Example sentences of "[v-ing] as a [noun] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | This methodological study investigates the relative strengths and weaknesses of panel and cross-sectional approaches to the measurement of attitude data , using as a vehicle the British Social Attitudes Survey . |
| 2 | Having dealt with the general principles of the UCTA it is now possible to analyse its effect in detail on various contractual relationships using as a framework the definitions and different combinations of the factors set out above in the section devoted to the basic rationale of the UCTA . |
| 3 | Work out how you would do the entry procession using as a guide the accompanying paper . |
| 4 | Indeed , in using as an example the books of Joyce Porter featuring the gross , lazy and self-indulgent Inspector Dover we have already touched on this difficult combination of crime ( which is , after all , a serious matter almost all of the time ) and farce , and these two types of book are , of course , closely linked . |
| 5 | Lavandera illustrates this point , using as an example the tendency for cocoliche speakers to avoid indirect speech , which in certain types of Spanish clause is an obligatory environment for the subjunctive . |
| 6 | Adopting as a precedent the order made by this Board in Baksh v. The Queen [ 1958 ] A.C. 167 , 172 , their Lordships consider that this is a case in which the right course is to rely for that purpose on the judicial discretion and experience of the court in Jamaica . |
| 7 | Moreover , in acting as a teacher the librarian was offering structured and directed courses with declared objectives , and frequently with examined results . |
| 8 | Coveney argues that evidence for viewing such examples as alternants might be adduced from the linguistic behaviour of speakers , citing as an example the following incident where he heard a Frenchwoman asking a younger man the following question , using an [ SVQ ] variant : ‘ Tu es d'où ? ’ |
| 9 | Today the papers , here and in South Africa , are hailing as a breakthrough the talks of Mr. Vorster and President Tolbert in Liberia . |
| 10 | Companies legislation ** also prohibits treating as an asset the expenses of and commission on any issue of shares and debentures . |
| 11 | He pointed out the importance of having both long and short term memory — ‘ you do n't want to clutter up your brain with information that is irrelevant long term ’ , he said , giving as an example the way you would look at traffic approaching as you crossed a street — you need to recall the situation for only a few seconds . |
| 12 | For example a chemist will learn about compounds by laboriously memorising as a student the properties of each one separately but eventually sets of compounds are perceived as a pattern and thereafter all the relevant material is readily available because it fits together neatly . |
| 13 | Braque had first introduced letters into a still life , probably of early 1910 ( Le Pyrogène et ‘ Le Quotidien ’ ) , but they are blended into the composition and have no function other than that of identifying as a newspaper the object over which they are painted . |