Example sentences of "[noun sg] [is] [verb] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | Positive thinking is encouraged as they ‘ compare legs ’ . |
| 2 | Non-standard entry is defined as referring to students not holding the minimum entry qualifications for admission to a first degree or DipHE course set out in Regulation 8.13 of CNAA 's Principles and Regulations ( 1979 ) or equivalent qualifications . |
| 3 | Answer guide : No entry is required as the earnings process is not substantially complete . |
| 4 | Whenever a lexicographer obtains an entry for review and/or editing , the entry is marked as belonging to that particular lexicographer . |
| 5 | This results in a blurring of the distinction between the real and the fictional enunciations , since the implied speaking persona is seen as representing the author himself , and the reader 's situation is potentially included within the scope of the deictics in the poem . |
| 6 | This is the question the St John Ambulance brigade is asking as it launches its Breath of Life campaign . |
| 7 | The only difference is that whereas in the cases seen previously ( 59 ) — ( 84 ) , perception is represented as giving rise to true knowledge , in ( 85 ) — ( 87 ) above it is depicted as giving rise to a false impression . |
| 8 | The touch of menstrual blood on the male penis is feared as causing impotency or even its rotting away , obvious castration fantasies . |
| 9 | Universal and human consciousness are one and the same in nature , the only difference being that individual consciousness is experienced as limited or restricted in its operation within its physical vehicle . |
| 10 | The views of opinion leaders are often taken very seriously by reference group members , and " word of mouth " recommendation is regarded as just about the most powerful tool of promotion ( or condemnation ) that there is . |
| 11 | I know the recommendation actually erm does answer the request for advice that was outlined in er two point one and maybe that 's why the recommendation is couched as it is . |
| 12 | The recommendation is seen as nine-tenths of the battle , the final skirmish being an EC foreign ministers ' meeting later this year to approve the commission 's recommendation that the Highlands and Islands should have Objective 1 status . |
| 13 | Make evokes merely the idea of " producing an effect " ( = the event expressed by the infinitive ) , so that causation is represented as operating instant by instant throughout the actualization of the latter and the two events are felt to coincide in time . |
| 14 | For this reason , the general collocation dictionary is suggested as being the more appropriate . |
| 15 | At one extreme underthrusting is seen as proceeding for up to 1500 km at the base of the continental crust through the peeling off of the lower part of the lithosphere of the Eurasian Plate ( Fig. 3.22(B) ) . |
| 16 | Nevertheless , if the provision is to remain , the following proviso should be added : except where such injury damage or loss is caused as a result of a breach of any of the Landlord 's covenants herein contained |
| 17 | ‘ By comparison the left hand side is viewed as predominantly residential . |
| 18 | It is a true arms race in which success on either side is felt as failure by the other side , but the nature of the success and failure on the two sides is very different . |
| 19 | The problem of AIDS is seen as mechanistic , and therefore mechanistic solutions are all that are offered . |
| 20 | While , so far , economic inequality has been discussed in terms of measured command over market resources , there is a connection to poverty when this command is viewed as inadequate . |
| 21 | That the result is regarded as " Creole " , " Patois " etc. by the speakers is the result of a social rather than a linguistic process , in which two " opposing " codes , " ordinary English " ( i.e. British English , usually LE ) and " Patois " are construed to exist in the repertoire of speakers . |
| 22 | When levels exceed World Health Organisation guidelines , the result is described as ‘ good ’ — in other countries it would be called ‘ poor ’ . |
| 23 | Consequently revenue is recognised as having been earned when sales are made and not when the debt is settled , and the balance sheet will therefore including details of pre-payments both made and received by the company . |
| 24 | Such a change would entail the creation of a clearing house , presumably in Brussels , whose job would be to reapportion VAT receipts to ensure that revenue is accrued as now in the country of consumption rather than production . |
| 25 | Lord Waddington 's season in paradise could be disturbed : there is an election expected in February and tourist revenue is falling as the island becomes too expensive for all but the rich . |
| 26 | It 's estimated there are up to a thousand homeless people in Swindon … and the Breakfast Club is seen as one way to make life more tolerable … |
| 27 | The other difference is that in the James-type account the mind is pictured as being related to the body in a certain manner . |
| 28 | Projection is a psychological process whereby something which is inside the mind is perceived as being outside it , perhaps in someone else 's mind , or in the outside world . |
| 29 | There 's always some damage to the tissues , although the extent of the bruised area depends on the position of the assailant and victim , the way in which the neck is grasped as well as the degree of pressure . |
| 30 | An increase in urinary albumin excretion is recognised as predicting impending renal failure in diabetic patients and cardiovascular disease in the general population . |