Example sentences of "[noun sg] as [verb] an " in BNC.
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| 1 | NHS management officially described the Feb. 23 deal as representing an increase of 13.3 per cent over the full two-year period . |
| 2 | But Mr Sharp predicted at the time that there would be continued violence before that brought results and is on record as believing an extra 700 officers were needed . |
| 3 | This solidarity took different forms in the two different kinds of society , but in each case Durkheim saw punishment as playing an important role in the creation and maintenance of the solidarity which was a necessary condition for social order and the continued existence of society . |
| 4 | Dealing with guilt for past behaviour by making direct amends to those who have been harmed , dealing with shame by accepting one 's self as having an illness and therefore worthy of self-forgiveness , and dealing with damaged relationships by being honest , open-minded and willing , all help to reestablish the general sense of well-being that is the hallmark of someone in recovery . |
| 5 | Sampaio , the PS secretary-general since 1989 , had presented the PS under his leadership as representing an alternative to the centre-right policies of the PSD in spite of the easy cohabitation of President Mário Soares , a former PS leader , with the PSD government . |
| 6 | However , where there is no prima facie possibility of a defined person 's benefiting , the Revenue will not treat the settlor as having an ‘ interest' , unless the terms of the settlement and the circumstances of the case indicate an intention to benefit a person who is likely to become a defined person in the future , for example if there was a settlement in favour of the settlor 's fiance or child . |
| 7 | Nevertheless some form of discretionary adjustment may still be required , especially for deficit countries , since there is no guarantee that the exchange rate will adjust smoothly in such a manner as to ensure an equilibrium in the balance of payments . |
| 8 | Although this was rejected in the previous paper as putting an unacceptable limitation on taxpayers and their accountants , the responses suggest that the perceived balance of advantage may have shifted . |
| 9 | The four short barrels on each forward edge of the turret are smoke dischargers arranged in such a pattern as to form an instant smokescreen in front of the vehicle in an emergency |
| 10 | Chamberlain refers to this in the same breath as mentioning an argument between the Marquess Buckingham and Hamilton over ‘ the selling of honours and abasing ancient nobility , by new advancements ’ . |
| 11 | Monetarists see the prime role of macroeconomic policy as providing an environment conducive to private enterprise and investment . |
| 12 | Freud sees this aspect of Judaism as marking an advance away from sensuality , from what can be seen or touched , towards intellectuality , thought processes about unseen things , such as God . |
| 13 | You analyse a poem as having an especially regular rhyme scheme ; you also find that the poem makes you feel cheerful . |
| 14 | I would respectfully agree with his description , in relation to dishonest actions , of appropriation as involving an act by way of adverse interference with or usurpation of the owner 's rights , but I believe that the less aggressive definition of appropriation which I have put forward fits the word as used in an honest sense in section 2(1) as well as elsewhere in the Act . |
| 15 | Clearly we are meant by the storyteller to understand the long trumpet blast on the seventh day of the siege of Jericho as heralding an appearance of God to his people rivalling the great theophany of Sinai . |
| 16 | A few terraced streets alongside a mill evoked as much community loyalty as did an ancient village . |
| 17 | The distinction of meaning is especially clear with perfect participles ; these show a well-known alternation between interpretation as expressing an event ( therefore the occasion value ) and interpretation as expressing a state : ( 23 ) labelled goods vs sent goods The word sent is unusual prenominally precisely because it has the sort of meaning which makes an actual or implicit reference to the event of despatch , and hence it is far more likely to be used post-nominally . |
| 18 | Maslow ( 1966 ) and Hudson ( 1966 and 1968 ) saw science as providing an emotionally undemanding activity appealing to boys moving from the calm of latency to the turbulence of adolescence . |
| 19 | But introducing an abstract noun is not the same thing as providing an explanation . |
| 20 | If the company has more than 50 members then , unless the register is kept in such form as to constitute an index of names of the members , such an index must also be kept in the same place as the register . |
| 21 | You ca n't think of a ship as having an emotional life divided between the attachment to its anchors and the call of the tides , ’ I said . |
| 22 | The sponsors of the trust proposal see the new Ayr hospital as providing an excellent opportunity for further enhancing the quality of services provided in south Ayrshire . |
| 23 | Well you can start off with you see , a small sum as regards an insurance policy . |
| 24 | This view is similar to Hirtle 's description ( 1975 : 20 ) of the to infinitive as referring an event " to any point in time prior to its realization " , since to can be seen to evoke that which comes before the realization of the event . |
| 25 | For many years the Party had attacked the ILP as providing an insincere alternative to Communism . |
| 26 | Bertrand Russell described mathematics as having an austere beauty like sculpture . |
| 27 | The Thatcher fiscal revolution — redistributing income to those with most — must be reversed , but in such a way as to extend an incentive-based society to all taxpayers , and particularly those at the bottom of the income pile . |
| 28 | Indeed , montage plays a crucial role in enriching the reader 's view of reality , for narrative units are arranged in such a way as to create an interplay , so that they bring fresh perspectives to bear on one another and are mutually illuminating . |
| 29 | The essence of Hollywood was that it used actors who became real before the camera ; they were not ciphers there to be manipulated by an all-powerful director but they were actors who were able to combine natural qualities and varied skills and techniques in such a way as to create an on-camera identity . |
| 30 | Nowadays , most political scientists no longer praise the responsibility of our party system but instead talk of , and condemn , our system of " adversary politics " , where an " electoral auction " is said to lead to an irresponsible " elective dictatorship " , which then manages the economy in such a way as to create an injurious " political-business cycle " that hinders our long-term economic growth . |