Example sentences of "[det] as [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He gave a ten-year prison sentence for this as opposed to two years for one of the rapes of women . |
| 2 | Someone once described this as sorting out the knots in the knitting and then taking pride in wearing the jumper . |
| 3 | But liberationists like Regan and Clive Hollands ( 1985 ) , as we saw in earlier chapters , scorn this as requiring no more than kindness towards animals ( Hollands , for example , dismissed it as ‘ a Victorian concept ’ ) and demand a great deal more . |
| 4 | It is not uncommon for different members of the same court to be in agreement as to the contents of the procedural duty , but to differ as to whether they describe this as resulting from natural justice or fairness . |
| 5 | An animal does indeed strive instinctively to keep alive , much as it will forage for food ( plants in unconscious and less mobile ways do also ) , but , lacking language , it is unduly anthropomorphic to describe this as hoping or aspiring to live to a ripe old age ; except perhaps as a joke . |
| 6 | Similarly in France in the eighteenth century writers such as Mably and Morelly , who believed passionately in the idea of equality , saw this as involving the transference of private property to the state , which could then use it to satisfy the needs of all . |
| 7 | In this context ‘ critical ’ and ‘ rational ’ powers were developed and Goody sees this as connected with the beginnings of religious and natural philosophy and ultimately with science ( ibid . ) . |
| 8 | ( See Chapter 8 for further discussion on this as applied to religion . ) |
| 9 | The circuit judge translated this as implying that the ‘ greater stress and pressure ’ of an arrest made a confession more likely . |
| 10 | I 'd doubt he 'd like this as outpacing fast full back would not be his strongest point . |
| 11 | When , in May 1949 , a UN resolution recommending the re-establishment of full diplomatic relations with Spain fell only four votes short of achieving the requisite two-thirds majority , Franco interpreted this as vindicating his stance . |
| 12 | ( Alternatively we can read this as beginning with a clause in which the given is ellipted : ‘ although he was energetic and successful ’ . ) |
| 13 | We have to do this as to suppress anger is to turn our negativity inward . |
| 14 | For example Adrian Thatcher ( 1991 ) takes issue with the emphasis on private individualism which talk of " inwardness " tends to convey , seeing this as based on a radical distinction between what is objective and what is subjective — a distinction which , though very influential since the seventeenth century , is now regarded as mistaken . |
| 15 | The patient takes directly from the ‘ stock bottle ’ one or , increasing progressively , more coffee or teaspoons of this as follows : in chronic diseases , daily or every other day ; in acute diseases every six , four , three or two hours … |
| 16 | It calculates this as follows : |
| 17 | He explains this as follows . |
| 18 | Offe ( 1984 : 142 ) describes this as follows : |
| 19 | One could try and explain this as follows : subjects perceived an increase in k as necessitating an increase in output since the opportunities for using output from other periods to increase sales this period had been reduced by the increase in the storage cost ; accordingly , one should produce more now in case the price this period turned out to be a high one . |
| 20 | A lead article in ‘ EP Journal ’ ( November/December 1990 ) summarised this as follows : |
| 21 | He justifies this as follows : ‘ If [ Bach ] is great , that is not because of , but in spite of the dogmatic and parching spirit of the Reformation . ’ |
| 22 | Section 3(2) of CPA 1987 expressly provides for this as follows : and nothing in this section shall require a defect to be inferred from the fact alone that the safety of a product which is supplied after that time is greater than the safety of the product in question . |
| 23 | When I say working , I include just everyday general obedience , for I class this as working every bit as much as training dogs up to very high Schutzhund standard . |
| 24 | He knew this as did other ‘ leading lights ’ who spoke out against the regime such as Liu Binyan and Wang Ruowang . |
| 25 | Struthers and Speight ( 1980 , Ch. 3 ) avoid this as do Howells and Bain ( 1985 , Ch. 3 ) . |
| 26 | They interpret this as showing that Beccaria , through his commitment to a social contract that accepted the necessity of the inequities and poverty resulting from private property , was forced to overlook these as much more plausible reasons for crime than his own . |
| 27 | The FMLN radio station Venceremos described this as marking the reintegration of the guerrillas into civilian society . |
| 28 | J.T. Murphy saw this as marking a definite departure from the limited aims of the League . |
| 29 | Initiatives such as Sematech helped US industry to catch up , but Grove sees this as having only held the advance of Japanese manufacturers . |
| 30 | However , Matza is anxious to avoid romanticising deviance ; he sees this as having an equally distorting effect by obscuring ‘ the seamier and more mundane aspects of the world ’ . |