The phrase "as a frame of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a context, structure, or perspective within which something is considered or analyzed.
Example: "As a frame of reference, we should consider the historical context of the events."
Alternatives: "as a context for" or "as a framework for".
In contrast, had we chosen the earth as a frame of reference, we would find that there are accelerations relative to this frame e.g.g
"They weren't encouraging it, but they used it as a frame of reference," she said.
In fact, Memphis's reputation for athleticism spread to the Atlanta Regional, where Texas players used it as a frame of reference to describe L.S.U.
The fear many of Bass's essayists share is that without the wilderness as a frame of reference we will float free into a wholly utilitarian understanding of nature.
As a frame of reference, the Germans bullied another American team, 2-0, in the first game of the 1998 World Cup in France.
Using a map of Suffolk County's parks as a frame of reference, Micki Watanabe has created a site-specific installation that examines the specifics of sites.
Wallace experienced the birth of the Charlotte Bobcats and, using that as a frame of reference, said he believed the Nets would have an exciting beginning in Brooklyn.
"They're so colorful and whimsical -- just a wonderful invitation for kids to use their real world as a frame of reference to go into the fantasy world of play," she said.
Once human progress had been elided with entrepreneurship, and annexed as a subset of business, the left's account of itself as a frame of thought that even understood modernity, let alone could embrace and embody it, shrivelled.
Television makers have tried a similar approach before; in the 1950's, Sylvania introduced the Halolight, which created a border of fluorescent light around the screen as a "frame of light that's kinder to your eyes".
Since then, it has evolved significantly, taking the European directives as a frame of reference.
