an ex gratia payment is not automatically treated as meeting any liability stemming from the basic award . |
| 22 | But one can see immediately that that is not so : the task of the modules is translation , and so the task of each translation module is therefore different ( translating a poem from English to Chinese is not the same task as translating that poem from Chinese to French ) . |
| 23 | Hitler 's speech , in fact , though according to one local report in Bavaria said to have brought about a ‘ direct miracle ’ and from SD soundings to have prompted the standard wish that the Führer would speak to the people more often since his words provided greater stimulation than anything else , was reported as provoking less discussion than usual . |
| 24 | Although these work on the same principles as the above they could prove an expensive luxury as well as causing more problems than they solve . |
| 25 | They indicate that their holders identify with their society and hold themselves to be under an obligation to obey the law which they regard as expressing that attitude . |
| 26 | The Chewong do not perceive these activities as expressing any anger or aggressive feelings , however , even when they themselves are the victims . |
| 27 | Hence , the horse may spend the day avoiding mature people , and then find to its surprise that it has been caught by a child-foal that it had not perceived as possessing such ability . |
| 28 | This is quoted and endorsed by Meyers ( Homosexuality and Literature , 148 ) , who goes on to describe Lawrence 's Aaron 's Rod as possessing many components of ‘ a homosexual novel ’ including ‘ an intense hatred and fear of women , who are characterised in two male gatherings as threatening , frightening and repulsive ’ , and ‘ a symbolically castrated hero who is afraid to let himself go in heterosexual love and runs away from his three women ’ ( p. 154 ) . |
| 29 | Interestingly , the exhibition identifies two paintings in particular as possessing this quality of intimacy : William Nicholson 's and Victor Pasmore 's portraits of their respective in which the intimacy of the marital relationship , it is supposed , finds direct pictorial expression in the paintings themselves . |
| 30 | Since prosopagnosia has been associated with right hemisphere damage on purely clinical grounds ( Hécaen and Angelergues , 1962 ; Warrington and James , 1967 ; but see Cole and Perez-Cruet , 1964 ) it is reasonable to interpret the post-mortem findings as confirming this association . |