Example sentences of "as an [noun sg] of [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jeffrey : I like the idea of seeing the gay movement as an attitude of mind . |
| 2 | Marketing has been defined in several ways — as an exchange activity , as a management activity , and as an attitude of mind . |
| 3 | The morning after the ark is put in Dagon 's temple , they discover the figure of their great god sprawled on the floor , his face to the ground , in what would have been readily seen as an attitude of worship . |
| 4 | She looks upon her broadening hips as an affirmation of life . |
| 5 | Where it seemed that this would cause injustice , equity stepped in with the doctrine of " part performance " : if the contract were partly performed , equity would not allow a statute to be used " as an engine of fraud " . |
| 6 | I think that the new settlement erm should be as close to York erm city as can be achieved , the erm question of the detailed location er I think is a matter for erm discussion on the basis of the other planning policy guidance erm criteria which I have n't explored terms of the locational criteria , what I was seeking to do in my comments was erm to counter a point which has been made er by the C P R E which refers to new settlements as an engine of growth , now that 's not the purpose of this new settlement , it is a response to the needs of meeting Greater York , and I do n't see any reason why that 's less likely to be achieved if it 's South South West of York , than anywhere else around the circumference of York . |
| 7 | Obviously , war is seen as an engine of destruction , not merely in the physical sense , but also in the sense of the destruction of all those social bonds that constitute the equilibrium of capitalism as a social entity . |
| 8 | Beat to beat variability has been used as an indicator of hypovolaemia in preterm infants at risk of intraventricular haemorrhage . |
| 9 | The residual , that part of the earnings gap not explained by personal attributes , is conventionally taken as an indicator of discrimination . |
| 10 | Our table lists the factor that influences most choices — the price per gallon — but this should not be taken as a measure of value for money merely as an indicator of price . |
| 11 | There is a place for the social PTA ‘ faggots and peas evening ’ or ten pin bowling at the George and Dragon , though it needs to be understood by all that attendance by staff at such social evenings is purely a matter of personal choice and not to be taken as an indicator of loyalty to the school . |
| 12 | er on angiogenesis as an indicator of prognosis for invasive bladder cancer presented I believe by erm and representing er colleagues from Bristol , er Oxford and Sheffield . |
| 13 | Gold prices are often seen as an indicator of inflation , a view reinforced by the high gold price during the inflationary years of the 1970s and 1980s . |
| 14 | The first local assembly elections in 30 years , held on March 26 , resulted in a clear victory for the ruling Democratic Liberal Party ( DLP ) , despite a low voter turnout of 55 per cent which the opposition portrayed as an indicator of disillusionment with the government . |
| 15 | Colonic crypt cell proliferation is used as an indicator of risk of colorectal carcinoma . |
| 16 | He qualifies advocacy of leading indicators by saying that they may duplicate each other ( market share and sales , for instance ) or may not give additional lead time over conventional measures ( he cites bookings as an indicator of sales ) or do not yield reliable measures . |
| 17 | HLA-DR is generally recognised as an indicator of cell activation , and activated T-cells also release cytokines that upregulate expression of MHC class II proteins encoded by genes of the HLA-DR locus . |
| 18 | Wholesale prices are used as an indicator of movement of domestic costs up to 1983 and retail prices subsequently . |
| 19 | The use of readmission rates as an indicator of outcome rests upon the assumption that they may be used as a proxy for morbidity resultant from poor clinical care . |
| 20 | Other studies have used ‘ strike activity ’ ( such as the number of stoppages due to industrial action ) as an indicator of militancy . |
| 21 | For example , car ownership is frequently used as an indicator of affluence . |
| 22 | However , the domestic staffing levels overall had originally been calculated using room areas as an indicator of workload , confirming the validity of this information in terms of the wider system , although not related to the EPH activities . |
| 23 | Not only can it serve as an indicator of status , but it can also throw some light on changing settlement developments , which will be examined in the following chapters . |
| 24 | emulsions and creams as an indicator of emulsion stability . |
| 25 | The difference between the time values for calls and puts may be taken as an indicator of market sentiment about the future progress of the share price . |
| 26 | It is far safer to regard the P/E ratio as an indicator of market sentiment about the future prospects of a company rather than a basis for a systematic forecasting technique of future earnings . |
| 27 | Editor , — If operative mortality is to be of any use as an indicator of quality in cardiac surgery a system of risk stratification must be in place . |
| 28 | Meanwhile , Strachan views the water vole as an indicator of wetland habitat quality , and he looks forward with little optimism . |
| 29 | Sometimes a change of water quality is used as an indicator of effectiveness ( see Wenner , 1971 ) . |
| 30 | In the South-west , many roads were impassable after being swamped under five feet of water as an inch of rain fell in an hour . |