Example sentences of "more as a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think of it more as a diving into still water . |
| 2 | I think of it more as a novelist might think of a bookshop . |
| 3 | We asked North West Water , more as a matter of courtesy than a private arrangement , whether we could place the bolts and I do n't see that our arrangement undermines BMC policy . ’ |
| 4 | Under British and West German pressure , however , ministers agreed that even this requirement should be regarded more as a ‘ political objective ’ than a legal obligation ( the non-respect of which would lead to prosecution in the EC Court of Justice ) . |
| 5 | Seldom is anything genuinely new shown at the Earls Court venue , normally used more as a glorified car showroom by the manufacturers than as a showcase for forthcoming cars and innovative ideas . |
| 6 | As a style , and even more as a politics , the transgressive reinscriptions practised by such writers have proved controversial , especially when grounded in the celebration of a perverse inauthenticity disturbingly implicated in authenticity itself , as in Genet . |
| 7 | It is therefore rather more as a tool for the analysis of the nature and functioning of states than as a theory of the emergence of the State that Marx 's and Engels 's views are still acceptable to present-day anthropologists . |
| 8 | Mariana herself is remembered more as a name on a family tree than as a person . |
| 9 | Mrs Thatcher interprets the Madrid formula more as a pretext for not joining the EMS than as a set of three conditions for joining it . |
| 10 | The meeting with Mr Terreblanche — ‘ ET ’ as he is popularly known — is seen more as a public relations gesture than a meaningful initiative . |
| 11 | Ironically , the specialties business , which ICI unanimously wants to retain , sees its connection with ICI more as a hindrance than a help . |
| 12 | Mr Thomas wished his sons to enjoy the best education he could provide , partly as a means of fulfilling their intellectual potential , but even more as a necessary upward step on the social-economic scale . |
| 13 | He still made some shows of aggression , but more as a dangerous game than with wicked intent . |
| 14 | Therefore , he is treating the semi-final trials more as a tune-up . |
| 15 | ‘ It 's always nice to get on the scoresheet , but I really do see myself more as a goal-maker than a goalscorer . |
| 16 | An open school is one where parents are encouraged to visit and participate , where they are perceived not as a problem but more as a solution to problems . |
| 17 | Corman admitted , ‘ I did one film really more as a joke to see if I could do it ; filmed it in two days and a night . |
| 18 | Henry thought of it more as a shrine . |
| 19 | It is helpful to think of a leader more as a role with characteristic ways of behaving than as a particular person . |
| 20 | Other Japanese companies-Hitachi , Toshiba , Matsushita — have treated LC TVs more as a design exercise , and do not expect to market models for a while . |
| 21 | Yet an evaluation seems so often to be understood more as a sort of independent commission of enquiry undertaken at a fairly late stage in the life of a programme or project by ‘ experts ’ from outside whose findings may or may not be in straightforward language . |
| 22 | MATURITY IS : The understanding that if love is not viewed more as a commitment to be entered into than a desire to be fulfilled , neither will happen . |
| 23 | Off-territory , the dogs behave more as a socially cohesive group . |
| 24 | You have to think more as a pro . |
| 25 | ‘ You have to learn to think your way around a golf course much more as a pro , ’ he says . |
| 26 | Well , of course there 's Rick there , but more as a discreet colouration than as a basic tone . |
| 27 | In 1984 and 1985 , the Rokkaku challenge , as it was to become known , was a feature of the AKA conventions ; though it was regarded more as a participant than a spectator event . |
| 28 | Accept this and the gateway to other worlds will slowly swing wide for you and each day will bring forth new wonders , so that you become once more as a child , absorbed and enchanted by all there is of which to learn . |
| 29 | Despite a couple of fine LPs , among them ‘ The Most Of ’ , Edwards clicked more as a writer than a singer , and in 1966 he gave two songs to the Spencer Davis Group , ‘ Keep On Running ’ and ‘ Somebody Help Me ’ , both of which hit Number One . |
| 30 | Alas , they 'll be getting a lot more as a result of the Telegraph 's scoop . |