Example sentences of "and [prep] an " in BNC.
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| 1 | The republicanism of Irish socialist nationalists was of course logical in so far as they interpreted imperialism as an enemy of the indigenous population and as an expropriator of the people . |
| 2 | It did , however , have the ‘ incantations ’ referred to above , which were immensely old , very musical in their own way , and a powerful social force — cohesively , and as an instrument of struggle — as the intifada have found in modern Israel in our own day . ) |
| 3 | And as an aid to drilling , make a simple template from a length of batten . |
| 4 | Newman 's central idea , both as a Catholic and as an Anglican , was that one holy Catholic and apostolic Church exists . |
| 5 | As just one example , beer might be seen as a soft drink in some countries ( around the Mediterranean ) and as an alcoholic drink in others . |
| 6 | The more one looks back on the record the more one is impressed by the role of Mrs Thatcher as a dominant figure and as an illustration of the power of the Prime Minister . |
| 7 | The satellite is to be deployed 22,300 miles above the equator , and has been variously described in the technical press as designed to monitor Soviet compliance with arms treaties and as an advanced eavesdropping satellite , able to monitor , record and re-transmit hundreds of Soviet communications channels , including voice , data and telemetry . |
| 8 | Fresh cheeses are used both as table cheeses and as an invaluable ingredient for cooking . |
| 9 | I gave myself to him completely , both as a human being and as an artist . |
| 10 | Aunt Nessy had been one of those children who , in the days of large families , had been given away to elderly childless relatives to be brought up as a kind of maid-of-all-work and as an insurance against old age ; and what had upset her most when the parting came was having to leave her youngest sister , Beatrice , on whom she had lavished the mother-love within her — birthright of the children she was destined never to conceive . |
| 11 | It 's just not good enough , it 's every time he gets some new feathers and as an officer of the Roman Imperial Army he must not be without feathers . |
| 12 | If ADAS wishes to continue to provide the service that it has done for many years to our industry , and as an ADAS spokesman said ‘ not to price itself out of the market ’ , then it needs to join the real world . |
| 13 | In practice , he was likely to be related through descent and marriage to any parties to a dispute ; and as an elderly and respected man he might try to prevent the scandal of open quarrelling among close kinsmen . |
| 14 | And as an overly individualistic sort of fellow , I was taken aback by what I found . |
| 15 | REAR-ADMIRAL GARTH WATSON , who has died aged 78 , had three distinguished careers : as an Admiralty engineer ; as one of the first officers of the newly formed Naval Electrical Branch ; and as an outstanding secretary of the Institution of Civil Engineers . |
| 16 | It also acts as an advisory body on all aspects of economic and social development in the Highlands and Islands , and as an advocate for such development . |
| 17 | The crude drug was used to inhibit secretions by gastric glands and as an antispasmodic agent for treating intestinal colic . |
| 18 | The most popular herbs had many uses : tansy for example , was used in cooking , as a tonic , as a soothing lotion and as an insect repellent . |
| 19 | This year it is therefore EXTREMELY IMPORTANT that we all sell our 2 books and as an incentive HQ say that each branch returning their block of completed lottery ticket stubs with a single branch cheque can keep 20% . |
| 20 | Polanski used the club as his base and as an access point to its abounding supply of beautiful women ; just as Hefner 's Playboy mansion in Los Angeles was a magnet for the bright young things of Hollywood , so Lownes established a social whirl that attracted the cream and the elite of off-beat London society , plus some very famous names , eventually to include Nicholson himself . |
| 21 | Embodying the alienation of the Westernized Latin-American intellectual , the protagonist of The Lost Steps , a musician resident in New York , recovers his lost identity as a man and as an artist when he undertakes an expedition to the jungles of the Orinoco , a journey that takes him backwards in time to a prehistoric world ; but his eventual return to civilization implies a recognition on Carpentier 's part that , for a twentieth-century Latin American , going back to one 's roots has to be compatible with the realities of the modern world . |
| 22 | It can also act as a dilution guide , when the level of foam is related to concentration and as an activity indicator , whereby the formulation is adjusted so that when detergency is exhausted the foam collapses . |
| 23 | Sulphamic acid is often blended with a non-ionic detergent for use in descaling expensive equipment such as dishwashing machines and as an acid wash in ‘ clean-in-place ’ systems after the use of an alkali machine detergent . |
| 24 | The visible link with the past that old buildings give is important both as a fascinating insight into history and as an expression of the relative permanence of civilized society . |
| 25 | He was , as a bacteriologist , interested in the microbiological aspects , and as an enthusiast for technical methods , in the use of Penicillium extracts to make selective culture media ( i.e. media in which a required organisms will grow readily while unwanted contaminants fail either through lack of an essential nutrient or because something is present which stops them ) . |
| 26 | It encompasses a great diversity of questions around film as a signifying practice , as a locus of pleasure and entertainment , and as an instrument of dominant ideology , or , conversely , as a tool for political resistance and subversion . |
| 27 | He has won numerous scholarships and prizes and has performed in recitals and as an accompanist throughout England and in several Continental countries . |
| 28 | And as an added incentive you could receive a gift of your choice absolutely free regardless of which savings option you select , if you apply before the 26th July , 1991 . |
| 29 | The youngster 's inclusion in the side earned him the name ‘ Boy Bastin' , as seventeen-year-olds in League football were much scarcer than now , and Bastin was in a class of his own with the fierceness of his shot , as a teaser of defences and as an expert penalty-taker . |
| 30 | Therefore , the law will reflect the interests of the dominant economic class , and as an instrument of the dominant class the state passes laws which support its interests . |