Example sentences of "[to-vb] a [noun] as [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The court will be disclined to construe a clause as excluding liability for deliberate breaches of contract or so as to defeat the whole object of the contract . |
| 2 | Those rivers employed for potable supply create a special concern among field officers , reflected in a markedly greater willingness to define a discharge as polluting . |
| 3 | The trials were carried out in a population with xerophthalmia rates that were very close to the threshold used by WHO to define a population as having a xerophthalmia problem of public health significance ( 1% ) ; previously reported studies were done in populations with substantially higher rates of xerophthalmia . |
| 4 | There had obviously been a couple of heated arguments , probably to do with the artistic … you know , you get bored with something that you 've done before and you 're working on a new project , and I think he thought that having to wear a suit as opposed to his choice of stage gear can be very nerve-racking . |
| 5 | She stresses that the reader should not focus on the behaviour of the mother in the novel to the exclusion of all else ; ‘ It 's very important not to see a novel as summing up the entire state of women — yes there are weak women but there are also very strong women . |
| 6 | that people tend to see a meeting as having to be really , oh it 's got ta be at ten to five , it 's got ta |
| 7 | Dismantling a number was more demanding : The main difficulty factor here appears to be the need to see a number as made up of place value components rather than viewing numbers as a complete entity . |
| 8 | However , whether or not it does so is a matter of construction , and it seems equally clear both that a court will be unwilling to interpret a clause as applying to such breaches and that , in the event of a dispute , the party challenging an exclusion clause can be expected to raise the argument that the breach is fundamental and not covered by the exclusion . |
| 9 | ( ii ) Liability for negligence.Decisions of the courts show that there has generally been a reluctance to interpret a clause as excluding liability for negligence , unless clear words are used . |
| 10 | Even so , it is possible for a court to interpret a statute as covering what looks at first sight as a casus omissus if it can find or invent some plausible general principle of interpretation , an exercise that may call for a little ingenuity . |
| 11 | But what is it that enables a person to recognise a pain as having its source in , say , his finger ? |
| 12 | But the ability to recognize a word as coming from the original list was uninfluenced by the change of context . |
| 13 | It is the peculiar human ability to re-organize and re-describe and re-evaluate from novel points of view that makes for the superiority of the consultants over any set of bibliographical instruments , as well as the human ability to recognize a question as misconceived or stupid . |
| 14 | Will there come a time when that might become so acute that the Minister would be prepared to consider an opt-out as opposed to an opt-in donor system ? |
| 15 | Where the licensing board decides to hold a hearing as mentioned in subsection ( 4 ) above : ( a ) the clerk of the board shall serve on the holder of the licence , not less than 21 days before the hearing , a notice that the board proposes to hold a hearing , specifying the complaint and the grounds upon which suspension of the licence is sought ; ( b ) the clerk of the board shall give notice of the hearing to the complainer ; ( c ) any person or body mentioned in section 16(1) of this Act may , not less than 7 days before the hearing , lodge notice with the clerk of the board that he or it wishes to be heard in support of suspension of the licence specifying the grounds on which he or it seeks such suspension , an any such notice shall be intimated by such person to the holder of the licence ; ( d ) the board shall not order suspension of a licence without hearing the holder thereof unless after receiving due notice of the hearing the holder fails to appear . |
| 16 | ( 2 ) Where the licensing board decides to hold a hearing as mentioned in subsection ( 1 ) above : ( a ) the clerk of the board shall serve on the holder of the licence , not less than 21 days before the hearing , a notice that the board proposes to hold the hearing specifying the grounds on which the board proposes to hold the hearing ; ( b ) the board shall not make a closure order without hearing the holder of the licence unless , after receiving due notice of the hearing , the holder fails to appear . |
| 17 | A speaker may decide to present an element as given even when there is no sufficient reason to assume that it is in the addressee 's consciousness . |
| 18 | Labour members of Churchill 's coalition would be particularly , but not exclusively , concerned to redress some of the injustices of the Dark Ages and to earn a reputation as determined and competent reformers . |
| 19 | Can you please advise Michael Daniell and Peter Mothersole that I would like to take a holiday as follows : |
| 20 | Many manufacturers have tried , but so far none have been able to produce a model as enduring in the lower price bracket as , say , the old Fender Champ . |