Example sentences of "[art] [adj] and as [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The flowing blood was the symbol and proof that life had been taken in payment for the sins of the guilty and as a substitute for his own guilt-stained life . |
| 2 | The Act occasioned a considerable debate about the needs of the disabled and as a result much publicity was given to their cause and many of their problems received greater critical attention . |
| 3 | The state of goth — as catch-all historical movement for the too-ugly and the too-grim and as a modern phenom — is given little credence by UK Decay , the ridiculous Virgin Prunes , the talentless and misguided Christian Death , The Neff 's rubbish psychobilly and the new blood 's slavering adherence to the Sisters Of Mercy songbook ( eg Rosetta Stone , James Ray , Nosferatu ) . |
| 4 | " Englishing " sets store by faithfulness to the content and general structure of the poem ; does not oblige the translator to reproduce the prosody of the original , but does require the choice of something considered to be a metrical equivalent ; allows the translator some licence in supplying figures , metaphors , etc. , in compensation for those too deeply rooted for transplantation from the original language ; relates the translation to current notions of poetic language and form ( as , for example , Dr Johnson chose to put Horace into rhymed couplets , but C.S. Calverley , a contemporary of Tennyson , considered the " In Memoriam " stanza the most effective equivalent ) ; offers , consequently , something to be considered both as a poem from the original and as an original poem ; and attempts , in the widest sense , to place the adopted poem in the nurturing environment of the adoptive culture . |
| 5 | Glycollic acid could be a precursor for the petrochemical feedstock , ethylene glycol but it is also a useful chemical in its own right , serving as a descalent and as a mordant in the dyeing industry . |
| 6 | MARK DIGNAM was one of England 's foremost actors , both as a juvenile and as a character actor , ready to tackle anything going , from cameo to leading roles , an expert in the classics , above all Shakespeare , and a keen student of modern drama . |
| 7 | DDT was followed by other organo-chlorides , including aldrin , isodrin , entrin , and dieldrin , which was widely used in Britain as a sheep-dip and as a seed dressing . |
| 8 | The Companies Act 1989 has changed the definition of a subsidiary and as a result A. Layout ( Leisurewear ) Ltd has been treated as a subsidiary for the first time . |
| 9 | Both the major definitions of poverty — as an absolute and as a relative condition — turn on the question of individual health . |