Example sentences of "as a [adj] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | This happened in the days before Juvenile Courts and it must have been a terrifying experience to be taken into the Court as a seven-year-old to be tried . |
| 2 | While the Bond is intended as a medium to long term investment , it may be encashed at any time . |
| 3 | While they are best regarded as a medium to long term investment , you can always sell your units at any time you wish . |
| 4 | Travellers-Fare had first been split out of BTH from 1 January 1982 as a preliminary to privatising the hotels . |
| 5 | The discussion of the gentile constitution and of the confederacy are however , intended by Marx and Engels as a preliminary to their theory of the origin of the State , and for this again they made much use of Morgan 's work . |
| 6 | As a preliminary to automation , a major process of review is necessary in order to establish the nature , content and application of the information categories and of the documents containing them . |
| 7 | By now the Cheltenham Gold Cup was her target , and in January 1986 Dawn Run was sent over to Cheltenham to run in the Holsten Distributors Chase as a preliminary to her big date less than two months later . |
| 8 | As a preliminary to their blockbuster , Castle Houses had arranged the awards dinner and subsidised the tickets so that more or less everyone could afford them . |
| 9 | Figure 3.1 shows the important position which planning should occupy as a preliminary to decision making and implementation . |
| 10 | Although the reality was , and always had been , very different the intention was to design and teach courses of study as a preliminary to an even more specialized university undergraduate course . |
| 11 | From all this information the team drew up a matrix of crafts , materials and local resources , analysed technologies applied locally and attempted to order skills development in level of difficulty and in relation to social custom as a preliminary to curriculum design . |
| 12 | The importance of situational analysis as a preliminary to curriculum design has been recognised , investment has been made and important questions are being asked . |
| 13 | Such statements derive from the meetings of a specially convened working party on national objectives , but as a preliminary to this a national debate on the purposes of primary education has already taken place in 1978 , culminating in a widely publicised and widely representative National Seminar on the Content of Primary Education . |
| 14 | If you receive an application form as a response to a job application or as a preliminary to an interview it should be filled in and returned promptly . |
| 15 | Charles III of Spain was well aware that his country , unlike France , could not support a long , full-scale war ; a sudden , successful invasion was another matter , and , in August 1778 , the Spaniards suggested an immediate attack by their joint fleets , as a preliminary to a major landing . |
| 16 | As a preliminary to this , it is necessary to describe something of the historical background to interwar West Ham . |
| 17 | Abroad , the German princes who had reformed their churches along Lutheran lines saw Henry as a potential ally against their common enemy , the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V , but demanded as a preliminary to a political alliance that he accept their Protestant statement of faith , the Augsburg Confession of 1530 . |
| 18 | The following morning , the bombardment was resumed as a preliminary to a stronger infantry attack by the German 3rd , 7th Reserve and 18th corps in the general direction of Fort Douaumont , the largest in Verdun 's defensive ring . |
| 19 | That situation lent itself to a kind of reverse patronage if the town annoyed the Administration , and the advice sent to Lord Milton in 1734 when the Stirling people were ‘ very insolent ’ and ‘ were Drinking at the Cross disappointment to L[ord] I[lay] and all his Designs ’ was that the bulk of the troops should be removed , together with much of the community 's business , as a preliminary to an attack on the town council . |
| 20 | In autumn 1940 Japan moved into northern French Indo-China in an attempt to restrict supplies to the Chinese , and as a preliminary to creating a Japanese-controlled zone in Southeast Asia . |
| 21 | Gloucester was clearly intent on overturning the settlement , and as well as seizing Richard Grey 's share , he ordered the young duchess to be handed over to his leading supporter the duke of Buckingham , presumably as a preliminary to resuming the whole duchy . |
| 22 | It is possible that this difference of opinion was pre-arranged and intended simply to minimize the extent of the cooperation between Richard and Philip as a preliminary to the new proposal which the King of France now made and which clearly had been worked out between them . |
| 23 | Presumably the washed-up film hoofer and the prima ballerina are thinking about each other as a preliminary to working together , falling in love and starting a bright new phase of their respective careers together ; and no doubt their movements ‘ unconsciously ’ fall into a complementary rhythm as they dance to the same music . |
| 24 | The sound of someone 's throat being cleared as a preliminary to speaking aloud caused her to stop . |
| 25 | Winnicott was educated at The Leys School , Cambridge , and then at Jesus College , Cambridge , where he gained a third class in part i of the natural sciences tripos in 1917 , as a preliminary to qualifying in medicine . |
| 26 | But as a preliminary to an explanation of the statutory pre-emption provisions it is necessary first to refer to a further reform introduced at the same time , i.e . |
| 27 | The elements of the administrative structure will be sketched as a preliminary to discussion of the offences created by this Part of the Act . |
| 28 | Yet , as a preliminary to peace , you wish to make an attack . |
| 29 | He was marrying one of America 's richest heiresses , who was , Stair had drunkenly informed him , ‘ As ugly as a pug dog , ’ solely for her money , and was proposing to bed Madame Rachel herself as a preliminary to his marriage at St Margaret 's , Westminster , the following morning , the biggest society wedding of the year . |
| 30 | The talks were seen to have opened up the possibility of a June meeting between the UNRG , political parties , church groups , employers and popular movements as a preliminary to possible direct talks between the government , the armed forces and the guerrillas . |