Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb base] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some theft cases can be prosecuted under section 15 , but it is fallacious , having regard to what I perceive as the true meaning of appropriation , to say that all cases of obtaining by deception can be prosecuted under section 1 . |
| 2 | I cite as an example the urban areas of the city which I partially represent — I speak for all of Birmingham when I speak on this issue , and I am trying to raise an important matter in which there may be some common cause . |
| 3 | But as a general principle the right of animals to be animals , to live in their space on God 's good earth , is a moral principle I commend as a rule of thumb . |
| 4 | The theory which I commend as a guide to the fruitful development of international law in the control of force may be called ‘ ethical ’ or perhaps ‘ functional positivism ’ . |
| 5 | I 'm sorry erm as far as the schools are concerned you had presumably a lot of contact I mean as part of the national curriculum is if if you like is to build contact with the community and the schools . |
| 6 | I mean as , as a , the fact is that , like providing services for the young people is legally the responsibility for Es of Essex County Council . |
| 7 | Well I think it 's very important Robert because , I mean as the charter for the arts indicated look at the money that local authorities are spending upstairs to us and really you know we , we are |
| 8 | But I mean as any adoptive parent here will tell you , the strains when you adopt a child , or adopt children , very disturbed children are much worse ! |
| 9 | Well that 's my idea and I mean as a , then we got the other War . |
| 10 | Now having said that I mean the late long established er unit trust group , I mean as a , as a company we 've got to be very careful who we use , we 've got an approved list erm in London and in Bournemouth we have erm a , a department which analyzes products , and those products come onto our approved list when they 've , when they 've fulfilled a number of criteria . |
| 11 | It 's just I mean as philosophy just very standardly takes words from ordinary language gradually gets a technical meaning , er which is different from the original meaning and then when ordinary speakers use it in the original meaning they get told off . |
| 12 | It 's been approved , but I mean as interest exactly what what 's been approved . |
| 13 | What are the other techniques you do , if you 've do a bit of I mean as a sales trainer , I tend to walk around quite a lot and talks about what ? |
| 14 | Is it , what is it definite , I mean as a regular or just the one off or what ? |
| 15 | Erm I mean as an ol as the Old Floral Hall they must have had |
| 16 | I mean he went to school , he went to oh school , but he lived at Enfield and erm , you 'd have never thought then that he had got it in him and , so dry I said to dad I said he never ought to be a bus driver , cos the things he comes out with , he 'd have to be a comedian , I mean he 's , I mean as er , what , they used to call the comedians did n't they , three or four of them on the telly , and I mean |
| 17 | I mean as an acquaintance I could tolerate her but I . |
| 18 | Well the girl yeah that girl that came with us , she had , I mean as a rule I , I do n't have |
| 19 | wanted control on nuclear weapons , or wanted to abolish nuclear weapons but they the the Labour government did n't get in on that basis so they had to modify their and I mean as |
| 20 | Yeah , course I mean as a bat er pitched a bat on this is a beau a beauty but are there are rough spots which you 've helping the slow left arm , or help any spinner . |
| 21 | He asked me whether I was a country person I asked what the qualifications were he said country born and bred , well I was born in Liverpool spent my childhood and early adolescence in rural Nottinghamshire , moved to Highfields , emigrated to the West Indies and now live in sub rural Blavey so I do n't know whether I qualify as a country person or not , but I 'd like to bet that I 've milked more cows by hand than he has if that 's any qualification . |
| 22 | But as I say as paying the er r I , I 've seen them when I 'm going round the site er I got an option from the firm , I 'd be allowed time off my work , my actual work on the , on the , on the site , to go round and collect their unions dues . |
| 23 | In short , as I said at the very beginning of this series of lectures , you must n't treat what as I say as gospel erm I am perfectly capable of being a little bit eccentric , possibly even a little bit erm original erm in my interpretations . |
| 24 | Erm next I propose as a , er , resolution four which is a special resolution and s set out in the notice of the meeting and is to modify to a limited extent , the obligations relating to the allotment of shares for cash contained in section eighty nine of the Companies Act . |
| 25 | if I do M D space put here , it will create a sub-directory , below the one two three directory , but if I want as a sub-directory from the roots directory , I have to type M D back-slash put . |
| 26 | I think in all this textual fussing Dostoevsky was also — and increasingly — troubled by the chapter 's footnote status and by the problem which I picture as obstruction by Raskolnikov and Svidrigailov in his backward groping towards the underground man . |
| 27 | The application to the local community is one that I put as a challenge to all : How can we help people to take seriously membership in the Eucharistic community of faith ? |
| 28 | It seems that I count as a visitor . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ I act as the Cheng family 's eyes and ears in London . |
| 30 | One of my activities outside HTV , approved of by the company , is that I act as a consultant to a communication company and help to train industrialists , business executives and trade union officials who want to come to terms with the necessary techniques of appearing on television . |