Example sentences of "as a [noun] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He praised the US Environmental Protection Agency — ‘ an independent body of scientists who undertake research and research evaluation as a service to government ( but not as a spokesman for government ) . |
| 2 | Carbon tet 's main use is as a feedstock for CFC production ( and this is clearly going to dwindle away ) but ICI does sell it to the laboratory suppliers for repackaging . |
| 3 | The dead man worked as a gardener for Middlesbrough Council . |
| 4 | There he worked as a gardener for Sir John Blencowe ( 1642–1726 ) who had been the Member of Parliament for Brackley from 1690–1695 , and from 1696 –1714 had served as a Baron of the Exchequer and Justice of Common Pleas [ DNB , 2 , 672–3 ] . |
| 5 | It is viewed by some as having a prime role as a respite for carers , others additionally see their role as assisting in the more practical needs such as baths , chiropody , medication etc . |
| 6 | Owen had borrowed the wife of a Coptic colleague as a companion for Jane Postlethwaite . |
| 7 | My husband and I bought Millie as a companion for Mac , my Standard Poodle , and for my peace of mind , as my husband is a police officer who frequently works nights . |
| 8 | He was involved in everything , opening the innings , coming back as a runner for Graham Gooch , bowling a match winning spell , holding a vital catch and finally ending the game with a calm run out . |
| 9 | One of his last appearances in Scottish football was playing as a mercenary for Scone Thistle in the Perthshire juvenile league . |
| 10 | But their kids were n't expected to work for their love , it was n't seen as a return for services rendered . |
| 11 | any motor vehicle standing on a part of a road specially set aside for the parking of vehicles , or as a stand for hackney carriages , or as a stand for public service vehicles , or as a place at which such vehicles may stop for a longer time than is necessary for the taking up and setting down of passengers where compliance with this regulation would conflict with the provisions of any order , regulations or byelaws governing the use of such part of a road for that purpose ; |
| 12 | It can be used as a simulation for test and planning . |
| 13 | It can be used as a simulation for test and planning . |
| 14 | Penny was bought as a puppy for Vicky at Christmas four years ago and cost the family £250 . |
| 15 | There were many highlights in her career as a campaigner for women 's rights , but it may be that her greatest contribution was the way she inspired others . |
| 16 | If there is regret over the failure of Resolution 242 as a blueprint for peace , which had seemed so promising in 1967 , there are grounds for even greater regret that the 1949 ( IVth ) Geneva Convention has not been vigorously upheld by those who claimed to be seeking a basis for peace . |
| 17 | In this account Althusser has challenged the idea that radical social changes such as revolutions — which he treats as a blueprint for change in general — are the result of a single contradiction in society . |
| 18 | He also said that the EC hoped by the summer to complete negotiations on an energy charter involving 50 countries which would serve as a blueprint for co-operation in developing oil and as resources in Eastern and Central Europe . |
| 19 | Against the backcloth of conventional Victorian prudery , the writer and publisher Mary Wilson stood as a champion for women 's sexual liberation . |
| 20 | Can it ever come to life again , not as a bait and hook for politicians to use , not as a shouting for soccer fans ? |
| 21 | Another treats the upheaval as a crusade for liberty led by a few heroic dissidents . |
| 22 | The strategic significance of Calais was obvious , and its possession would mean that Edward no longer had to rely on Flanders as a bridgehead for invasion . |
| 23 | A counsel 's opinion by Mary Arden QC , now as the Honourable Mrs Justice Arden the only female judge in the High Court of Chancery , provided even greater legal authority for compliance with accounting standards as a requirement for accounts to give a true and fair view . |
| 24 | is also valid as a requirement for entitlement to registration , since it is an indissociable principle of the very concept of establishment . |
| 25 | As a requirement for entry to most courses in thefaculty , SCE applicants must offer passes in four Highers at BBBB , taken at the first sitting ; if taken over two sittings , slightly better grades are required . |
| 26 | In other words , it is contrary to Community law for a member state to lay down as a requirement for registration that the owners , operators , shareholders and directors , as the case may be must reside and be domiciled in that member state and , in the case of a company , that it must have its principal place of business there . |
| 27 | of the directors and shareholders of a company owning or operating the vessel must be nationals of the state , even if the competent national authority has the legal power to dispense with that requirement in the case of certain persons ; ( b ) it is contrary to Community law for a member state to lay down as a requirement for registration that the owners , operators , shareholders and directors , as the case may be , must reside and be domiciled in that member state and , in the case of a company , that it must have its principal place of business there ; and ( c ) it is not contrary to Community law for a member state to make the grant of its flag subject to the requirement that the vessel must be managed and its operations directed and controlled from within that member state . |
| 28 | The way I see it now , it 's best treated as a problem for Immigration . |
| 29 | Until recently , infertility was regarded as a problem for women , and hardly anything was known about reproductive problems in men . |
| 30 | Secondly , it treats male/female differences as a problem for women . |