Example sentences of "as the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Furthermore , what I have presented as the Althusserean reply to Connolly emphasises the claim that ISAs constitute subjects , at the expense of the view that they legitimate a mode of production . |
| 2 | It has been noted that the grounds on which the miller 's wife strikes her husband over the head with a staff as he fights with John are somewhat absurdly contrived : This can be interpreted as the contrived excuse for the wife to help her welcome lover to escape , as appears in some continental analogues of the tale . |
| 3 | Lamming on Dexy's-clones Big Sound Authority : ‘ wait till you see this man sweat ’ — sweat as the tangible proof of authenticity , commitment . ) |
| 4 | This view is known as the Oscillating Universe Theory . |
| 5 | This originated during the reign of Henry VI in London , where the two leading churches were Westminster Abbey , officially listed as the Collegiate Church of St Peter , and St Paul 's Cathedral . |
| 6 | As the Chartist candidate . |
| 7 | The Democratic Federation of Serbs was formed on Jan. 23 , 1990 , as the legal successor to the Democratic Federation of Southern Slavs in Hungary . |
| 8 | That is , the use of the royal prerogative as the legal backing for the management of the public service , the principle that a civil servant is a servant of the Crown and holds office at the pleasure of the Crown is one of the best known principles of constitutional law , hallowed by usage and sanctioned by the courts . |
| 9 | That has threatened the whole concept of compulsory competitive tendering and we will keep threatening the government 's compulsory competitive tendering regime by using TUPE and the acquired rights directive as the legal shield to protect our members ' jobs and public services from the Tylers of this world . |
| 10 | Once convinced , however , that no major philosophical change was involved , but merely the identification by reference to more sophisticated criteria of what has always been regarded as death , medical lawyers have increasingly come to accept brain-stem death as the legal description also . |
| 11 | Under a gold standard it is possible for gold to circulate domestically as the legal tender along with banknotes which can be exchanged on demand for gold . |
| 12 | John is a Birmingham-bred barrister of West Indian origin who will hit our screens early next year as the legal correspondent for GMTV 's new breakfast TV programme . |
| 13 | ‘ Your Majesty ’ , wrote Llorente , the historian of the Inquisition and a prominent afrancesado , ‘ recognized Joseph as the legal sovereign … . |
| 14 | Traditionally , the right of States to remain aloof from conflict between other States , and to have that stance recognised as the legal status of neutrality , was the most developed third party right . |
| 15 | As the legal regime for the National Curriculum comes into effect , it becomes increasingly apparent that it represents not so much a ‘ straitjacket ’ but a ‘ corset ’ — holding things in place , while restricting , but not totally , freedom of movement ! |
| 16 | As the legal machinery for divorce ground into action , the children became pawns in a bitter and acrimonious battle which turned mother against daughter and husband against wife . |
| 17 | The library at Lindholme also serves as the legal aid and appeals office for the prison and the close proximity to the CAB allows the legal aid officer to refer the prisoner to the CAB session for any ‘ civil ’ enquiries that emerge from the legal discussions and vice versa . |
| 18 | The adoption contract might contain a proviso that if a natural son was born he would take precedence as the legal heir . |
| 19 | True , certain services for which duplication of provision would have been especially absurd ( such as the Legal Department ) were centrally provided . |
| 20 | More specifically though , the sharpest decline in employment in manufacturing within this period came in the later 1960s , with the ‘ shake-out ’ associated with the merger boom and the accompanying ‘ rationalisation ’ of enterprises ' activities , a process which was in part stimulated by fiscal deflation and in part actively sponsored by quasi-state agencies such as the Labour government 's Industrial Reorganisation Corporation . |
| 21 | In 1987 he fought and lost the general election as the Labour candidate for Gosport , another Tory stronghold . |
| 22 | If we are going to win , and win again , we must be as vigorous in promoting our cause as the Labour Party . ’ |
| 23 | The move came as the Labour Party 's housing spokesman , Mr Clive Soley , yesterday complained to the Press Council over newspaper reports that his party was proposing to ban second homes . |
| 24 | But the twists and turns of Currie 's political career are simply a graphic illustration of the fact the SDLP can not be regarded as the Labour Party in Northern Ireland . |
| 25 | To dismiss what happened as the Labour Party merely showing its true colours , does not explain why Labour actually supported legislation which was immediately condemned by many who were considerably to the right of Labour 's quite-right-enough Deputy Leader , Roy Hattersley . |
| 26 | The Scottish Constitutional Convention , which I have described in the past as the Labour party at prayer , failed to address any of the substantive issues that would affect Scotland 's representation in the House if its proposals came into effect . |
| 27 | He provides one of the vagaries of political life , in that in 1984 he was deselected as a European candidate because he believed in the European Community , whereas he was imposed as the Labour party 's candidate a few weeks ago — |
| 28 | I refer to what I regard as the Labour party 's organised disruption of yesterday 's debate . |
| 29 | The Financial Times of Jan. 3 reported that Rabin had asserted his role as the Labour Party 's " chief playmaker " to the " evident discomfiture " of Shimon Peres . |
| 30 | Rabin had been army Chief of Staff during the 1967 war , and Prime Minister from 1973 until 1977 , when in April he resigned as the Labour Party 's election candidate for the premiership and the Labour Party lost the ensuing general election [ see pp. 28533-38 ] . |