Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [prep] [noun] as [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lucky Langdon , who is not normally a cautious person , believes this is unlikely , given the current opinion poll rating , and that the best bet wold be the Conservatives winning the most seats , but without an overall majority — thus returning them to power as a minority government . |
| 2 | The same year , he found himself in the company of Mona , who described herself in court as an ‘ apolitical pacifist ’ who spread her huge family wealth in a series of film , TV , stage and property ventures . |
| 3 | Mandy did n't come to the meeting , Mrs. Maddison keeping her at home as a punishment for her disobedience in going into the swamp . |
| 4 | It is procedural only : we used it in Belfast as a guideline to help us to select variables that would represent broader and narrower patterns of lexical coverage . |
| 5 | I do n't know anything about Gary as a footballer but he 's got nice legs . |
| 6 | In order to copy existing artwork onto film , cut some drafting film to size ( allowing plenty of room as a border ) and place it over the artwork to be copied , perhaps Sellotaping it in place over the page . |
| 7 | Why not do as he says , and let him send you to Nicosia as an envoy ? ’ |
| 8 | No they could keep in power or remove him in turn as the say fit . |
| 9 | Maybe she 'll give it to Shavina as a wedding present . |
| 10 | With regard to access to Art as a subject in the school curriculum , the Head of Department pointed out that he and his colleagues made special provision for some pupils , asking it if was generally known that pupils who opted not to do Art ( i.e. whose option choices precluded Art ) could still do it after school as an additional subject and that we do get some of them through ( verified note of meeting ) . |
| 11 | ‘ the way in which particular localities must engage in a bitter and divisive struggle to sell themselves to capitals as the most desirable location for their activities in an attempt to defend the right to live , learn and work in their place . ’ |
| 12 | you might remember him from Wembley as the man who levelled for Norway against England with that wonderful shot . |
| 13 | The owner of Cliff Cottage was a Canadian who , returning to his roots and seduced by nostalgia , had bought it on impulse as a possible holiday home . |
| 14 | Such are the smooth , easy driving qualities of the big-engined Corrado ( the same engine is also available in the VW Golf and Vento saloons ) that I suspect that this is the sort of car that drivers will appreciate when they own it , be sorry when they sell it , and describe it for years as the finest car they ever owned . |
| 15 | It deserves full and separate treatment , but the reader will no doubt keep it in mind as a major aspect of children 's emotional lives . |
| 16 | I did n't care if it was raw , if the pangs of birth were ugly ; I wanted to be somewhere I would n't be defined by what I 'd been , where I could fashion a new notion of myself and impose it on others as the truth . |
| 17 | She had invited them to lunch as a silent farewell . |
| 18 | The Sheikh had crossed them by camel as a boy ; then as a young man with a wife and small children , including the boy at my side , he had camped overnight on one side of the range waiting for the engines of his jeeps to cool before grinding inch by inch , around and over . |
| 19 | So Vaughan contented herself with training as a nurse and avidly reading food books in her spare time . |
| 20 | She is selfless in religious commitment , yet delights in displaying herself in print as a spiritual heroine . |
| 21 | As with so many poisonous animals , the tarantula prefers to keep its venom for feeding time and only employs it against enemies as a last resort . |
| 22 | We could have them on Sunday as a treat . ’ |
| 23 | In 1675 Gascoyne established himself in business as a chart-maker at ‘ The Signe of the Platt neare Wapping Old Stayres three doares below the Chappell ’ . |
| 24 | FIONA SMITH 's brisk late-night win over Helen Troke in the final of the English National Championships at Crawley on Tuesday established her beyond question as the country 's best woman player . |
| 25 | The restriction of conspiracy might seem to put the plaintiff at a disadvantage if the unlawful means is a tort against a third party or the breach of a contract to which the defendant is not a party but this is not necessarily so , for the defendant 's procurement of the commission of the tort may again expose him to liability as a joint tortfeasor , and as to a breach of contract he may anyway have committed the substantive tort of interference with an existing contract . |
| 26 | The mortgage company had acted with forbearance , only taking them to court as a last resort . |
| 27 | After detailed examination of the information fields , it was felt that it would be possible to categorise them by type as a basis for selecting areas for further study . |
| 28 | Having to watch himself on screen as an old man , did it cast up worries about Gibson 's own appearance ? |
| 29 | It is simply what presents itself to Moose as the truth when he reflects as carefully as he can , and what he therefore expects to present itself likewise to others . |
| 30 | What can I tell you about Bill as a climber ? |