Example sentences of "[prep] [noun pl] [conj] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | The indiscriminate exploitation of Andean forests to provide wood for mines and as fuel , in tandem with burning for the creation of pastures and subsequent overgrazing , are , according to Millones , mainly responsible for the demise of these high forests and their fauna . |
| 2 | The research has 3 principal aims : a ) to throw light on the process of assessment from the viewpoints of parents , children , professionals responsible for identifying special needs , and administrators responsible for producing a formal Statement of a child ; s needs ; b ) to describe , and provide an analysis of , sources of conflict and of agreement in the assessment process ; c ) to develop a theoretical understanding of the concept of EBD from the view-points of the various people involved in assessment , whether as clients or as professionals . |
| 3 | ‘ I 've told yer before , 'e pays less than any ovver firm in Bermondsey an' 'e sacks 'is workers fer the least fing. 'E would n't tolerate the union fer ages an' as soon as any of 'is workers tried ter get the union in they were put off . |
| 4 | Now under the Employment Protection Act of 1975 an Appeal Tribunal has been set up consisting of judges , and of others having special knowledge or experience of industrial relations , either as representatives of employers or as representatives of workers . |
| 5 | Might it become less valid with the mingling of cultures and as the concept of the family continues to change ? |
| 6 | On a grand scale they can be used instead of aqueducts or as approaches to them . |
| 7 | In most countries bank deposits transferred by means of cheques are freely accepted in the discharge of debts and as such constitute as much a part of a country 's money supply as its bank notes . |
| 8 | In his inaugural address he said that " the evil era when the authorities of our country were appointed under pressure of foreigners or as the result of forced compromises is ending " . |
| 9 | Families and the law Investigators : Dr R W Dingwall , J M Eekelaar , M Maclean The Centre 's work in the field of family law has developed through a series of related projects clustered around a clearly focused concern with the interests of children as members of families and as individuals and with the economic and other consequences of marriage breakdown . |
| 10 | Economy simply relates to the best use of resources and as budgets are delegated we can expect a welcome change in attitudes towards waste . |
| 11 | So um sometimes the way in which abusers operate , they characterise as being somehow continuous with somehow s almost the same sort of things as as y'know kind of adult affection and love . |
| 12 | Yeah mhm yeah I mean you may want to select some stuff that 's y'know that represents different kinds of things because as I remember our conversations earlier , you were interested in er y'know sort of ideological soundness , political correctness and y'know were some things funny but sort of off-colour for other reasons erm er I 'm paraphrasing it badly but er y'know I think that th s so you might want to get some stuff that 's sort of ideologically sound and humorous and er some stuff that 's a bit off-colour and humorous and some stuff that 's erm sort of I do n't know some stuff that 's main stream but has got a lot of y'know if you look at something like say The Two Ronnies or something , there 's a lot of there 's a lot of racism and sexism in there but it 's because it 's sort of main stream because it 's family viewing and stuff like that people tend not to think of it as problematic . |
| 13 | Well now we move on to the election of officers and as you 've heard two er officers are , have tendered their resignation , Alan and Joan . |
| 14 | Prout have over forty years of experience in design and construction of catamarans and as one would expect , superb attention has been paid to even the smallest detail making her comfortable and workable . |
| 15 | Coral structures tend to adopt certain recurrent features , both as regards the overall form of reefs and as regards the zonation of reefs . |
| 16 | These teachers exerted considerable influence within the school , because they held positions as heads of departments or as year heads . |
| 17 | Much of this material has ended up as the bedload of streams or as infill deposited along the valley bottoms . |
| 18 | He handed Sophie a plate of biscuits and as she shook her head he said with a hint of mockery in his voice , ‘ No ? |
| 19 | We are not seeking to provide a definitive , exhaustive account of the effects of policy ; rather , we are using the models as a source of insights and as vehicles for illustrating mechanisms that may not otherwise be apparent . |
| 20 | We believe it is not only a viable option but the only option that can lead to significant changes in our status , as recipients of services and as citizens . |
| 21 | Erm I I look forward to hearing Mr 's views on on this particular matter given that he was the or or the department was was responsible for for in a sense prolonging the discussion to consider the breakdown of locations and as to whether he feels that there is sufficient technical information available on all of the sectors should a recommendation come forward for a particular sector from from the panel . |
| 22 | And the number is not likely to reduce as the scope of spreads and as we 're offered new technologies , software technologies by vendors . |
| 23 | In helping pupils to use the microcomputer to retrieve information , either as a list of references or as statistics , the information skills set out in Figure 6.6 are learned as required . |
| 24 | I would n't say they were lucky against Oldham , but everything ran for them today , the underside of the crossbar and the post saved Charlton on a couple of occasions and as Simpson said I think ‘ Bolder on a couple of occasions really knew nothing about the saves he 'd made , they were point blank , and he just happened to be there . ’ |
| 25 | Each monastic order established a religious foundation in the town resulting in a proliferation of churches until as Samuel Sharp says : ‘ Stamford … must have been a kind of monastic metropolis . ’ |
| 26 | The power of proprietors — whether as individuals or as representatives of conglomerate ownership — remains a critical influence on the character of newspapers . |
| 27 | The result is that people at work , whether as individuals or as work teams , are no longer dependent on a centralised data processing department based on a mainframe or mini-computer . |
| 28 | Well it says , entrants may take part as individuals or as teams of up to four persons . |
| 29 | he said , I find mine just the same , I 've dealt with them for years but as soon you want anything although , I must say , with the break in we 've got on alright did n't we ? |
| 30 | I know that local playgroups find them useful , certainly for skittles and as cone and ball games , but I though maybe if they were filled with some sort of plaster and decorated , they would make good door stops . |