Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] [verb] as [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some sections of the reading public became enthusiastic for trial reports as bawdy ‘ entertainment ’ . |
| 2 | The only branch of academic analysis which , by virtue of its title , might have been thought to represent a candidate for this specific area of study is that sub-section of anthropology known as material culture studies . |
| 3 | The American Declaration of Independence declared as self-evident truths ‘ that all men are created equal , that they are endowed by the Creator with certain inalienable Rights : that among these are Life , Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness ’ . |
| 4 | Some systems of law recognize as legal persons , not only corporations , but institutions , such as hospitals or places of education ; but this conception is unknown to our law . |
| 5 | The conventional meaning of linguistic signs , and their combinations in sentences , constitutes types of conceptualization codified as linguistic knowledge and the tokens of particular and actualized instances must clearly be set in correspondence with them . |
| 6 | The form of farming known as shifting cultivation has gone hand-in-hand with the clearances in New Guinea over , at least , the last 5000 years . |
| 7 | It is possible to attempt to justify poor practice by claiming that it 's response to parents wishes : silent classrooms brought about by severe discipline , numerous paper exercises completed to provide evidence of industry and antiquated forms of behaviour paraded as good manners are just some examples . |
| 8 | He received a ban some years ago for losing his temper while playing in that veritable hive of provocation known as Australian grade cricket , and this latest ruckus began , apparently , when Marcus Wight ( whose father , the umpire , Peter , should have taught him better ) proffered a few choice words of his won upon dismissing Ramprakash in the first innings . |
| 9 | Moreover there can be no existents that can not be objects of thought , although , clearly , not all objects of thought qualify as potential existents . |
| 10 | Such changes could happen if , for example , the mean generation time of phytoplankton decreased as different groups of phytoplankton become more abundant ; population growth rates , and therefore production , are directly proportional to generation time . |
| 11 | This brings into play an area of training known as free sparring . |
| 12 | Birds were held in high regard because of their ability to soar between heaven and earth , among them birds of prey valued as protective spirits because of their propensity to kill the small animals that damage crops , as well as phoenixes considered to be especially effective against the scourges of drought and fire . |
| 13 | Thirty students of French from two northern universities are participating in the research and are complemented by fifteen French students of English working as French assistants in English Schools . |
| 14 | Have you heard of a type of problem known as NP-complete ? ’ |
| 15 | Many specialist desert plants practise a peculiar form of photosynthesis known as crassulacean acid metabolism ( CAM ) whereby they open their stomata only at night , when water loss is liable to be at a minimum . |
| 16 | In the last ten or fifteen years there has been a trend away from this geographical separation of the clinic , and there are now several purpose-built departments above ground designed as integral parts of new hospital complexes . |
| 17 | On Feb. 12 in the village of Bara in Bihar state , hundreds of people described in press reports as Maoist extremists launched a violent attack apparently directed against upper-caste Hindu landlords , burning down houses and dragging men out and beheading them . |
| 18 | The Rayner Review stated : ‘ Particular attention needs to be paid to all information collected or costs incurred primarily to meet demands outside central government … in general there is no more reason for govermment to act as universal provider in the statistical field than in any other . |
| 19 | The Conservatives turned to protection disguised as imperial preference in 1933 , and adopted a series of state measures to aid the reduction and consolidation of the declining heavy industries . |
| 20 | In the context of stock exchange dealings he suggests that clauses that purport to allow a broker without warning to act as principal rather than agent , are " quite inconsistent with the role of broker and ineffective except against a principal who has assented to the changed relationship on this particular occasion " . |
| 21 | Endara 's belated rise to power comes as mixed blessing . |
| 22 | And the demand of American black people for equality appears as black nationalism . |
| 23 | Sixteenth-century Border castle with fairy-tale turrets ( now for holiday let as luxury apartments ! ) , home of the Kerr family restored in recent years by their descendant and current chieftain , the Marquis of Lothian . |
| 24 | Of particular interest is the availability of both powerful browsing and searching facilities , the recording of all information concerning user trails as persistent data in fully-fledged data-base tables , and the dynamic variation of text unit size to meet changing user demands . |