Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thrift disguised as Reason speciously suggests than an excess of Fluid Foundation on one 's face , unlike a poisoned sausage , will cause no harm . |
| 2 | Born in 1927 , Denis Serjeant qualified as an architect the hard way , by taking external examinations whilst articled to an Oxford architect . |
| 3 | His political goals were quite contrasting — Weber had no objection to seeing his native Germany develop as a capitalist state overseen by a parliament . |
| 4 | Indeed the Us/Them opposition itself , which Fipa perceive as one between Settlers and Strangers , is culturally ‘ played down ’ in favour of the continuing process , by which as a deliberate matter of social and State policy , outsiders are incorporated into the society . |
| 5 | In the event , Burnell goes as a dependable foot soldier and Wright as a tight-head who proved his versatility by scrummaging so solidly at loose-head against Jeff Probyn . |
| 6 | SENIOR Tories in Cheltenham were trying yesterday to persuade Mr John Taylor to remain as their prospective parliamentary candidate after his failure to become the first black Tory MP . |
| 7 | Bishop Crowley appointed as Chairman of CAFOD in 1988 . |
| 8 | Roger Sippl quit as Informix Corp chairman to pursue his start-up interests : Phil White , president and chief executive , succeeds him . |
| 9 | Vogel trained as an architect and was a resident artist at the Polish Royal Court . |
| 10 | Its origins are lost in antiquity but the Rock has probably ben used as a fortress from the Iron Age . |
| 11 | ‘ Roger looks as if he 's running well , so it will be interesting to see what the selectors will do . ’ |
| 12 | And third , how has the central system for planning and controlling spending in Whitehall changed as a consequence of the ‘ hard times ’ ? |
| 13 | Swindon say as a player he is worth a million pounds , and they should be compensated accordingly . |
| 14 | With so many of Lotus Engineering 's successes having to remain secret , the Corvette Indy stands as the company 's most compelling advertisement . |
| 15 | April 9 , 1944 , brought the crew their tenth mission , on what Dan described as a ‘ Long haul ’ to the FW 190 plant at Marienburg , in East Prussia . |
| 16 | Herr Nordern staggered as the night air hit him and Bodo held his elbow as they lurched back to the flats . |
| 17 | Francine Brody trained as an actress at RADA and at Pittsburgh University . |
| 18 | Battler rose as if to follow him , then stopped and looked round at me . |
| 19 | Col. Eduardo Herrera Hassan , a former chief of police , was arrested by United States troops on Dec. 5 following what the government of President Guillermo Endara Galimany described as an " attempted coup " . |
| 20 | Sometimes , it is true , they must have been little more than what Marc Bloch described as ‘ l'endroit où on passe ’ ; but one may presume that efforts were made to drain long-distance roads and keep them clear of obstruction ; and kings and princes in several countries regarded the main roads as their roads . |
| 21 | This ‘ success ’ prompted a further onslaught by senior ministers against what Baker described as the ‘ hysterical gossiping ’ among MPs about the leadership . |
| 22 | The PLO failed as a leadership , not as an idea . |
| 23 | Indream , Dana qualified as a real person among zombies anyway . |
| 24 | Following his re-election as President in May 1988 François Mitterrand appointed as Prime Minister Michel Rocard , who in turn formed a minority government dominated by members of the Socialist Party ( Parti socialiste — PS ) [ see pp. 35978-81 ] . |
| 25 | He said a few words which Zelah translated as : ‘ This is the holy flame which shall consume our wickedness and purge our people of evil for the year to come . ’ |
| 26 | An extrapolation of this responsibility saw Hermes designated as the conductor of the souls of the dead to HADES , as well as being a god of sleep and dreams . |
| 27 | Bruce , forever wavering , had muted his criticisms and been allowed by Edward to continue as joint Guardian after Wallace 's execution ; but old ambitions began to stir once more . |
| 28 | Corbett rose as if about to leave . |
| 29 | The point will be made to the world that Mexico stands as a nation for the principle that a healthy environment is essential for the common future of humanity , with particular stress on the quality of life our children will inherit . |
| 30 | And this part of your mind that makes you feel guilty Freud regarded as an internalized representation of other people to some extent , and indeed he thought that it , the superego was constituted by internalization and identification with the parents at the culmination of the Oedipus complex . |