Example sentences of "[modal v] [adv] [verb] as an " in BNC.
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| 1 | That he should now figure as an addition to the Modern Masters series is yet another irony of Derrida 's ascent to intellectual stardom . |
| 2 | In some cases gold might even serve as an alloy itself . |
| 3 | Said by a headteacher to a pupil it might well function as an order . |
| 4 | Ackroyd warns us not to jump to a conflation here , but he is intrigued by the coincidence , and it might almost serve as an emblem of his concern throughout the biography with the connection between poetry and feigning , and with the potency of parody . |
| 5 | It should be kept in mind that TFIIA could also act as an anti-inhibitor either by inducing a conformational change of TBP ( 16 ) or by competing with negative components binding to TBP ( 15 ) . |
| 6 | Although alcohol is undoubtedly excreted in the urine and could theoretically act as an inflammatory agent in a case of urethritis , it is probably enough to reduce alcohol intake rather than cut it out altogether — there have been no convincing scientific trials to show that alcohol consumption delays resolution of urethritis . |
| 7 | There is an extensive list of references so that the paper may also serve as an introduction to the literature about these animals . |
| 8 | It may also serve as an additional stimulus to develop non-addictive pain-killers . |
| 9 | I would be grateful if you would sign the attached copy of this letter and return it to me , with the payment and contract and any other additions you would normally make as an indication that you agree to these conditions . |
| 10 | The seneschal or his lieutenant would often act as an arbitrator or third party in conflicts between nobles , or between communes and their neighbouring lords . |
| 11 | Moderator I would simply cite as an example of what I have in mind the conferences organized by the assembly council which successfully resolved the problem of necessary buildings . |
| 12 | ‘ It would definitely act as an incentive . |
| 13 | … during reference service the librarian ought virtually to vanish as an individual person , except insofar as his personality sheds light on the working of the library . |
| 14 | The child who has particular gifts has the right to have these developed for the common good of the society he will eventually enter as an adult . |
| 15 | This visit will also serve as an introduction to written records and their importance for history . |
| 16 | The KSA will also act as an independent arbitrator if complaints are made against a member company . |
| 17 | I shall discuss only one type , but I think it is fairly widespread and will probably serve as an example : the kind that arises when a population of herbivores — deer , elephants , rabbits , monkeys — begins to damage its habitat seriously by overgrazing . |
| 18 | Mr Weicker will now run as an independent . |
| 19 | The interfaces to DCE will ultimately appear as an XPG Distributed Computing Profile with 5 groups containing a total of 12 specifications . |
| 20 | It may yet serve as an unhappy reminder that there are divides greater than those between modern capitalism and modern social democracy . |
| 21 | We may therefore take as an example of our new dichotomy between the practical and the theoretical the teaching of English . |
| 22 | And the only thing that seems to stand in the way of doing anything commercially sensible with County Farms is that every time we deal with it , somebody says , ah , but it can only exist as an entity , let's keep it as that , let's pass it on to a trust , let's safeguard it , let's do this and that . |
| 23 | The Brodskys in striking contrast go for what I can only describe as an unconventional line-up to match the photo on the cover . |
| 24 | It would be highly unwise to attempt using them , and in consequence we have on our hands what I can only describe as an old-fashioned case of acute lobar pneumonia . |
| 25 | Quigley gave what I can only describe as an eldritch screech and came at me with both arms , legs and the front bit of his head . |
| 26 | However , in order to discover whether the history of the longue durée , and of structures and conjonctures , can be couched in the strongly counterfactual form spelled out , for example , by Miller , and can thus qualify as an example of concessive holist explanation , we need to consider its relations to the actions and intentions of individuals much more carefully . |
| 27 | Passive nonlinear resonator theory , described by equations ( 7.5 ) with C> 0 and thus y 0 , was originally developed in the context of optical bistability ( OB ) : I x in the state equation ( 7.6 ) can clearly be a multivalued function of y , which corresponds to an optical device that can have two or more transmission states for a single-input field , and can thus act as an optical memory device ( Fig. 7.2 ) . |
| 28 | This means that we can still operate as an independent entity with our own , in some cases , unique courses and programmes , but we have the backing of a highly reputable university . |
| 29 | Its accuracy , bias , and so on can be judged later but the dramatic effectiveness of this approach can often serve as an excellent starting point for further study , e.g. the murder of Beckett . |
| 30 | The latter declares *John was seen leave ungrammatical because the embedded clause seen leave is " unsupported " , i.e. constitutes " a subject — predicate sequence that exhibits none of the internal inflectional structures of a full sentence or clausal complementation " ( i.e. neither tense , nor infinitival to , nor progressive -ing ) , whereas John was seen to leave is said to be grammatical because here leave is " supported " ( by to ) , and can therefore serve as an argument for the verb see ( pp. 123 – 4 ) . |