Example sentences of "[noun] as [art] " in BNC.
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1 | These start off usually with a thin , gentle slithering sound of sliding boulders on the scree slope , which abruptly gives way to a much louder , roaring collapse as the main mass of rock falls away and hurtles downhill , and then afterwards minor falls continue intermittently for long periods . |
2 | Bower 's team at the University of California , Santa Barbara , proposes such collapse as the means by which buckminsterfullerene is synthesized . |
3 | Scholars of Confucianism are agreed that it is not so much a religion as a guide to a system of political organisation , and as time went on , it too fell victim to divisions and disputes . |
4 | As a result he held that ‘ the abolition of religion as the illusory happiness of the people is required for their real happiness ’ . |
5 | The abolition of religion as the ‘ illusory ’ happiness of men is a demand for their ‘ real happiness ’ , ’ ' he read aloud to Ellen . |
6 | An eight-year-old child does not learn the same thing at the same speed as a five-year-old child . |
7 | Of course , there is a small increase in speed as the climb gets steeper , both because the glider is starting to ascend the arc of a circle and also because of the effects of the wind gradient . |
8 | This gave Conner the chance , when the breeze was light , to build up a sufficient cushion to protect him from Kanza 's better moderate air speed as the sea breeze grew . |
9 | Behind this board ( called a pathfinder ) is the start boat which motors along at the same speed as the board . |
10 | Society has changed since the days of the cart and horse , or since men with red flags walked in front of cars at the same speed as the Orange Walk . |
11 | After a few months of doing this several times each day and night , most of us could plot at the same speed as the information came in on the teleprinter . |
12 | A kite on a line generates lift from the wind streaming past it ; but if released it soon reaches the same speed as the surrounding air and loses it all . |
13 | His argument is that the density wave is of a different kind , the so called long wave mode , which propagates from the centre of the Galaxy outward , such a wave pattern rotates much more rapidly than the short wave mode and it just happens that , if this picture is correct , our Solar System is almost exactly at the place in our Galaxy where it orbits at the same speed as the wave ( Astrophysics and Space Science , vol 89 , p 61 ) . |
14 | The system also manages to incorporate a handrail running at the same speed as the walkway — an advance compared with most single speed systems . |
15 | It is a relief to hear him taking the Trio at the same speed as the Scherzo , and not inexplicably slowing down like so many others . |
16 | The arms should move at the same speed as the legs . |
17 | It is functionally compatible with 24-pin generic array logic devices and functions at the same speed as the 16V8 above . |
18 | As a result the DES ( 1983 ) forecasts assumed that mature entry rates would fall at the same speed as the fall in 21–25 years olds — who constitute the majority of entrants to HE aged over 20 . |
19 | Local bus is a technology whereby certain peripheral cards , such as video or IDE host cards , can have their own private bus which runs at the same speed as the processor , thus enhancing overall system throughput . |
20 | Local bus or VL buses are designed to overcome this problem by running at the same speed as the processor . |
21 | Externally the damper appears as a cylindrical inertial load which can be clamped to the motor shaft so the damper housing rotates at the same speed as the motor . |
22 | In the basic device an opaque disc is fastened to the shaft and therefore rotates at the same speed as the motor . |
23 | Then cast a little further out , over the line of the crease , and watch for the difference in speed as the float travels downstream . |
24 | Another example is a fish swimming up-stream at the same speed as the stream ( see figure 6.2 ) . |
25 | The water from the upper source is emitted at the same speed as the main flow ; there is thus no shear and no turbulence generation . |
26 | But the memory of Bregawn should not be of a recalcitrant mule goaded into action as the rest of the field leaves him way behind , but of a good Cheltenham Gold Cup winner storming up the hill to head the procession of Dickinson horses which was the most remarkable training feat of modern times . |
27 | Perhaps the razor was in action as the dignitaries were raising the many-coloured flag of Cuzco and the Cuzco song was being thumped out : |
28 | So the opposition have not quite as long for their inquests and recuperative action as the bleak dawn of last Friday may have made them think . |
29 | The first shot ‘ establishes ’ the scene in the minds of the audience , and it is followed by shots which are taken progressively closer to the action as the scene unfolds on the screen . |
30 | PACEMAN Merv Hughes was involved in a bouncer war in Hobart yesterday , forcing West Indian bowler Ian Bishop out of action as the visitors were bowled out for 382 . |