Example sentences of "[is] [that] [pron] [verb] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | One familiar view is that nothing qualifies as a genuine proper name unless it singles out its object in an unambiguous fashion , and that this task can be accomplished only by a logically simple symbol . |
| 2 | The only important thing is that we play as a team and that we win . |
| 3 | But above all their value to user education is that they act as focal points , so that if practitioners have a problem there is an information centre or clearinghouse to take it to as a first resort . |
| 4 | The traditional view of zebra stripes is that they act as camouflage , but even in woodland cover this is not convincing and , in any case , zebra herds spend most of their time on open grassland where the stripes can not hide them . |
| 5 | One advantage of base-isolated buildings is that they move as a unit . |
| 6 | One of my activities outside HTV , approved of by the company , is that I act as a consultant to a communication company and help to train industrialists , business executives and trade union officials who want to come to terms with the necessary techniques of appearing on television . |
| 7 | All I will say is that I reject as a model of justice the view which has temporarily gained favour in many developed societies : namely , the view that each person is entitled to what he can get , and let the next man look out for himself as best he can . |
| 8 | One of the advantages of EDLIB is that it acts as a Computerized catalogue as well as an issue system , The catalogue system creates files in which each book or audiovisual item is allocated a record , which contains accession number , title , author , Dewey number , price , subject and one spare field , which can be used as another subject field . |
| 9 | The idea behind a water staircase is that it appears as a staircase of sparkling , silvery water . |
| 10 | Mr Patten said later : ‘ The important thing as far as I am concerned is that it looks as if we are going to have a Conservative government . |
| 11 | The upshot is that it looks as if major and fundamental matters are at stake about the very nature of sociology itself and that , accordingly , a choice has to be made , and made soon . |
| 12 | An analysis of the artefact must begin with its most obvious characteristic , which is that it exists as a physically concrete form independent of any individual 's mental image of it . |
| 13 | The dominant characteristic of a limited share company is that it exists as a separate legal entity which is distinct from its shareholders ( the members ) . |