Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] as a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We long ago ceased to enjoy hanging as a public spectacle . |
| 2 | It is typical of Richard that he accepted the task with alacrity and succeeded with such brilliance that almost overnight he became recognized as a famous warrior . |
| 3 | Although both groups tend to appear as a limited disease , most cases being in stage I-IIE , the morphohistological subtype seems to be a decisive factor in dissemination , as only one case ( 5% ) of low grade/mixed grade compared with 20% of the patients with high grade were classified as stage IV . |
| 4 | The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation ( FAO ) has claimed as a major success its programme for integrated pest management in rice . |
| 5 | On the one hand , the state has to ensure the continuation of the accumulation of capital ; on the other , it has to appear as a neutral arbiter of interests , thereby preserving its own legitimacy . |
| 6 | Third , the centre has collapsed as a political force — although not as a constituency — and this obliges both major parties to compete more assiduously for middle-of-the-road votes . |
| 7 | Tobacco has collapsed as a primary source of funds . |
| 8 | ( c ) On what chart does the rhumb line appear as a straight line ? |
| 9 | Patrick Duff wrote , ‘ This reverse has come as a great shock . |
| 10 | But the news has come as a total shock for many people . |
| 11 | Tearful Mandy said : ‘ This has come as a total surprise to me and my family . |
| 12 | This has come as a terrible shock . |
| 13 | ‘ This has come as a terrible shock . |
| 14 | Charles Tompkins , managing director of NOS , a subsidiary of Cable & Wireless , said the contract has come as a major breakthrough for his company , propelling it into the major league of offshore suppliers . |
| 15 | His death today has come as a complete shock . |
| 16 | I 'm sure this has come as a big shock to you . |
| 17 | The decision to sell Harford has come as a big blow to Luton boss David Pleat who said : ‘ I did n't want him to go but the club needs the money . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Therefore the problem that had emerged in 1985 has come as a considerable shock to us and I would say that the present directors of Mogul Ireland — ourselves — have acted promptly , decisively and responsibly since it came to our attention . |
| 19 | But for accident victims like Marie Moore from Darlaston , today 's decision has come as a bitter blow . |
| 20 | The ruling has come as a bitter blow Brain Goldsworthy 's common law wife . |
| 21 | Political defeat has come as a profound shock for the ruling Cambodian People 's Party ( CPP ) . |
| 22 | Tranmere looked most likely to earn the draw their approach was designed to secure as a bottom line when defender Richard Smith put his first foot wrong of the afternoon in the 82nd minute . |
| 23 | Pairs of multiple step ladders or trestles can be bridged with purpose designed staging as a basic form of scaffolding . |
| 24 | To enter the Kingdom of Heaven one has to come as a little child , with an attitude of trust , and prepared to be teachable and flexible ( Matt. |
| 25 | Leeds has has grown as a financial centre over the last four or five years , probably more than any other city outside London . |
| 26 | The crust and the immediately underlying mantle created above the asthenosphere in fact appear to behave as a semi-rigid layer called the lithosphere . |
| 27 | I have used some of the things that he has done as a good example to myself . |
| 28 | In a workshop session which the BA might consider restaging as a full day seminar , Peter Mouncey of the AA , Leslie Henry of Book Marketing Ltd and Sue Morris of W H Smith tackled ‘ Targeting the book market — the role of research ’ from three different though complementary angles . |
| 29 | Englishness , as a sense of racial or spiritual identity , had come to function as a stabilizing force within the field of professional English studies , rather than providing the authority for a programme of cultural intervention . |
| 30 | But colleague Dr Susan Williams declared : ‘ He is a first-class doctor who stopped to help as a Good Samaritan . ’ |