Example sentences of "well as [vb base] the " in BNC.

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1 He 's there to enforce the law as well as serve the local community .
2 The merchant explained there would be a tableau which would give honour to the king as well as reflect the glory of the Goldsmith 's Guild , with huge screens on which the carpenters and masons had carved elaborate scenes .
3 The programme did n't work particularly well , it was pretentious and chaotic , and the audience was so noisy you could n't hear the performers or the presenters , but it did try to get away from conventional gender roles as well as subvert the arts programme format .
4 Thus , the enlightenment of the enlightened despot , the attempt to modernize and make the administration more systematic ( as well as relieve the royal purse ) , produced precisely the opposite reaction .
5 A supervised exercise programme helps moderate this behaviour as well as relieve the abdominal discomfort associated with rapid weight gain .
6 The idea was proposed to Priestley that his carbonated water , which could be prepared on board , might provide doses of carbon dioxide and thus prevent scurvy ( as well as make the distilled sea water more palatable ) .
7 A lot of finishes are slightly porous and it will help seal out moisture , as well as make the beast look a lot better .
8 We are forced , then , to the apparently bizarre idea that study of any aspect of the subject should precede as well as follow the lecture on it .
9 The frame also had to harmonise with the mount , as well as draw the eye outwards to give the picture a feeling of solidity .
10 The installation of a Lasercomp in 1979 enabled the Division to take on the filmsetting work of the Computer Assisted Typesetting unit as well as expand the range of their own setting .
11 He 's come a very long way to see what you 've got to say as well as hear the stories .
12 For example , employers and teachers keep registers of attendance and prescribe as well as supervise the activities of their employees/pupils , that is , restriction by intent .
13 By 1668 the Company had collapsed ; when its successor , the Royal Africa Company , was launched in 1672 it had to tidy up the debts outstanding as well as restore the trade in gold and slaves from West Africa .
14 I hope I can encourage the uninitiated to go out and treat themselves to several for their Christmas stocking as well as see the value of videos as a valid support technique during the long winter evenings ahead .
15 In these circumstances , the senior staff will find it virtually impossible to teach and supervise students as well as provide the patients with adequate nursing care .
16 The famous film director from France could speak no English , and so Miranda was being sent to do the interview as well as provide the paper 's weekly caricature ; she had the address of the location , a newsagent 's in the High Street of a part of the city she had never heard mentioned before , Giblett Park , though she had lived in London most of her life ; the Press Office had said that he would give her ten minutes between takes , or more if she were lucky and the filming was going well and Jean-Claude Meursault was feeling mellow .
17 The spears would serve to fish and hunt with , as well as defend the village against competing tribes .
18 Because this is indeed one of the important criteria set out in P P G three , that is the question to respect local preference as well as have the support of the local authority .
19 By obtaining the full car licence , you are able to buy a vehicle which is and can be a lethal weapon in the hands of wrong people , but this motion calls for constraints to be placed upon people when they obtain that full licence and at twelve hundred C C you can have enough power as well as enjoy the driving for the future .
20 Wall-mounted spotlights are useful , but the ability to reposition the light slightly as well as alter the direction of the beam is especially desirable as it enables different features to be highlighted as the seasons change .
21 We therefore have got to oppose rule amendment one one one A as well as oppose the Sectional and Industrial Conference Report for the same reason .
22 My earnings now had to pay the mortgage and household bills as well as subsidise the café .
23 Planners of the History curriculum will need to take account of contributions that History will be able to make to a whole range of aspects of learning , as well as recognise the possibilities for the delivery of elements of the History curriculum in other ways and through other subjects .
24 The preparation of the floor surface is crucial , it should be level and a good underlay will help to minimise any variations as well as improve the look and durability of your carpet .
25 It was a privilege which the state guarded jealously and which was made available to business enterprises whose purposes aimed to benefit the public in general as well as enrich the corporators .
26 These posters will service to underline our status to support your local classes as well as publicise the event .
27 Next , the process of expansion would undermine all those institutions which expressed the highly personalised private enterprise which for him was the essence of capitalism ( such as the change in ownership from individual proprietorship to equity participation in large corporations ) , as well as destroy the protecting strata — the aristocracy , farmers and small business — on which it depended .
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