Example sentences of "[noun] do [verb] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | Any goal of mine which I have allowed to be chosen for me by others , even if I think of it as an end in itself , can only be serving as a means to something else which my private test does confirm as wanted for its own sake . |
| 2 | If individual deterrence did work as the theory suggests , we would expect that if we introduced a new kind of harsh punishment designed to deter , the offenders who suffered the new punishment would be measurably less likely to re-offend than similar offenders who underwent a more lenient penalty . |
| 3 | While the majority of samurai did live as retainers in castle towns , there were some marginal cases who continued to reside in the countryside , often cultivating the land . |
| 4 | If Johnson did speak as he wrote — economically , pithily and with a gift of great accuracy — Boswell 's Aberdeen observation means that he also sounded beautifully . |
| 5 | Theridamas is supposed to be all that Persia stands for , even to the extent that he is ‘ the hope of Persia , and the very legs whereon our state doth lean as on a staff ’ . |
| 6 | Insect wings do originate as flaps on the back and they do , initially , have blood flowing in their veins , so such a theory seems very plausible . |
| 7 | But given the fact that names in such cases do behave as rigid designators , the question is , does the referential rigidity provide a sufficient criterion for distinguishing names from descriptions , and the answer to this clearly must be that it does not . |
| 8 | This could be caused either by a genetic change which altered the relevant attaching enzymes , or by a genetic change which altered the anticodon of a tRNA molecule without altering the attachment site for the amino acid ( or vice versa ) ; such mutations do occur as rare variants . |
| 9 | If that was n't a threat it was a Jolly Decent Thing To Do seeing as how he was about to blow himself up . |
| 10 | ( There are doubtful and borderline cases , but in practice most teachers , examiners , and linguists do act as though there are right and wrong sentences . ) |
| 11 | My soul did hang as in a pair of scales , sometimes up and sometimes down , now in peace and anon in terror . ’ |