Example sentences of "as a [noun sg] by " in BNC.
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| 1 | Keeping your house clean was now seen , probably rightly , as a plot by men to stop you doing anything more interesting . |
| 2 | Jean Marie Le Pen denounces Maastricht as a plot by European fédérastes , as he homophobically calls them , to penetrate French identity and take over Paris from Brussels . |
| 3 | To disobey one 's father in traditional China would violate the filial piety integral to the whole system of mores and be seen as a threat by all ; on the other hand when the young of such a society begin to question the code and assert themselves against the old , they see a disobedience as a blow struck for all of them . |
| 4 | Similarly , laws-of-war considerations might lead to advocacy of a very large nuclear armoury , on the grounds that only then can weapons be used discriminately — but this could only too easily be read as a threat by the adversary . |
| 5 | At this stage , however , only a small number of men were so closely identified with the Woodvilles that they were perceived as a threat by Richard . |
| 6 | Although Buckingham was to take possession in most cases only as offices fell vacant , the existence of such a powerful reversionary interest could only be seen as a threat by existing office holders . |
| 7 | They arouse protectiveness in women and are not seen as a threat by other men . |
| 8 | The Soviet Union was therefore perceived as a threat by both the military and the economic elites because it served both their interests . |
| 9 | At this stage , however , only a small number of men were so closely identified with the Woodvilles that they were perceived as a threat by Richard . |
| 10 | Although Buckingham was to take possession in most cases only as offices fell vacant , the existence of such a powerful reversionary interest could only be seen as a threat by existing office holders . |
| 11 | Delano was hired as a photographer by the Farm Security Administration ( FSA ) in 1940 , which was set up to document the plight of the displaced farmer and the accomplishments of the Roosevelt administration 's agricultural relocation and land-improvement programs . |
| 12 | Where a defective product is used as a component by another manufacturer , there will be two defective products and two producers . |
| 13 | There are three points at which we might invoke questions relevant to portraiture as a genre by way of establishing parameters for a discussion of Auerbach 's JYM series . |
| 14 | The British crown lacked power ; Alexander III of Russia described it as ‘ hardly to be counted as a monarchy , but rather as a Crown by election ’ . |
| 15 | If Emerson had had the finance to develop a team properly , if his brother had been a better manager and if Emerson himself had not become frustrated as a driver by his car 's constant failures and retirements , if , in short , he had got his act together , he would quite possibly have made a first-class constructor and been hailed as a Brazilian Ferrari or Chapman . |
| 16 | Dear Mr. Lum — who had been admitted to the Weavers ' Company himself in 1787 — had agreed to recommend his friend William Charles Titford , and the deal went through as a freedom by redemption — that is , by virtue of payment — rather than by apprenticeship or patrimony . |
| 17 | Through the ages these western seaways have been used as a highway by settlers and saints , pilgrims and pirates and traders and travellers . |
| 18 | It is noticeable that all these graves are found near the Pilgrims ' Way suggesting that this ancient road was being used as a highway by the Romans . |
| 19 | It has been taken as a reassurance by the British textile industry . |
| 20 | ( MacCabe 1974 ) The classic realist text then , as described by MacCabe , is defined by a structure in which the various discourses within the text form a hierarchy : among these discourses — each of which poses a particular view of ‘ reality ’ — -one is privileged as the bearer of truth and serves as a gauge by which the veracity or falsehood of other competing discourses are judged . |
| 21 | Once prized as a rarity by an elite of connoisseurs , it is now freely available through many garden centres , so we can all have a go at growing this most distinctive of shade-loving perennials . |
| 22 | You might discover that the street is used as a short-cut by commuters . |
| 23 | Supplied as a service by Servier Laboratories Ltd . |
| 24 | In contrast , it is noteworthy that pupils skipping a lesson here and there , having registered as present , was not seen as a problem by headteachers . |
| 25 | Truancy within the school day ( by pupils skipping individual lessons ) was not seen as a problem by headteachers ; 14 schools reported that they did not keep period attendance records . |
| 26 | Although he had been nominated as a conservative by Protestant Unionists within the constituency , he had quickly become an O'Neill supporter . |
| 27 | It may be seen as a ruse by the parasite to avoid adverse climatic conditions for its progeny by remaining sexually immature in the host until more favourable conditions return . |
| 28 | When we are considering the impact of urbanization , we focus upon the way in which changes in the family and economy are affected by physical distance and spatial separation , the increasing need to travel to work , and perhaps the substitution of primary social relationships in a relatively stable territorially-based community such as a village by more secondary , more impersonal and fluctuating social relationships — which may , under certain circumstances , cause the members of the nuclear family to become more dependent upon each other . |
| 29 | The earliest known map calls the group ‘ S.Kilda ’ , and in the old Norse language the name ‘ Kelda ’ means ‘ spring ’ or ‘ well ’ , so it seems possible that the islands , which do have a number of freshwater springs , were used as a watering-place by the Vikings when they were involved in their warlike raiding and invasions of the northern parts of Britain . |
| 30 | Once the New York store established itself , quickly followed by others , Laura 's treatment as a superstar by the US press increased . |