Example sentences of "[conj] as [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 But they see policy-level bureaucrats as either directly controlled by an external business elite or as acting in an implicitly biased way to defend the social interests of people with similar backgrounds , incomes and interests to themselves .
2 3.7.2 in accordance with the Plans approved by the Landlord pursuant to clause 3.3 Add the following words to clause 3.7.2 : or as amended with the approval of the Landlord ( such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed )
3 Because of maintaining an apparently different brand of theism , Hinduism is often viewed by those whose main contact is with the Near Eastern religions either as atheist or as believing in a different god or gods .
4 Practical experience is gained during the week end exercises or as shown in the photograph , when bridge building in Edinburgh .
5 The Secretary to the Tribunal shall be the secretary of the Disciplinary Committee , or as supplied by the HCIMA secretariat .
6 These apparent exceptions can be justified as involving the exercise of a legal right , in the case of chastisement or correction , or as needed in the public interest , in the other cases .
7 The council may , with the consent of the Home Secretary make an order in the terms applied for or as modified by the Secretary of State .
8 From this progression it becomes possible to consider chronic diseases either as acute illnesses from which we have not been able to recover fully or as arising from the individual having insufficient ‘ energy ’ , for whatever reason , to develop an acute illness and be done with it !
9 They will also clarify whether such difficulties are best seen as an exaggerated form of more normal occurrences , or as arising in a different way from the mistakes made by normal people .
10 THE ACARD report on computer-aided design and manufacture gives two definitions of CAD : Computer-aided draughting : ‘ The use of a computer-based system for translating concepts or sketches into drawings suitable for use in manufacture , or for storing drawings or parts of drawings in a data bank to be available on call for modification , incorporating into a revised drawing , or as input to a subsequent manufacturing process . ’
11 To most of the questions the Head of Department answered ‘ Yes ’ or ‘ No ’ , with an occasional phrase or short sentence either offered in amplification , or as demanded by the question .
12 The Germanic tribe is therefore based on shared locality rather than kinship , but it consists of a collection of kinship units each with access to a territory , thus ‘ individual landed property ( of the different families ) does not appear as a contradictory form of communal landed property , nor as mediated by the community but the other way round .
13 They will include : ( i ) modification of share rights ; ( ii ) acquisitions or disposals of shares or substantial parts of the business or its assets ; ( iii ) changes in the Memorandum or Articles of Association ; ( iv ) changes to the auditors , bankers , or the accounting reference date ; ( v ) resolutions to wind up the company ( or a subsidiary ) ; ( vi ) payment of dividends or other distributions other than as provided in the Articles of Association ; ( vii ) changes in issued or authorised share capital ; ( viii ) contracts or arrangements by the company with any of the directors ; ( ix ) changes in borrowing powers ; ( x ) changes to the nature of the business ; ( xi ) guarantees or indemnities provided by the company ; ( xii ) limits on capital expenditure ; ( xiii ) creation of mortgages or charges over any of the company 's assets .
14 Suicide or self-injury , wilful self-exposure to peril ( except in an attempt to save human life ) , the influence of drugs ( except as prescribed by a registered medical practitioner other than for treatment of drug addiction ) or alcohol , or the person insured engaging in , during the period of holiday or journey , wintersports , mountaineering , racing ( other than on foot ) or other hazardous adventure .
15 Regulations made under this section must not delegate to one or more members of the licensing board , or to officials or other persons , except as authorised by the Act , any responsibility which must be exercised by the licensing board at any of their meetings .
16 Except as provided by the subsequent provisions of this Part of this Act — ( a ) no person who under or for the purposes of this Act receives information relating to the business or other affairs of any person ; and ( b ) no person who obtains any such information directly or indirectly from a person who has received it as aforesaid , shall disclose the information without the consent of the person to whom it relates and ( if different ) the person from whom it was received as aforesaid .
17 The meaning of this term is cold or extinguished fire and as applied to the instance just given would signify that the rights of the claimants had gone cold and their claims extinguished .
18 He seems to intimate that the contract is not as solid and as biased toward the group as they believe .
19 ‘ You see ? ’ he said , thrusting skeletal hands forward and Nuadu flinched , for the hands were as ravaged and as eaten as the Robemaker 's face ; the nails hung by shreds , and the remaining skin was matted and crusted .
20 3–11–1898 The Moderator read the following extract minute of Presbytery ; " The presbytery took up the report of the committee on union with the United Presbyterian Church as sent down by last General Assembly , and as Instructed by the Assembly , agreed to transmit the said report to the Kirk Session within their bounds for their information . "
21 The author of the Life of Wilfrid , who represents Wilfrid as persuading the king and queen to accept the word of God and as preaching to a people who had never before heard the Gospel , undoubtedly exaggerates the paganism of the southern Saxons , for Bede reveals from non-Wilfridian sources , first , that Aethelwealh had married a Christian princess and had been baptized himself and , second , that a number of ealdormen and thegns had likewise received baptism , with the priests , Eappa , Padda , Burghelm and Aeddi ministering to the common people either at the time of Aethelwealh 's conversion or subsequently ( HE IV , 13 ) .
22 Rabin kept the Defence Ministry under his own control , together with those of Religious Affairs , Labour and Social Affairs ( pending the appointment of other ministers and as according to the law ) .
23 A spokesman of the Iranian Foreign Ministry was later quoted as reaffirming that the disputed islands belonged to Iran , and as referring to the GCC 's use of " inappropriate words " .
24 Nice , if thoroughly upper-crust ( very nice quality of reproduction and form ) rural pictures of pheasants and so on around the walls , plus antique tables and chairs bought by along with all the modern up-to-the-minute equipment such as Compact disc music players and a facsimile machine ( which transmits pages of written material verbatim and as sent by the telephone wires ) .
25 I am a Catholic and as opposed to the narrow-minded Catholics of America as Sinead .
26 The treatment of Abdulkerim by Katib Celebi and his followers is consistent ( and interesting ) in so far as they rightly , one believes , place his Muftilik in the time of Mehmed II , in accordance with the and as opposed to the view of the unmodified traditional account ; but on the assumption that the available texts of Katib Celebi and Hezarfen are accurate , the writers connected with the Katib Celebi view appear to differ amongst themselves about the nature and timing of his Muftilik , possibly because Katib Celebi " s list is particularly cryptic and , at first sight , confused at this point .
27 There are no nationwide ley systems , though possible local arrangements are beginning to be discerned-particularly alignments onto ‘ holy hills ’ , as in Bolivia and as noted by the German researcher Dr Josef Heinsch during his researches before the Second World War .
28 1.1 The Publisher hereby grants to the Distributor a Licence to manufacture copies of the Publisher 's Educational Videos in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and as defined in the attached schedules .
29 1.2 The Distributor hereby agrees to pay for the Licence in accordance with the price and terms agreed and to comply in all respects with the terms of this Agreement and as defined in the attached schedules .
30 1.1 The Publisher hereby grants to the Distributor a Licence to manufacture copies of the Publisher 's Educational Videos in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and as defined in the attached schedules .
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