Example sentences of "of [noun] can be [verb] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | All sorts of phenomena can be used as representations in this way . |
| 2 | A variety of norms can be seen as expressions of a single value . |
| 3 | The panel hopes now that this statement of faith can be seen as a useful and fairly accessible indicator to outsiders as to what the faith is all about , and at the same time as a ring of words which at least the majority of us within the church can happily affirm . |
| 4 | The supply of labour can be defined as the quantity of labour services ( measured in person-hours ) offered for hire by individuals over a given time period . |
| 5 | The Lady of Light can be seen as a ‘ guiding light ’ . |
| 6 | Once the interlining has been locked in , the two layers of fabric can be treated as one and made up in the same way . |
| 7 | To summarise , all the three models of management can be seen as metaphors to avoid the realities of-real relationships with other employees but , perhaps most important of all , as social fictions to mask what we then called ‘ social depression ’ . |
| 8 | If the first experience of battle can be seen as a loss of one kind of virginity , a blooding , then many young men lost their virginity in Vietnam . |
| 9 | It is unmistakable , though in case of doubt two of the stars in the W of Cassiopeia can be used as guides . |
| 10 | The press reporting of rape can be seen as part of the sexual titillation increasingly being employed to sell newspapers in a tight market . |
| 11 | If the skull is extremely fragmentary , pieces of wood can be used as supporting props . |
| 12 | Now if V and T are fixed , or are uninfluenced by M ( i.e. V and T are independent of M ) , then the equation of exchange can be expressed as the quantity theory , which states that an increase/decrease in M will lead directly to an increase/ decrease in P . |
| 13 | The siege of Saint-Sauveur can be regarded as something of a landmark in the development of the practical use of artillery . |
| 14 | A news-sheet targeted at unemployed nurses and distributed free of charge can be used as a vehicle for publicising vacancies , educational events and the work facilities currently available . |
| 15 | The segmentation of labour markets referred to in section 2.1 means that many groups of workers can be viewed as ‘ non-competing ’ groups . |
| 16 | The breath of nature can be seen as the interplay between the forces of yin and yang , flowing in currents known as Lung Mei ( dragon 's veins ) around the countryside in winding paths , often following contours . |
| 17 | A relatively low balance of cash can be held as the day-to-day operations of a bank 's customers — cash deposits and withdrawals — create an offsetting phenomenon . |
| 18 | The contestation of meaning can be regarded as a fundamentally transgressive practice which can have a liberating effect on the reader — hence his emphasis on the value of the ludic aspect of fractured narrative which had a ‘ carnivalesque ’ role ( almost in the Bakhtinian sense ) of freeing the reader . |
| 19 | However , as Dixit ( 1987 ) notes , equations ( 1 ) and ( 2 ) in general define the ratio as a function of the vector and not in terms of In order for to be a function of , at least locally , the parameters must satisfy the following final expression : Given the definition of ta ; a in ( 10 ) and using equations ( 1 ) , ( 2 ) , and ( 11 ) , the final expression for the elasticity of substitution can be derived as : |
| 20 | Although the TRP is much more specialised than the LPs we have studied so far , a surprisingly wide range of problems can be modelled as TRPs including many examples which have nothing to do with shipping goods between sites . |
| 21 | Finally , it is becoming increasingly evident that scientific enquiry is an ongoing narrative through which generations of thinkers have sought to understand the world around them , and also that narrative as a mode of knowledge can be used as a means of accommodating the logical paradoxes of contemporary sciences . |
| 22 | The rate of inflation can be calculated as the percentage annual increase in the Retail Price Index ( RPI ) . |
| 23 | All kinds of things can be used as reflectors : projection screens ; aluminium foil which has been crumpled , roughly straightened out and stuck onto a sheet of hardboard ; or purpose-made reflectors bought from photographic dealers . |
| 24 | Since there are many possible adaptive forms , the patterns of development can be represented as a tree in which many lines branch out in different directions from the same starting point , not as a linear scale . |
| 25 | For example , frequency of nouns can be expressed as a percentage of the number of words in a text : X should normally be a more general , superordinate category including the feature being counted . |
| 26 | Thus , with reference to the figure , the degree of stability can be expressed as the gain margin , , which is a measure of the reduction in loop gain below unity at the frequency at which the phase shift is . |
| 27 | Therefore the variety of norms concerned with the health and safety of members of society can be seen as expressions of the value placed on human life . |
| 28 | The structure of society can be seen as the sum total of normative behaviour — the sum total of social relationships which are governed by norms . |
| 29 | The behaviour of members of society can be seen as a response to the functional prerequisites of the social system . |
| 30 | The component parts of communication can be seen as clarity of problem definition , completeness of information and clarity of problem understanding . |