Example sentences of "can [adv] [verb] as [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The quantity and quality of social interaction during work time can apparently act as a ‘ dissatisfier ’ but not as a ‘ satisfier ’ . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | An affix is a grammatical element , belonging to a closed set , which can only function as a component of a word : dis — , un — , — ment , — ise , — ed , — s are all affixes . |
| 4 | Like the absence of useful maritime peripheries , however , they can only serve as a secondary reinforcement of pre-existing leanings to political centralism . |
| 5 | The decomposition of observed unemployment rates into their classical and Keynesian parts can only serve as a first step in the formulation of macroeconomic policy since such an exercise must take place within a broader framework which encompasses concepts such as short- and long-run Phillips curves , the natural unemployment rate , and NAIRU . |
| 6 | Legal labels will not in this instance provide a ready-made answer ; they can only serve as the repository for the conclusion reached from a particular system of political thought . |
| 7 | The general practitioner can only act as a , necessary , mediator between layman and specialist by cultivating that trust to a degree which makes paternalism unavoidable . |
| 8 | Overburdened by commitments elsewhere , Unesco can only act as a clearing house for independently sponsored initiatives . |
| 9 | ‘ Brochures can only act as a taster , that may also turn you off , ’ said . |
| 10 | The whole Wolfchild Red Indian routine can only work as a fantasy role if the music transcends the mundane and enables the listener to bliss out on that alone , and if the singer thinks he 's Geronimo , fine , after all we 're quite prepared to accept Black Francis as having some handle on space travel , David Bowie as an alien , Rock Messiah human being and Bono as a cowboy bluesman . |
| 11 | They can only operate as a rough guide to classifying tables of data , and it is not possible to say how they might relate to the levels in a particular graduated test scheme . |
| 12 | Sobbing , Pc Kelly said : ‘ The next thing I saw , he was standing holding a gun with both hands in what I can only describe as a combat position . ’ |
| 13 | With what I can only describe as a cavalier disregard for the obligations of a good employer , the right hon. Gentleman issued a statement which said : ’ Mr. Kaufman completely disagrees with the article ’ — which , as I said , stated in every respect the Labour party 's policy , in so far as it is comprehensible , as now stated . |
| 14 | I found myself heading into what I can only describe as a ‘ ton-up ’ tide . |
| 15 | The next thing I saw , he was standing holding a gun with both hands in what I can only describe as a combat position . ’ |
| 16 | Erm looking across from the Arms , one can see that , what I can only describe as a delightful bit of architecture , erm perhaps I 'm a little bit er of a philistine , but er I think it 's one of the nicest , most attractive buildings in the town . |
| 17 | The Brodskys in striking contrast go for what I can only describe as an unconventional line-up to match the photo on the cover . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | He looked at me , calmly threw his jacket into the car and then launched into what I can only describe as the most unbelievable martial arts display I have ever seen . |
| 21 | Although UCTA does not say so , the section must here only be dealing with sales or hire purchase of goods made to the consumer in the course of a business , because s 6(2) only protects persons dealing as consumers , and a person can only deal as a consumer if the person with whom he is dealing deals in his turn in the course of a business . |
| 22 | What I 'm arguing for tonight is that given that we 've relatively recent boundary change , the people have just about got used to it , so by and large er it does n't seem to have huge numbers of demerits as far as the city is concerned and that we are now very , very close , as close as is possible to the norm for the average constituency size that we actually endorse the boundary commissions proposals and leave well alone and the second part of the motion merely says to a neighbouring authority , y'know , please in some senses be punctilious about not to suddenly decide to poke your noses into something way beyond your it 's not just a couple of parishes on the south boundary , a couple of parishes from from the north of their but actually way to our area but what candidly I can only see as a rather partisan er er |
| 23 | Incidentally this accounts for the interminable debate about education , since objectives are not specifiable the content can only emerge as a consensus within the current zeitgeist . |
| 24 | It seems however , that adequate professional preparation can only emerge as the result of developing the relationship between theory and practice . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 ) . |
| 27 | I sincerely wish you many happy returns of the season which I can scarcely realise as the winter of England , so odd does it seem to have the thermometer at 99 on Xmas day . |
| 28 | Consideration of funding in relation to population distribution and the needs of the region seems to indicate a low and decreasing ratio of support from South East Arts to those areas of North Kent which can generally recognized as the Medway area . |
| 29 | The category had a profound influence on antiracist activists and intellectuals of British Afro-Caribbean , African and Asian descent , and it can still serve as a powerful descriptive and political signifier . |
| 30 | 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 . |