Example sentences of "[det] [verb] as an " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you can get them to absorb your material at all , that counts as an achievement . |
| 2 | That means it er , formatted to fixed two decimals , and er , that counts as an entry as far as memory is concerned . |
| 3 | Er , and that counts as an entry , as far as memory is concerned . |
| 4 | Not only is this seen as an important element in strengthening the drive to promote ‘ value for money ’ but it has also been seen as an important cog in the machinery of accountability to Parliament . |
| 5 | This occurs as an intermediate stage between a single frequency spectrum ( similar to Fig. 24.8(a) ) and a continuous one representing chaotic fluctuations ( similar to Fig. 24.8(d) ) . |
| 6 | This acts as an excellent safeguard against complacency without the gloom and doom which tends to accompany mistakes . |
| 7 | This acts as an insurance against driving protest below the surface where it may take on more sinister forms . |
| 8 | Other works use polythene sheeting , stretched across the surface ; this acts as an almost unseen barrier to perception , further emphasising an over-industrialised distance from nature . |
| 9 | One of Ko 's three brothers designed weapon systems while another served as an army major in an elite unit guarding the President . |
| 10 | All the emphasis , she felt , must be on this coming as an order which could not be disobeyed and yet put in such a way as not to be offensive . |
| 11 | There were threats of resignation over what some saw as an issue of academic freedom . |
| 12 | This serves as an introduction to Part II , and more particularly as a prelude to Chapter 6 , because it deals with the subject of fiction itself : something which is strictly not a matter of style , but which is presupposed by the study of style in fiction writing . |
| 13 | This serves as an explanation of changes already made and as a warning of those still to come . |
| 14 | However , for this to act as an effective discipline , the market must believe that the government would not rescue the firm if bankruptcy actually did occur . |
| 15 | This functions as an adjective and therefore qualifies a noun or a pronoun in another clause . |
| 16 | I welcome the fact that the hon. Gentleman has brought to the attention of the House and of the world outside the fact that Northern Ireland has so much to offer as an area for investment , both from the rest of the United Kingdom and from beyond . |
| 17 | I am going to begin with biologically-based theories , since these act as an implicit reference point for most psychological theories of gender . |
| 18 | These act as an unnatural fertilizer for algae which then use up the oxygen in the water during their rapid growth . |
| 19 | Mr McGahon 's controversial proposal comes at a time when the British Government is under mounting pressure to radically review what many perceive as an outdated judicial system . |
| 20 | got to be standardized , that it 's legible , to teach them all to write as an individual allows them this |
| 21 | The white man , as is his habit , acted as though it all came as an immense surprise , and having registered his perturbation at the undamned reservoirs of fury from those previously ‘ unheard ’ , called for reconciliation and mutual forgiveness and understanding . |
| 22 | Not all serve as an embarrassment to their offspring . |
| 23 | Some of those held on remand will be found not guilty and a significant proportion do not receive custodial sentences when their case is finally heard — points not lost on the government , which is investing in additional bail hostels , special bail information schemes run by the probation service and , more controversially , pilot schemes malting use of electronic ‘ tagging ’ equipment ; these are all ways , it is hoped , to reduce what many see as an unnecessary and wasteful use of prison resources . |
| 24 | For all but the very ill or those admitted as an emergency the nurse can help the patient with his problem of being among unfamiliar people by introducing him to the other patients in his immediate vicinity . |
| 25 | They each exist as an organic entity , with an internal dynamic . |
| 26 | I ca n't help putting myself in his place , of course , as he looks for ways to contain someone we both regard as an outsider . |