Example sentences of "this [is] [adv] as [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is partly as a means of enhancing control , permitting the field man to transmit his concern about the effluent to the discharger , the props of sampling conferring a certain sense of gravity and the act of sampling carrying with it the clear implication that the discharger is under scrutiny . |
| 2 | When this is not as a substitute for the individual fund balance sheets , the argument about incomprehensibility still applies . |
| 3 | The categories have been increased but the funding has not , so that er although this is in as a growth item and although it is being presented as a standstill item , in fact it may not have been a , a , a , a reduction in the service . |
| 4 | This is mainly as an alternative to shopping on Friday evening or Saturday , although seven-day opening had brought a ‘ small increment ’ in sales . |
| 5 | The most efficient predators may take animals as large as or larger than themselves , but this is usually as a result of communal hunting , for example amongst the mammalian carnivores . |