Example sentences of "[adv] as [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since in the epi-classical period the differences between legacies and trusts persisted there is no reason to suppose that the publisher of Scaevola 's works would have used the terms interchangeably as a matter of deliberate policy . |
| 2 | For example , where pragmatics is construed as the study of grammatically encoded aspects of context , we might want to say : ( 18 ) f(s)=c where c is the set of contexts potentially encoded by elements of S i.e. f is a theory that " computes out " of sentences the contexts which they encode Or , alternatively , where pragmatics is defined as the study of constraints on the appropriateness of utterances , we could say : ( 19 ) f(u)=a where A has just two elements , denoting the appropriate vs. the inappropriate utterances i.e. f is a theory that selects just those felicitous or appropriate pairings of sentences and contexts — or identifies the set of appropriate utterances Or , where pragmatics is defined ostensively as a list of topics , we could say : ( 20 ) f(u)=b where each element of B is a combination of a speech act , a set of presuppositions , a set of conversational implicatures , etc. i.e. f is a theory that assigns to each utterance the speech act it performs , the propositions it presupposes , the propositions it conversationally implicates , etc . |
| 3 | There he met Mohandas K. Gandhi , and spent much of the next 20 years acting as a conciliatory intermediary between Gandhi 's Congress Party and the British Government , latterly as a member of Gandhi 's entourage . |
| 4 | I qualified in 1979 and have worked as a social worker and latterly as a team manager in various London boroughs . |
| 5 | Part-time work seems to be a prerogative of women presumably as a consequence of their central role in the home . |
| 6 | The younger age group have taken up conspicuous consumption , presumably as a means of recouping some esteem in terms of the apparently dominant and universalistic class criteria . |
| 7 | Mr Clement then says , presumably as a joke , that the clarification needs clarification . |
| 8 | Even though a proposed fourth game against Canada has been dropped — presumably as a gesture of appeasement — The tour runs from June 5-19 , deep into the summer break — and George Graham , Alex Ferguson , Graeme Souness and others believe their clubs should not be put at a disadvantage at the start of the following season . |
| 9 | The relevance of his role as priest ( referred to by the expressions Priest , a dissident … priest , the priest 's ) is presumably as a priest of the Roman Catholic Church of which the Pope is Head . |
| 10 | All the indications are that the Hebridean flora and vegetation were more diverse than today , presumably as a result of the widespread more fertile , unleached mineral soils present immediately after deglaciation and the cessation of periglaciation . |
| 11 | However , by 7700 B.P. Calluna heaths expanded , presumably as a result of soil acidification and podsolisation . |
| 12 | That seems possible because in one of Jacob 's books , Cornet à Dés , there was a dedication to Modigliani in the edition published in 1917 which was deleted subsequently , presumably as a result of the mysterious quarrel over Beatrice . |
| 13 | It was presumably as a result of this that Palmerston wrote to the Treasury in May 1836 , explaining his views on the new accommodation . |
| 14 | A weaker protection is produced at GpA in ( ATT ) 4 CG(AAT) 4 suggesting that the weaker cleavage observed in this fragment is due to a lower affinity of the antibiotic for this site , presumably as a result of the structure imposed by the surrounding DNA sequence . |
| 15 | The Nazi-imposed rules for managing the Kindertransporte were made more restrictive in early 1939 , presumably as an attempt to disguise from decent citizens what was being perpetrated in their name . |
| 16 | As you will remember from Chapter 2 Alexander himself suffered from asthma very badly as a child . |
| 17 | Programmes were long over , but the white screen with the volume down served not badly as a night light ; any of the lamps in the shoebox room kept Sam awake , and total darkness made him frightened . |
| 18 | I am thinking of domestics , porters and maintenance staff , who are grossly underpaid and who are suffering badly as a result of administration of hospital trusts and the attempts to break away from the national negotiating machinery . |
| 19 | Considering the number of PFK readers who would like to see their Puffers inflate just once ( though arguably as a sign of stress this is n't such a great idea ) many marine fishkeepers would have been thrilled . |
| 20 | Ideally that would be in the middle there somewhere as a pivot . |
| 21 | The Tequila Slammer , which you probably wo n't find in the Cocktail Recipe books , was almost certainly invented by some loony Hooray in a flash cocktail bar somewhere as a means of using up cheap tequila . |
| 22 | It was dedicated by the Reverend Norman Boyd , Chapman 's vicar at St Mary 's , Hendon , who acted unofficially as the club 's chaplain . |
| 23 | His deification as the patron of craftsmen , but more importantly as a god of wisdom , medicine and healing , had occurred by the Late Period and he was thus identified by the Greeks with their god of medicine , Asclepios . |
| 24 | Rectal discharge may occur rarely as a result of infection of the back passage , but again infection of this site is usually asymptomatic . |
| 25 | Robinson , 38 , who began his West career as a winger 20 years ago but has played mostly as a back row forward , will also play for Darlington next season . |
| 26 | Apart from a ten year break to raise a family and one other short break , Jean has also worked continuously , mostly as a Spool Setter and then as a Colour Counter , calculating the percentage and number of colours used in each new design . |
| 27 | The emergency ward was over-flowing with casualties , mostly as a result of police assault . |
| 28 | The redundancies come on top of five hundred already announced by the firm over the past eighteen months , mostly as a result of cutbacks in defence spending . |
| 29 | You can get treatment for drug dependence , mostly as an outpatient . |
| 30 | You can get treatment for drug dependence , mostly as an outpatient . |