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Discover LudwigThe phrase "as being ancillary" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing something that is supplementary or secondary to a main point or function.
Example: "The committee viewed the proposed changes as being ancillary to the primary objectives of the project."
Alternatives: "as supplementary" or "as secondary".
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We know that all manner of cues can contribute to identification of objects, but have no trouble discarding most of them as being ancillary.
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Growing as rapidly as weed are ancillary businesses that cater to these new marijuana pioneers.
Eliot's career as editor was ancillary to his main interests, but his quarterly review, The Criterion (1922 39), was the most distinguished international critical journal of the period.
However, according to court documents, a judge found that Diamond's duties as a commissioner were ancillary to his actual job as an attorney.
While Sir Stelios denied easyJet had any plans – such as Ryanair has mooted – to charge for using toilets, he argued that, for an airline, lavatories could be defined as a service that was "ancillary" rather than "core".
The fact that both formal and substantive conceptions of equality of opportunity and the rival level playing field conception as well are proposed as ancillary requirements or supplements to a theory of justified social hierarchy poses a general issue concerning their justification.
Thus, the Federal Rules of Evidence would apply to the ancillary proceeding, as is the case currently.
As said before, these are not ancillary perks, but actionable investments in the employee.
When, later, I tell the senior police officer about this incident, he shrugs and says: "As long as there's no rise in ancillary crime – breaking into cars, muggings, burglaries – we leave it alone.
The heightened interest in the fixed-line network comes as British Telecom is restructuring, selling ancillary assets and moving ahead with a spinoff of its wireless division planned late this year.
Peers asked specifically whether other social media sites such as Facebook could be classed as ancillary service providers under the proposed legislation.
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