Example sentences of "as a source of [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The evidence of coins , as indeed of any artefact , is used as a source of history in inverse proportion to the amount of history which has survived . |
| 2 | Apart from the battle of Qadesiyah in AD 637 during the original advance of Islam , so frequently invoked by Iraq as a source of inspiration in the more recent conflict with Iran , Persians and the inhabitants of what is today Iraq have been making forays into one another 's territory for centuries . |
| 3 | The study is intended to provide a historical background of use to those currently concerned with the problem , and as a source of reference to policy-makers . |
| 4 | To get over this problem , we have developed a resource pack for each placement site , which acts as a source of reference for trainees . |
| 5 | It is not intended as a source of support for the committed student . |
| 6 | Also the idea that a strong obligation exists between parents and children , which can be relied upon as a source of support in most circumstances , misses a point of prime significance , namely that such support must be negotiated and provided in a way which does not trespass upon the independence of either party , especially of adult children . |
| 7 | To enable voluntary groups and local communities to bid for funding for their own Millennium projects for local restoration schemes , or for improving the amenities of canals and rivers , as a source of enjoyment for local people and a habitat for wildlife . |
| 8 | The Hutchinson Dock Company tip , which is bordered by water on three sides , was first identified as a source of pollution in 1978 . |
| 9 | The Thatcher Government in particular has regarded older people as a source of income for redistribution to other poor and non-poor groups . ) |
| 10 | The over-hunting of African elephants as a source of ivory for ornaments and jewellery is a case in point in this latter context . |
| 11 | All of these developments detracted from the label as a source of interest in its own right , and the charm of classic record labels is increasingly unrecognised by collectors . |
| 12 | He was certainly thinking about fusion as a source of heat in the Earth . |
| 13 | On balance , people also preferred television rather than the press as a source of information about political leaders . |
| 14 | This meant that although the Iroquois might be observed contemporaneously with nineteenth-century European society , they could , none the less , be considered as a source of information about European society several thousand years before . |
| 15 | I enjoyed reading this book and can recommend it as a source of information about the background theory and application of ultrasound to chemistry . |
| 16 | Living things use the energy of visible light as a source of information about the world . |
| 17 | Develop the role of the Information Resource Centre as a source of information about Europe . |
| 18 | To appreciate the relatively low position of the Wellcome annual report as a source of information for decision-making , it is necessary to understand this company 's reputation and the main features of the pharmaceutical industry . |
| 19 | Lesk [ 1988 ] has used the OED as a source of information for his work on automatic sense disambiguation . |
| 20 | Together with the use of the display area it is hoped pupils will be encouraged to use the library as a source of information for homework and classwork on a regular basis and that staff will see it as an important adjunct to their departmental resources . |
| 21 | The conditions in which verbal report becomes useful in clarifying problem solving strategy and as a source of information for improving the diagnostic performance of novices . |
| 22 | The data used as a source of information on dosimetry are not valid for application to the Windscale fire release because they apply to polonium-210 in the environment in equilibrium with its precursors in the uranium-238 decay chain . |
| 23 | The book , in spite of its faults , became well-known throughout the world as a source of information on English grammar . |
| 24 | She suspected that the Bishop and the Archdeacon had invited her to the meeting more to enlist her help as a sleuth than as a source of information of a kind which might be to them , in any case , unwelcome . |
| 25 | The Centre will act as a source of information concerning research into and the development of teaching of foreign languages for schools , colleges and universities throughout Scotland . |
| 26 | These examples demonstrate how the church can be used as a source of information in the landscape . |
| 27 | By the mid-fourth century the patriarchal line of Church leadership began to fuse with a male construction of celibacy that defined it both as avoidance of contact with women as the source of sin and as a source of power over inferior married people . |
| 28 | Notwithstanding that the royal prerogative as a source of power for the government antedates Acts of Parliament , has been at the root of a civil war and a revolution in England and has been litigated about on countless major occasions in respect of its use both at home and overseas , its scope is still unclear as is the role of the courts in relation thereto . |
| 29 | By 1989 the branches from Tondu to Garw and Ogmore had both closed , leaving only Maesteg as a source of traffic in this once thriving part of the Welsh coalfield . |
| 30 | But this is more a reflection of historical functions and origins , as with the role of postal services as a source of revenue for the state and as an instrument of state security . |