Example sentences of "[verb] in [pron] [noun] as [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Its interest lies in its function as the creed of a reforming élite , confronted with the difficulties of a state-sponsored economic revival in an under-developed economy , a revival that had to contend with the resistances of the traditional structure and the misrepresentations of a peculiarly narrow Catholic conservatism . |
| 2 | And , from the viewpoint of the lawyer , their primary importance lies in their effectiveness as a means of avoiding disputes and preventing injustices . |
| 3 | Interestingly enough , the High Priest is not mentioned in any form in these documents : yet he was the Simon whom Ben Sira described in his encomium as a restorer of the fortunes of Jerusalem , among other things . |
| 4 | Lindsey felt the breath catch in her throat as a feeling of physical awareness swept through her , then she moved out of his grasp . |
| 5 | More than once , right-wing union leaders have been left fuming in their seats as a stream of party activists were called to the rostrum . |
| 6 | If you 're , if you 're , if you 're a Council employee , and you 're being interviewed in your role as a Council employee , then surely you 're only representing the Council . |
| 7 | While she was deeply fond of Liz 's twin girls — and had been thrilled to be chosen as their godmother — she was far too immersed in her role as a successful businesswoman even to consider the possibility of ever having any children of her own . |
| 8 | It does n't need any artistic pretensions — it just needs to be a picture that you can lodge in your mind as a reminder to you of your aims . |
| 9 | The Disciplinary Code in Schedule 1 to the Police ( Discipline ) Regulations 1985 contains an offence of ‘ improper disclosure of information ’ , which is committed where a member of a police force without proper authority communicates to any person , any information which he has in his possession as a member of a police force . |
| 10 | Improper disclosure of information , which offence is committed where a member of a police force ( a ) without proper authority communicates to any person , any information which he has in his possession as a member of a police force … |
| 11 | Necessarily therefore , if North Yorkshire proceed with environmental constraints applying in their county as a whole , the proper planning of the region is being frustrated because somebody is not being planned for . |
| 12 | erm unfortunately , it might sound extremely erm severe , but I can think of a number of people I 've met in my experience as a pastor who really and frankly could not help themselves and need to be treated almost like children again and made to receive help , and there are quite number of those sort of characters , unfortunately , on the streets of Oxford . |
| 13 | The next event in the public launch calendar was the Alumni Foundation Concert in the Great Hall on 11 November , which Lord Armstrong hosted in his capacity as a Patron of the Campaign for Resource . |
| 14 | In its use as an auxiliary , do has retained from the idea of " performing an activity " signified in its use as a lexical verb only the notion of " something actually taking its place in time " : do auxiliary thus has the effect of discussing the real actualization in time of the lexical event denoted by the infinitive . |
| 15 | The risk is that such a redesigned station , while it may prove palatable to Congress , would not actually succeed in its role as a space station . |
| 16 | This procedure was accepted by the foreign ministers of the other five states , serving in their capacity as the Council of Ministers of the ECSC . |
| 17 | Article 5(1) contains further definitions as follows : " a group of connected individuals " , in relation to the party disposing of shares in the company , means persons each of whom is , or is a close relative of , a director or manager of the company and , in relation to the party acquiring the shares , means persons each of whom is , or is a close relative of , a person who is to be a director or manager of the company ; " close relation " means a person 's spouse , his children ( including , in Northern Ireland , his adopted children ) and step-children , his parents and step-parents , his brothers and sisters , and his step-brothers and step-sisters and includes a person acting in the capacity of trustee or personal representative of any such relative ; and " single individual " includes two or more persons acting in their capacity as the personal representatives of a single individual . |
| 18 | Instead the complainant , defendant , and witnesses had to come back and testify all over again , usually on a different day , when the official was acting in his capacity as a magistrate . |
| 19 | Fire danced in his eyes as the cool night air hit her naked breast . |
| 20 | If she had been a religious person she would have put it down to retribution for her sins , but she had lost whatever faith she had had in her years as the Madam of Dublin 's most fashionable brothel . |
| 21 | Even if I hate him I think he 's the most important player Leeds United have had in my time as a Leeds United supporter . |
| 22 | The key combination you use with EDIT is Ctrl P Ctrl G. This shows in your file as a little diamond shaped dot , but it produces a beep quite happily . |
| 23 | Jube had witnessed — and taken part in — sufficient bar-room brawls in his life as a trucker to know that a sure-fire way of making certain a felled opponent stayed down , was to heel-stomp him . |
| 24 | It was an influence summarized by Herol Graham , himself a redoubtable boxer who wallowed in his reputation as a ‘ Flash Harry ’ , as follows : ‘ There were n't many blacks in my area [ in Nottingham ] and I 'd get called black … . |
| 25 | He was justly celebrated in his day as a populariser of science , as a polemicist for socialism and pacifism , and as a possesser of an inventive mathematical mind . |
| 26 | Hiorne 's antiquarian leanings are reflected in his election as a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries in 1784 ; and like his father , who had been an alderman of Warwick and served as mayor in 1765–6 , he was also a prominent figure in the public life of his home town . |
| 27 | There was also the totally unexplored domain of colour , rearing in his mind as a great seduction , a temptation to be fought off until he could enter it willingly , and then occupy it , live in it , like a paradise regained . |
| 28 | However , I must remind you that earlier versions of the principle of nationality , which I describe in my book as the ‘ revolutionary-democratic ’ and ‘ liberal ’ , are not so based , although there are overlaps . |
| 29 | Jones ' best data did not exist until 1989 ; by the time that he met with the two chemists he had measured ‘ run number 6 ’ ( see Figure 4 , page 69 ) which is shown in his paper as the most dramatic signal and which proved to the BYU team 's satisfaction that they were right . |
| 30 | At the next session the counsellor began by asking the couple what they would like to see happen in their marriage as a result of counselling . |