Example sentences of "of [adj] as [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What sense can be made of divine as opposed to human ‘ personality ’ ? |
| 2 | Measurements of are made using a differential refractometer employing the same wavelength of light as used in the light scattering . |
| 3 | I have expanded on the teaching of English as exemplifying in a particularly clear way the distinction between the practical and the theoretical . |
| 4 | Whereas the Natural History Museum ( the V&A 's neighbour on the other side of Exhibition Road ) attempts to justify admissions charges through an energetic advertising and marketing campaign promoting the idea of the museum visit as an entertaining-cum-educational day out for the whole family , the ‘ national Museum of Art and Design ’ must work to counteract the potential elitism implicit in its status as an institution of cultural as opposed to ‘ natural ’ history . |
| 5 | Meanwhile the process of ‘ de-industrialization ’ , typified by the shift of employment from manufacturing to service industries and the related growth of female participation in the labour force , and of white-collar as opposed to manual occupations , has been accompanied by fundamental changes in the location of economic activity , both locally and regionally . |
| 6 | The first , rich country protectionism , comes from within global capitalism , but in the form of national as opposed to systemic interests . |
| 7 | There appears to be a much higher concentration of virus particles in the lesions of genital as opposed to skin warts . |
| 8 | Indeed , this is one of their demarcators of disorganized as opposed to organized capitalism . |
| 9 | Martin ( 1984 ) and Meager ( 1984 ) both pointed out that , when considered as a proportion of gross as opposed to net job loss , redundancy was not the dominant process . |
| 10 | Though ( except for the definition of the bodily Assumption of Mary in November 1950 ) none of these declarations fell into the formal category of infallible as defined at Vatican I , none the less Catholics came to expect authoritative guidance from Rome on all manner of issues — a strong tendency within the Church down to the present day . |
| 11 | The most interesting development pointing in this general direction is to be found in the field of statutory as opposed to common law review . |
| 12 | The greater degree of substantive as opposed to formal rationality evidenced in Japanese organization , in particular , seems to be an important consideration . |
| 13 | Sir Philip Sidney 's argument in The Defence of Poetry that poetry 's didactic superiority rested in its ability to both teach and delight is an example of a belief in the superiority of eloquent as opposed to plain language as the vehicle for communicating serious issues . |
| 14 | It was held that there had been a breach of the implied condition as to fitness for purpose , the court refusing to read the word " particular " in s14(3) in the sense of special as opposed to general purpose . |
| 15 | We may consider the case of positive as shown in Fig. 19.3 . |