Example sentences of "[coord] of [noun] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | To take a simple instance : in the heyday of the Enlightenment , Homeric poetry would have been treated primarily like its Virgilian equivalent — as a work of a certain kind ( epic ) , embodying given characteristics of its genre or of poetry as a whole . |
| 2 | It is not religion , nor its truth-claims , that is the trouble , but rather attitudes of selfishness and possessiveness — of thinking of religion or of truth as an entity which we have and somebody else does not have . |
| 3 | But there is some danger where co-operatives are created out of economic adversity , for the situation is then one of commercial crisis and , important though the rescue may be on general grounds , it is far from an ideal basis on which to promote the reputation of co-operatives generally , or of Co-operation as an alternative form of organisation . |
| 4 | Few had any great faith in prisons as institutions for the reform of the inmates they contained , nor of imprisonment as a means of controlling crime . |
| 5 | He must be able to place his subject both in the context of other academic disciplines and of society as a whole . |
| 6 | One American commentator has expressed the following view : ‘ the skewing effect of an ageing society is that the economic imbalances caused by the provision of health care for the elderly potentially threaten the welfare of younger generations and of society as a whole … the stage is set for a profound confrontation . ’ |
| 7 | In the Tokugawa period agriculture served as the cornerstone both of the economy and of society as a whole . |
| 8 | All it is , is the government and state washing it 's hands of it 's responsibility of , and of society as a whole is responsibility , is responsible for the children of society . |
| 9 | We have been carried very far indeed away from the medieval vision of society , of Christendom , of the place of the church and of theology as the crown of genuine knowledge . |
| 10 | To recognize the transfer of contractual rights necessary for negotiability , the common law had to overcome the concept of property as a tangible object and of contract as a personal relationship . |
| 11 | Yet the habituated relations of various forms of patronage , and of artists as ‘ clients ’ , have in practice persisted into these otherwise new forms . |
| 12 | ‘ For its devotees communism has the value of a religion , insofar as it is felt to provide a complete explanation of reality and of man as part of reality , and at the same time to give to life , as religion does , a sense of purpose . ’ |
| 13 | they 're no different from any other ICI employee — energetic , enthusiastic , ingenious and deeply committed to the future of their business and of ICI as a whole . |
| 14 | ( a ) does this entail a secularist view of the universe and of life as a whole ? |
| 15 | International recognition of the former constituent republics of the Soviet Union , and of Russia as its legal successor , followed swiftly after the Alma Ata agreement . |
| 16 | In interpreting the curves and , it is possible to think of curve as a marginal benefit curve ( i.e. reduction in costs ) associated with increases in the population and of curve as a marginal cost curve associated with an increase in the population . |
| 17 | There is talk of Iraq 's eternal right to Kuwait , and of Kuwait as an integral part of Iraq . |
| 18 | In a report published in May 1990 the human rights organization Amnesty International found that there was evidence of the use of torture and of deaths as a consequence ; it expressed concern over the government 's inaction in investigating torture allegations — the majority of which emanated from the Casamance region — and in implementing adequate safeguards . |
| 19 | Erm Eric in , in Manchester from where he comes is extremely well known obviously within the G M B but his record he 's one of the individuals in the trade union movement that I think are becoming somewhat of a rarity these days I know that many of us when we first started in the movement were very easily able , and , and very relaxed about combining trade union and political activities together but of course as time goes on and , you do tend to become more involved in the one and the other , because of course it 's all time-consuming but I can honestly say that in Eric 's case he 's never deviated one iota from his commitment both to the trade union , this union in particular , and to the Party never deviated at all . |
| 20 | According to newspaper reports other governments privately demanded an extension of the scope of the negotiation to deal with the security interests not only of Germany 's neighbours but of Europe as a whole . |
| 21 | Perhaps we should be looking at the mental state not of individuals but of society as a whole . |