Example sentences of "as [art] [noun] [conj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fish-eating birds are being destroyed to reduce competition for fish stocks , whilst many ground birds such as the corncrake and bustard are declining as a result of major changes in agriculture . |
| 2 | ‘ It owes much to acting of charm and conviction from Michael Crawford and Sarah Long as the boy and girl , ’ wrote the Coventry Evening Telegraph critic . |
| 3 | On issues such as the size and eternity of the universe , his own faith played a selective role , setting the conditions for admissible theories . |
| 4 | As the size and shape of a polymer chain are of considerable interest to the polymer scientist it is useful to know how these factors can be assessed . |
| 5 | The project will examine the impact of factors acting on the supply side of the labour market , such as the size and composition of the labour force , the extent of trade union membership and the level of unemployment benefit . |
| 6 | The debate on the Bill to bring back whipping was a thoroughly undignified affair in which the principles of the matter seemed to count less than considerations such as the size and weight of the flogging instrument to be used : calculations made necessary no less by the desire to limit the discretion of ‘ judges infected by maudlin sentimentality ’ , than by the requirement that it should measure up to the brutes who were ‘ so degraded , that they could only be deterred by forcible appeals to their fear of physical pain ’ . |
| 7 | The traditional view of the emperor as the protector and defender of the Roman Church and of the regalia of St Peter , as expressed in the emperor 's oath , remained an essential element in Innocent 's thought . |
| 8 | The energy rises as the mass and impact speed of the body rise . |
| 9 | The building known as the Halles and Belfry at Bruges is unique . |
| 10 | The vision of the fabliaux offered by R. Howard Bloch ( 1986 ) seems to fit this definition squarely : he sees fabliau narrative as the origin and catalyst of sexual desire ; in reading , or writing , the fabliaux , sexual experience is purely linguistic : " " if any pleasure is attached to sex in the fabliaux it comes from the deferral in speech , of speech , substituting for the act " " . |
| 11 | Rapid reversibility is what is needed in a control system which must respond to environmental changes which may be transient , such as the presence or absence of galactosides . |
| 12 | Owners are allowed to discriminate when they live on the premises and share facilities such as the kitchen and bathroom with the tenants . |
| 13 | As the Marines and Petion backed away , Ace knelt and looked up at Benny . |
| 14 | The Commission was seen as the guardian and embodiment of the European ideal . |
| 15 | They also designed panels and borders with arabesques , mythological forms such as the chimera and griffin , as well as birds , animals and cupids . |
| 16 | In some cases , however , such as the Khanty and Mansin the accepted view is that even before their subjection to the Russians their clan system was in decline and ‘ feudal ’ relations were developing , with the emergence of princes and social inequality . |
| 17 | Despite high unemployment in some areas there were large openings in sectors such as the electronics and engineering industries in the south . |
| 18 | THERE are some crucial games this afternoon as the promotion and relegation battles in the Courage Leagues hot up . |
| 19 | The point at which this occurs is known as the FLORY or THETA point and is in some ways analogous to the Boyle point for a non-ideal gas . |
| 20 | ‘ Our witness ’ he said , ‘ is to be for goodness ’ , which he defined not only as being ‘ honest , temperate , chaste ’ and leading an ‘ upright , decent , useful life ’ , but as the spirit or motivation behind all this . |
| 21 | Gas is taken from the Regional Transmission System at times of low demand , usually overnight , and put into storage to be used at times of higher demand such as the breakfast and tea-time periods . |
| 22 | The Chairman and Vice-Chairman of the Executive Committee , who shall be elected by that Committee , shall serve as the Chairman and Vice-Chairman of the Society . |
| 23 | Not only is this format the simplest and earliest means of storing numeric data in the computer , it is also used for store addresses and forms the basis for encoding the individual subportions of more complicated arithmetic data-types , such as the fraction and exponent of the floating-point format described in 2.2 . |
| 24 | Topics of current intense interest such as the expression and regulation of HLA-G class I molecules on trophoblast cell populations at the maternal-fetal interface are mentioned , but inevitably provide a picture from around early 1991 . |
| 25 | Then there will be many people and organisations she will need to notify of her date of removal and her new address , such as the Gas and Electricity Boards ; the Department of Health and Social Security , for the transfer of the drawing of her pension to the post office near your home ; the local rates office , income tax office , and television rental office ; the bank manager , and building society or other places where she may have invested her savings ; her insurance agent , the headquarters of any pension fund to which she may belong , the telephone manager , and the post office for the redirection of her letters ( for which a form has to be completed and a fee paid ) . |
| 26 | ‘ The conventional way would be to see this movie as the rise and fall of a rock star ; I have chosen not to see it that way . |
| 27 | There are additional potential post-transition costs such as the possibility that socialism might be more inefficient than capitalism . |
| 28 | ‘ Until the Butler Act began to take effect in the 70 's and 80's , Britain was outstanding among industrial countries as the home and fount of nepotism in a hundred subtle forms . ’ |
| 29 | Succession must then be regarded as the development or life-history of the climax formation . |
| 30 | More specifically , the workshops aim to address issues such as the development and evaluation of new GIS products , new areas of application , the problems and benefits of forging partnerships with non-academics , the need for greater analytical techniques in GIS ( particularly spatial modelling ) and assessments of the market . |