Example sentences of "as a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the dream he became a participant , as a prisoner of a revolutionary tribunal whose judges included Marat and Robespierre . |
| 2 | During this time , the King of Lilliput had written to ask the King of Blefuscu to send me back , as a prisoner , so that I could receive my punishment . |
| 3 | While I agree with everything that you have said , as a devil 's advocate in a health service that has a 2-year waiting list for hip replacements , how can you justify the expense of a rehabilitation programme by any quantitative measure ? |
| 4 | All popular kinds of decorative pond fish can survive for several months during the winter without feeding , as their body processes slow down in much the same manner as a tree or shrub in the garden becomes dormant . |
| 5 | If madame was like her son then she would be as tall as a tree . |
| 6 | When she walked with Gran , she could feel the trembling through every limb and felt glad to be young and strong as a tree . |
| 7 | Such fine features and blessed with thick lustrous hair as well as a shape that would fill any man 's dreams . ’ |
| 8 | Cutting back and forward furiously , Royston tries to include the complex relationship between Ruth 's father and his ageing ‘ boy ’ , Tim ( Ilarrio Bisi-Pedro ) ; as well as a portrait of Gumede , a freedom fighter on the verge of lunacy — excellently played by Osei Bentil ; and an analysis of a South African police Colonel who is affably stark mad . |
| 9 | Why , for example , would a politician with the wide-ranging interests of Lord Fife lay such pointed emphasis upon the placing of such a minor official as a tide waiter , writing that he wished William King to be appointed at Macduff Down Creek , as opposed to any other location in that district ? |
| 10 | ‘ Maybe she 's waiting to ring later , ’ Shirley said feebly , as a tide of rage with Liz , far away in distant London , washed through her : too absorbed in her own life , too selfish even to spend five minutes talking to her own mother . |
| 11 | Stained peels , when made with great care , have very high resolution and can be as good as a DPT for point counting and studies of diagenesis . |
| 12 | An occupational therapist makes sure she has such things as a walking frame , special lavatory seat and correctly shaped chair , and a district nurse visits each day . |
| 13 | I am reminded of a line in Tony Kushner 's play Angels in America , " as a monolith it is not unimpressive . " |
| 14 | The scale works in the same way as a golfer 's handicap . |
| 15 | There had never been enough personnel to form anything as large as a squadron . |
| 16 | The distinction here is between two very distinct schools of harpsichord-making ; a tradition carried on by native craftsmen who flourished during the first 25 years of the 18th century and an imported tradition initiated by Hermann Tabel that displaced its native rival as effectively as a cuckoo might take charge in a sparrow 's nest . |
| 17 | However , it is still used in cooking , as a spice and a flavouring , especially the seeds , by the Indians and Egyptians . |
| 18 | The Pump Wagon is heavily constructed and has the same basic profile as a chariot . |
| 19 | The War Wagon fights in hand-to-hand combat in the same way as a chariot , except that its crew are armed with a variety of experimental weaponry as described below . |
| 20 | ‘ One of them 's near as big as a hangar . ’ |
| 21 | The Government 's thirst for more competition , less regulation and more consumer choice is expected to result in three new national commercial radio networks ( two of which will push the BBC out of some of its existing frequencies ) as well as a plethora of local and ‘ community ’ stations . |
| 22 | When Professor Tidy sat down , worse was to come for the defendants , as a plethora of witnesses placed every permutation of the four in or about the vicinity at various times that evening . |
| 23 | The moment can be as the dancer pauses momentarily in a pose , as a comma in the middle or as a full stop at the end of a sentence . |
| 24 | Vial was buried ( at the expense of the College , as a mark of respect ) in the chapel in the Savoy — Vial 's wife was of the Lutheran faith . |
| 25 | It 's quite possible that people shunned us not so much as a mark of outrage at what we had done , but to avoid the frustration of not being able to satisfy their curiosity about what exactly it was . |
| 26 | Appointment to such positions came as a mark of royal regard , and the quality of abbots varied considerably . |
| 27 | He insisted on wearing his Sunday best for such an important occasion , and as a mark of deference to the young master . |
| 28 | Yes , you could make music on one but that would be sacrilegious considering all the other exciting possibilities that it has to offer : eg. killing fascists ( Woody Guthrie ) , saying sorry ( Billy Bragg ) , as a firelighter ( Jimi Hendrix ) , for clubbing amplifiers senseless ( Pete Townshend ) , for levelling stage floorboards ( Ritchie Blackmore ) , as a mini-TV stand ( Billy Gibbons ) , to stimulate groupies ( Steve Vai ) , to cream yourself ( Hendrix again , that infamous Tokai advert or even that sad figure in the current Trantec Systems advert ) , as a shop sign ( Original Flying Vee ) , as a cricket bat ( Ian Botham with the Staccato magnesium bass ) , as a baseball bat ( Steinberger XL ) , you could use one to kill her mama ( like Frank and Dweezil ) and , if you are still bored after all that , you could electrocute yourself with it through your dangerously hot-rodded stack . |
| 29 | I noticed a slight discolouration in his left eye that betrayed its blindness , but otherwise he looked as fit as a cricket . |
| 30 | Such solitariness was a condition and not a mood , however ; it lay beneath those moments of inexplicable high spirits when Eliot seemed , as Sherek put it , " as gay as a cricket " , just as it could be combined with apparent activity and " busyness " in the world . |