Example sentences of "[det] as a " in BNC.
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| 1 | TRAINED observers in the press gallery have been rather surprised that the behaviour of MPs has changed so little as a result of the television cameras ' arrival . |
| 2 | Branch managers and staff have changed surprisingly little as a breed , for all the brighter uniforms and open plan offices . |
| 3 | We may assert that there is no such thing as truth , but we regard that as a true statement . |
| 4 | In a takeover campaign that has already seen vitriolic language , he responds to the charge that he is mounting the bid to enrich himself and his friends by saying : ‘ Nobody could take that as a criticism — this is an investor group . |
| 5 | Within Spanish art itself , on the other hand , the line is almost too simple : Goya was intensely aware of Velázquez , Picasso of both , but for Gironella the problem is not just that Picasso could be seen to have inserted himself into the next place in the sequence but that as a Mexican an unequivocal position in any such art-historical lineage is utterly unattainable . |
| 6 | I took that as a compliment — a sign that we have become accepted as part of everyday ( country ) life . |
| 7 | Carmody : ‘ Everybody does that as a kid . |
| 8 | ‘ I 'll take that as a compliment ’ |
| 9 | There is , however , a very real difficulty here , and one which curriculum managers in the United Kingdom may not have thought about : that as a concept , ‘ managing the curriculum ’ is highly culture-specific . |
| 10 | The position was that as a sub-librarian in Plymouth . |
| 11 | ‘ Men often put a lot of energy into the courtship period ’ , warns Jane Hawksley , ‘ never use that as a gauge for the future . |
| 12 | The string retainer has been screwed down a little too low , resulting in quite a severe break angle over the nut , but if I 'm talking about that as a problem , then you can see there 's really not much wrong with the rest of the LX . |
| 13 | So I just took that as a good example . |
| 14 | After the interview I mentioned as casually as I could that as a result of blocked sinuses I had lost my sense of smell ( with the exceptions of petrol , laundry and excrement ) for years , and could he think of any way of restoring it ? |
| 15 | Would they take that as a lesson and conform to the party 's expectations of educated youth ? |
| 16 | ‘ I have found that the stamina required for propping is greater than that as a lock . |
| 17 | What d' you say to that as a triumphant finale to our partnership , old man ? ’ |
| 18 | The Arrowcrab is notable in one respect in that as a predator of annelid worms it will prey upon the bristleworms ( Hermodice carnuculata ) that sometimes plague aquariums . |
| 19 | ‘ That as a member of a large merchant-banking family , with some ties to the Soviet Union , you will be over there looking at the country with a view to future investment opportunities . |
| 20 | I do n't know whether other other places have have erm kept that as a part of the I do n't know if it 's in the national curriculum . |
| 21 | Clearly not all determinations of the artificer could reasonably be regarded as doorways and even more clearly should he step outside the ‘ frame ’ and install a window no one could reasonably regard that as a determination of the architect 's concept . |
| 22 | The storm was over and he regarded that as a good omen . |
| 23 | And if , for example , rescuing someone from a hole meant destroying priceless Michaelangelo 's to get to him I would n't even see that as a real choice . |
| 24 | ‘ No , you ca n't have that as a main course . |
| 25 | Do you see that as a long-term model ? |
| 26 | ‘ John may be mad , but he 'd never buy a horse as hot as that as a first horse for his daughter ! ’ |
| 27 | " Goodness me , do n't start taking that as a compliment , she cares about everyone 's feelings , she 's an archetypal victim , she 's an absolute fool about other people 's feelings , and let me warn you , I may as well warn you , the more she dislikes somebody , the more somebody annoys her , the more careful she is not to hurt their feelings , in fact the only people she is ever rude to are people like me and Gabriel and Papa , I mean people she cares for enough not to worry about being fair to . |
| 28 | Ah , is n't behaviour in , in social skill and then we could drop that as a separate one ? |
| 29 | But what did , but the government in a sense even even ended that as a viable choice by doing what ? |
| 30 | that as peop that as a social crisis develops , people become interested in radical critical ideas and they start talking about how things can be improved . |