Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] a form [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed the Committee even extended this logic to a position whereby they felt themselves able to justify the decriminalisation of adult homosexual behaviour in private as a form of protection for the young : |
| 2 | In Peru , up-and-coming executives use a period of employment with a multinational as a form of training in the methods and values of big business and then may shift to employment with state or private Peruvian firms or go into business on their own ( Becker 1983 ) . |
| 3 | This kind of heart-to-heart conversation is quite different from a form of interaction where solidarity is established around common causes , or against common enemies or threats . |
| 4 | Others might argue that this idea of the personal as a form of unity admitting the most internal complexity is beside the point . |
| 5 | The expectation that the Afro-Caribbean and Asian minorities would simply blend into a homogeneous British or even English stew , perhaps adding some harmless spice , was revealed as not only hopelessly unrealistic but symptomatic of a form of racism which regarded ‘ Britishness ’ and ‘ Westernness ’ as the only touchstones of cultural value . |
| 6 | He says that replica guns should be subject to a form of licence — rather like shotguns and firearms are . |
| 7 | As the 18th century turned , governments and officials had less to offer and newspaper publishers found advertising more lucrative as a form of revenue . |
| 8 | Both blades can be locked at 90 degrees to the grip , the smaller to serve as a pick the larger as a form of mattock . |
| 9 | Dr Enevoldson said the more records of blood and bone marrow types she has , the more chance of helping patients like the England and Spurs striker 's baby son , who was taken ill with a form of leukaemia when he was only a few months old . |
| 10 | Is there not something fundamentally unnatural and unhealthy about a form of art whieh suspends the reader 's awareness of his own existence in real space and time ? |
| 11 | The fear is that the police may have overmuch regard for public order considerations and impose such stringent conditions on holding the march as to make it ineffective as a form of protest . |
| 12 | The modern corporation is seen as tantamount to a form of slavery because those who supply capital to the institution have almost total power , especially over employees . |
| 13 | Liz Forgan , head of BBC Radio and a Birt appointee , commented in his defence : ‘ It is a huge task to move the BBC from a form of efficiency and accountability appropriate for the 1930s to a form of efficiency and accountability appropriate for the 1990s . |
| 14 | While there was general agreement as to the impossibility of imposing obligations on a third State by treaty , there were two major schools of thought with respect to rights ; some members felt that a treaty could not of its own force create rights for non-parties ( and thus would require acceptance by a non-party through a form of collateral agreement ) , while others ( including all four Special Rapporteurs ) rejected this view . |