Example sentences of "and [prep] [art] [noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 " When it was done She expressed Her complete satisfaction with the statue both as a portrait and as a work of art , — I particularly asked the Bishop about that last point .
2 From reassuring teenage youths about masturbation to his work as a sex therapist dealing with all shades of sexual and emotional problem ( and as a consultant to Forum magazine ) , he has remained totally unshockable .
3 Easily Accessible : The location is excellent both for touring south west Scotland by car and as a centre for walking .
4 The importance of the role of the sickle cell centre as a source of advice for sufferers and their families and as a centre for dissemination of information to the community can not be overemphasised .
5 As a local — he was from Thorn — and as a farmer with business interests in the Free City , they had trusted his leadership far more than they trusted Forster , whom they saw as a boorish Bavarian appointed by Berlin .
6 ( He has come closest to an antipathetic character as the ex-con in Straight Time , and as a crook in Family Business , two of his biggest commercial failures . )
7 Farmers regard the landscape as a factor of production and a source of profit ; supporters of the environmental movement , on the other hand , look upon the countryside as a source of visual pleasure and as a habitat for wildlife — as something to be ‘ consumed ’ .
8 When they had finished , Haydn turned to Leopold and said : ‘ As God is my witness , and as a man of honour , I tell you that your son is the greatest composer known to me , either personally or by reputation .
9 In addition to the permanent plankton inhabitants , huge numbers of animals use the plankton as a nursery — a source of easy food for their offspring — and as a medium of dispersal for the young forms .
10 His mother was buried not far off , and as a kind of atonement , on the day of his appointment he bought a bunch of asters and took them to the grave , laying them on the bare earth .
11 This makes it possible to present Christianity both as a story and as a part of history , without dogmatism , but also with precision and accuracy .
12 THE stock market yesterday stayed a few points in positive territory for most of the session in advance of the Budget and as a wave of company results gave dealers plenty to digest .
13 Once the human body was lost as a point of reference , and as a measure of value , Jung 's psychology became relativistic and over-spiritualized .
14 Video can now be used mainly as a source of information and as a stimulus to classroom activity such as debate and discussion .
15 It was used as a cheap substitute for pewter and as a base for electroplate finishes .
16 The family as a whole was considered essential to the carrying out of certain necessary societal functions — for the rearing of children , the regulation of sexuality and as a unit of consumption .
17 Although the US Strategic Air Command 's nuclear capability was already formidable , Britain should make her own contribution to the Western nuclear deterrent by giving absolute priority to the rapid build-up of the V Force in order to maintain British influence in the Atlantic Alliance , and as a hedge against isolationist tendencies in the United States .
18 The book depicts Eliot as a parodist , a plagiarist , a responder to other people 's poems , and as a seeker of shelter .
19 The replacement of capital has , in the past two years , been low , both , in cash terms and as a proportion of depreciation !
20 Yet in spite of several Cabinet meetings to make reductions , total spending actually increased in real terms and as a proportion of GDP .
21 The latter has allowed borrowers to take our mortgages that are larger both as a multiple of income and as a proportion of property valuation .
22 Mr Blazer also died that year and as a mark of respect and lack of interest the club folded , only to re-appear in 1931 , widening their appeal by becoming Mitchley and Whaddon Athletic .
23 It is an excellent way to exercise at home for general fitness and as a preparation for skiing .
24 It is rather that until it is recognized as a convergence , and as a problem of convergence , the usual reaction , even when sympathetic ( and this , among an older and established generation , is comparatively rare ) is to see it as little more than a loose grouping of specialist studies either of communications , in their modern specialized form as ‘ the media ’ , or of the rather differently specialized field of ‘ the arts ’ .
25 Gandhi was sufficiently aware of the utilitarian formula of the greatest happiness of the greatest number to realize that he was completely at odds with it as an interpretation of the aim anti purpose of life and as a principle of morality .
26 Spend a weekend for two at any of the superb Country Club Hotels , most sited on their own golf courses around the country and as a Golf Plus Club Member your bill will be reduced by 10% .
27 Where the former used the full vocabulary of informality , and seemed unprepared or unable to accommodate the possibility that alternative viewpoints might exist , the latter were more aware of the limitations of progressivism , both as an idea and as a basis for practice .
28 We must remember that he had started his active life as a lawyer and as a student of rhetoric , and he is using a common figure of rhetoric , hyperbole , within carefully controlled limits .
29 The second acquisition was Esk Manufacturing Company Limited in Cumbria giving a series of high quality asphalt sand , and as a plant for manufacturing calcium silicate bricks .
30 In these nations , the countryside is increasingly being exploited as a source of recreation and as a venue for sporting events .
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