Example sentences of "[noun pl] [prep] [noun sg] [noun] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | The latest offer by the Parish Council to convert one of the existing swings for toddler use as an interim measure was turned down because ‘ the existing equipment would not allow a conversion that would meet British Standard requirement . ’ |
| 2 | An initiative by him in 1944 ensured that the Royal Opera House , Covent Garden , would return to its proper activities after wartime use as a dancehall . |
| 3 | One of the major attractions of southeast Antrim as a petroleum prospect lies in its combination of good reservoir rocks with excellent cap rocks provided by the several thick salt units within its Permo-Triassic sequence . |
| 4 | Although not of itself usually intended to be legally binding , we find that the heads of agreement act as a useful instruction to the lawyers , since the terms convey the intentions of the principals and deal with many of the theoretical and technical points that each side 's lawyer feel duty bound to raise . |
| 5 | As already mentioned , we find that the heads of agreement act as a useful instruction to the lawyers , since the terms convey the intentions of the principals and deal with many of the theoretical and technical points that each side 's lawyers feel duty bound to raise . |
| 6 | The hepatic monooxygenase system is supposed to be involved in the detoxication of cyclosporin A. Conjoint treatment of rats with cyclosporin A and indomethacin was found to be associated with increased whole blood concentrations of cyclosporin A as a consequence of the decreased cyclosporin A metabolism . |
| 7 | I have taken my children to the battlefields of north-east France as a result of which their grandfather died because of the foolishness of politicians . |
| 8 | In our culture , which sets such a high premium on self-enrichment ( in every sense ) , the robust , emotive and expressive aspects of soul act as a sort of therapy , helping us to ‘ liberate ’ ourselves by getting back in touch with ourselves , opening up , unblocking , becoming more functional and therefore ( it runs ) more ‘ free ’ . |
| 9 | No counsellor can assume that ‘ good ’ relationships either are or have been the norm within the family , and idealistic pictures of family life as a reciprocally loving , mutually committed and concerned relationship should be abandoned . |
| 10 | Now that MPs have committed him for trial for allegedly ordering telephone-tapping and accepting bribes , he describes the three months of coalition government as ‘ a lamentable political parenthesis ’ . |
| 11 | The decline is not directly attributable to the structure of trade : in broad terms , at least , Britain has had as large a share in the growth sectors of world trade as her competitors [ Batchelor et al. , 1980 ; Prest and Coppock , various edns ] . |
| 12 | He cited the guidelines on cot death as a key example of what the initiative was intended to achieve . |
| 13 | And the accumulation of capital has been internationalized by the internationalization of production : it has generated flows of direct investment as multinationals expand their enterprises in different countries and it has also indirectly generated flows of portfolio investment as the multinationals ' cash and financing needs have been channelled through the financial markets of the City , New York and Tokyo . |
| 14 | When we come to consider the activities of insurance companies as a form of financial intermediation this distinction between the two types of business will be crucial . |
| 15 | ERR also described new regulations aimed at cutting emissions of nitrogen oxides as " a temporary fix " . |
| 16 | And a physicist looking even more closely would try to picture these molecules of tennis player as clouds of electrons whirling round nuclei . |
| 17 | Lévi-Strauss 's analysis of kinship structures as symbol systems in which female objects of exchange act as signifiers has been the most influential extension of structuralist linguistic analysis into this field . |
| 18 | The second part of the questionnaire consisted entirely of a Likert-type scale designed to investigate attitudes towards school self-evaluation as a general topic . |
| 19 | He or she will be interested therefore in the products of information technology as a means to communication rather than as a store of data . |
| 20 | Furthermore , even if agricultural jobs are available , they may not be attractive to those who live locally ; Cowie and Giles ( 1957 ) found that 40 per cent of a sample of out-migrants gave low pay and long hours of farm work as reasons for deciding to leave their home areas . |
| 21 | Jarvefelt was an actor in Stockholm for five years before he got into opera , and — like many theatre people — he was disinclined to challenge the presumed limitations of opera singers as actors . |
| 22 | For example , in many mammals growing males lay down less body fat than females ( Glucksman , 1974 ) and suffer heavier mortality during periods of food shortage as a consequence ( Clutton-Brock et al . , |
| 23 | Many development professionals resist raising women 's concerns in development discussions as a separate issue to be analysed and assigned programmes . |
| 24 | One method of taking this into account is by using the proceeds per unit outlay as the ranking criterion , as seen in Table 4.5 . |
| 25 | One method of taking this into account is by using the proceeds per unit outlay as the ranking criterion , as seen in Table 4.5 . |
| 26 | There is more involvement with companies on mainland Europe as an insurance policy against any loss of London 's pre-eminence after 1992 . |
| 27 | Recent work on the history of the family uses structural explanations for family form as an expression of a particular culture and as a mechanism for creating personality types consonant with that culture . |
| 28 | The major theoretical problems which arise from explanations of language development as a process of learning verbal behaviours were first presented by Chomsky ( 1959 ) and , in many respects , this still represents the best critique of Skinner 's position . |
| 29 | Recent years have witnessed a sea change in the fortunes of car safety as a marketable quantity . |
| 30 | There followed three long years of picket lines as the NUJ battled with Pergamon Press chiefs for reinstatement . |