Example sentences of "[vb pp] as [art] [noun] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Speaker B treats this contribution as requiring an answer , following a pattern described by Labov in the rule : ‘ If ( speaker ) A makes a statement about a ( speaker ) B-event , it is heard as a request for confirmation ’ ( 1972b : 254 ) . |
| 2 | This is because I am from the planet Bzargl in galaxy E-220 , and arrived in your solar system in 1962 , disguised as a salesman for Rolls Razor . |
| 3 | There is a distinction , originating in Freud and developed by Lacan , between ‘ need ’ , ‘ demand ’ and ‘ desire ’ in which needs can be satisfied by the adequate object ( food ) , demands , while aimed at an object , are addressed to others ( the demand for love or attention disguised as a need for food ) , while desires have no real object , relate only to fantasy , and can not be satisfied ( the desire for unity and plenitude ) . |
| 4 | Merck , the US pharmaceutical company which discovered that this drug — originally developed as a treatment for worms in animals — could have a beneficial effect in humans , has made it available in West Africa free of charge . |
| 5 | Although it was developed as a waterproofer for floors and walls , Ruberoid Synthaprufe can also be used for damp-proofing , basement tanking , damp-protecting reinforced concrete beams , and roof maintenance . |
| 6 | The velocity concept is developed as a demand for money relationship . |
| 7 | Ted , fortunately , was fluent in ( Belgian ) French because he had flown as a pilot for Sabena for many years and was , I believe , highly thought of by our French colleagues . |
| 8 | Skills such as note-taking come in at this stage , and one way of approaching this is to use the questions originally formulated as a structure for notes taken , so that children are noting down things they need to know , rather than every conceivably useful point . |
| 9 | Marriage is intended as a bond for life , and Jesus 's appeal to first principles provides us with a high view of marriage , a vivid contrast to liberal teaching then and now . |
| 10 | The surprises of God are not intended as a substitute for strategy . |
| 11 | This paper derives from an analysis of the matrix tables , and is intended as a basis for discussion . |
| 12 | The materials are intended as a resource for teachers of pupils in the 10–14 age range and the package will be distributed free to all schools in Lothian . |
| 13 | At the heart of the 1982 dispute was a so-called pay factor for public services of 4 per cent , which was intended as a marker for pay rises to those working in all public services . |
| 14 | Such designations may be comprehensive in that the key villages are usually designated as the loci for growth in employment , services and housing . |
| 15 | In Britain alone , Glasgow St Enoch 's was torn down in European Architectural Heritage Year ( 1975 ) ; Birmingham Snow Hill was allowed to rot for years and finally demolished on safety grounds , epitomizing a technique in all too frequent use — deliberate and wanton neglect given as a justification for removal . |
| 16 | This was widely regarded as a triumph for Levi , who received a guarantee that he would retain his present Cabinet position in any future Likud-led government , and a written assurance that his supporters would receive increased representation within Likud institutions , the government , Knesset ( parliament ) committees and the Jewish Agency . |
| 17 | Until recently , infertility was regarded as a problem for women , and hardly anything was known about reproductive problems in men . |
| 18 | A Hollywood studio decided it was not safe to make a picture about the peacemaker , Hiawatha , because ‘ It might be regarded as a message for peace and therefore helpful to Communist designs ’ . |
| 19 | If these events became regarded as a norm for science then public confidence would be threatened . |
| 20 | During the 1950s , being an MP came once again to be regarded as a qualification for appointment to a judgeship . |
| 21 | This is made worse by the fact that five ‘ O ’ levels are the necessary qualification for a wide range of white-collar jobs , and therefore are regarded as a talisman for success . |
| 22 | The biggest problem with the diabetic clinic is that time tends to be very limited and perhaps it is best regarded as a place for assessment and the identification of problems , with a little time for education . |
| 23 | There may also be a tendency , as the Public Accounts Committee ( 1986–7c , para. 23 ) has warned , for ‘ top management systems … to be regarded as a substitute for FMI , rather than an integral part of it ’ . |
| 24 | The move was widely regarded as a victory for reformers in the party , as the enlarged membership embraced members of the business community , intellectuals and a number of former dissidents . |
| 25 | The move was widely regarded as a victory for reformers in the party , as the enlarged membership embraced members of the business community , intellectuals and a number of former dissidents . |
| 26 | Forbes was one of the bright stars of early-nineteenth-century British biology , whose death at the age of thirty-nine was regarded as a tragedy for science . |
| 27 | The witness of an insult , or the victim of it , will feel that his dignity is impugned and regarded as a matter for contempt by the person whose conduct he witnesses . |
| 28 | This would normally be regarded as a matter for economists and market-research specialists but behind the formidable array of evidence which they will generate are more fundamental questions of consumer preference , customer requirements and so on which are matters of human needs and prejudices . |
| 29 | ‘ The really worrying thing is that higher education is being regarded as a commodity for sale rather than something that we should invest in . |
| 30 | Hence , repression by CytR relies on contacts to both the DNA and the cAMP-CRP complex , and cAMP-CRP may be regarded as an adaptor for CytR . |