Example sentences of "[noun] of [noun] [adv] as a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The approach was reactive and piecemeal , with little appreciation of traffic now as a system or of the relationships between land use and traffic generation . |
| 2 | Of course those who regarded the study of mind only as a branch of metaphysics smiled at the ineptitude of the mere man of science . |
| 3 | Part-time work seems to be a prerogative of women presumably as a consequence of their central role in the home . |
| 4 | A flower or tree might well be said to show signs of distress much as an athlete might unwittingly show symptoms of it , although it would be inappropriate to describe a watch in that way . |
| 5 | If Britain means tea , scones and mild unchilled beer , it also means moderate views , courtesy to strangers who ask the way in the street , and above all an avoidance of violence even as an idea . |
| 6 | Similarly , if I treat someone 's urgent need of money solely as an opportunity to buy cheap from him , you may well doubt whether I am aware of more than the fact that he is in trouble , and try to rouse me from my callousness : ‘ How would you feel if I did that to you ? ’ |
| 7 | Lying in bed at dawn on Tuesday morning at Swans ' Meadow , she felt the stirrings of grief more as a physical process than a mental one . |
| 8 | His expert knowledge of classical history was sharpened by a deep interest in Indian law based upon his years of service there as a senior legal official . |
| 9 | He took charge of things then as a natural duty but also , it seemed , with an effort . |
| 10 | Other leakages include : ( a ) the holding of excess reserves by banks — that is holding more than the minimum reserve requirement ; ( b ) an increase in the public 's desired cash holdings ; and ( c ) a net outflow of currency overseas as a result of a balance of payments deficit . |
| 11 | It insists upon lumping the whole of reality together as a single ‘ thing ’ or ‘ system ’ like a body , rather than recognising that it is more a collection of different things , a network of interrelated but separate systems , animate and inanimate , that can not be welded together into one ‘ thing ’ . |
| 12 | I want to just scotch the myth that has been put forward by Councillor about the poll tax cos did this at P and R and I will reiterate what the leader said then and I and and quite clearly and soundly , that the Labour Party , both nationally and locally , and this Labour Group do not condone a policy of non-payment either as a principle or as a tactic . |
| 13 | So we move to those in favour of amendment M moved by Councillor please show poll tax cos did this at P and R and I will reiterate what the leader said then and I and and quite clearly and soundly , that the Labour Party , both nationally and locally , and this Labour Group do not condone a policy of non-payment either as a principle or as a tactic . |
| 14 | In this latter case , we are considering a form of videoconferencing and there seems little doubt that desktop , dial-up videoconferencing is going to become a major area of growth both as an application in itself and as a component of other multimedia applications . |
| 15 | These households have higher median levels of RNR mainly as a result of the income from paid employment of one or more of these younger household members . |
| 16 | Idealistic and romantic , Will Simpson responded to the beauty of nature almost as a duty and in strong contrast to his wife who found that it was always too cold and complained that the wind ruined her hair the moment she stepped out of the garden gate . |
| 17 | We can read this assimilation of characters either as an irony beyond the Miller 's ken , confirming the limits of his churl 's intellect , or as a droll piece of self-examination and reflection on the character 's part : the Miller might , as he says in his prologue , be a cuckold as John is . |
| 18 | Liquidator John Taylor said : ‘ This association fell victim to the lack of sponsorship partly as a result of the present economic situation . |
| 19 | I have already disputed Simmonds 's account of interpretation based on authorial intention ( see Chapter 2 ) , but his account of the sociology of knowledge both as a hermeneutic and a critical theory is most interesting . |
| 20 | There is no general problem with door locks , a spot of oil occasionally as a preventative measure stops seizure particularly in hostile environments such as winter salty roads . |