Example sentences of "is [verb] as [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gerry Turvey is to retire as director general of the Freight Transport Association in October 11 , his 59th birthday . |
| 2 | In addition , the Royal Society of Arts offers somewhat similar Teacher 's Certificate courses in Office Arts and in the Teaching of English as a Foreign Language for about l , 100 and 2,000 candidates and the College of Preceptors operates a relatively small programme leading to its Associateship and eventually to its Licentiateship , a qualification which is recognized as degree equivalent . |
| 3 | The contrast between the view that moral distinctions are detected by sense and feeling and the view that they are revealed as necessary truth to reason was a central theme in the moral philosophy of David Hume ( 1711–76 ) , whose philosophy is recognized as empiricism brought more or less to perfection . |
| 4 | The effect of this is to allow liquor to be provided for a further hour in the evening in a part of the premises set aside for people taking table meals provided it is consumed as part of the meal . |
| 5 | This industrial wood accounts for 20 per cent of Nigeria 's wood consumption while the other 80 per cent is consumed as fuelwood which is mainly derived from the more northerly savanna zones . |
| 6 | Japan , too , is highlighted as part of the huge Japan Festival which is running for three months in Northern Ireland and throughout Britain — but , yes , it was another coincidence that Scottish Opera chose to offer us Madama Butterfly ! |
| 7 | Genetics is taught as part of several first- and second-year courses . |
| 8 | Not every statement made in the course of a judgment is binding as part of the ratio decidendi of the case . |
| 9 | The attendance of a member at a meeting of a committee or subcommittee of the local authority is regarded as attendance at a meeting of the authority , but attendance at a meeting of a joint committee , joint board or other body will only count as attendance at a meeting of the authority when any functions of the local authority have been transferred or delegated to those bodies . |
| 10 | Twenty years on , the phrases which she saw as indicating a deformation of values have become commonplace in the Thatcherite academy , where contemplation is regarded as idleness , rather than the other way round , and Leavis 's abominated ‘ technologico-Benthamism ’ is firmly in the saddle . |
| 11 | If politics is regarded as conflict over whose preferences are to prevail in the determination of policy , then the budget records the outcomes of this struggle . |
| 12 | Sin is regarded as ignorance of it . |
| 13 | ‘ Bureaucratism ’ , in the sense of hierarchical command structures alienating both those who work within administrative structures and those who are in one way or another dependent on them , is regarded as anathema to communist social equality . |
| 14 | If , on the other hand , B is already the heir of A , then he has received a benefit under A 's estate , and so far as that benefit extends he may be asked to make over property to C. If he does so , however , this is regarded as restitution of property from A 's estate rather than as an institution to B's own estate . |
| 15 | It is the care of cattle which is regarded as man 's work . |
| 16 | It has to be said that the existence of self-help books , such as this one , is regarded as part of the problem by some doctors . |
| 17 | The payment by a tenant of a landlord 's costs incurred in respect of the grant of a lease or licence is regarded as part of the consideration for the supply by the landlord to the tenant . |
| 18 | It is undeniably the case that in Western society aggression is regarded as part of human nature . |
| 19 | Each of these is regarded as part of the family , as are people who originated in the same village . |
| 20 | However , the boundaries have not changed over centuries in terms of what is regarded as Physics . |
| 21 | Speaking broadly , we may say that in the Roman church it is regarded as presumption , in the Protestant churches it is a privilege or a duty , but in the New Testament it is simply a fact . |
| 22 | On the other hand it is not chaos , and within the context of this essay it is regarded as asymmetry … a balance of dissimilar forces . |
| 23 | The data sheets indicated that in practice , there is considerable overlap between what is regarded as job and development training , with many programmes being assigned dual functions , usually job and development , sometimes induction and job , occasionally all three . |
| 24 | Anything shown before 9pm is regarded as family viewing and Elliott says the ITC has done extensive research on The Bill , a police drama , to check the impact on its sizeable audience of children . |
| 25 | Since I trained in 1969/70 , it has always been drummed into trainees that taking photographs in court , or drawing , is regarded as contempt . |
| 26 | Since I trained in 1969/70 , it has always been drummed into trainees that taking photographs in court , or drawing , is regarded as contempt . |
| 27 | The circuit 's owners , the exclusive British Racing Drivers ' Club , whose members include Nigel Mansell , Stirling Moss , James Hunt and Jackie Stewart , admit that they need to spend £15-20 million on the track if it is to continue as home of the British Grand Prix . |
| 28 | The first is disguised as justice — Alfieri mentions in his opening speech : |
| 29 | This control is justified as part of the general responsibility of central government for national economic management , and since 1990 it has been achieved mainly by controlling the money used to finance capital expenditure . |
| 30 | Where one party has no commercial autonomy vis-à-vis another , it is treated as part of the same economic grouping and therefore not subject to Article 85 , although if it is in a dominant position Article 86 may apply . |