Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [pers pn] as the [num ord] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | His 60-year-old wife called in police , claiming he had punched her during the early hours after the ceremony to install him as the 18th civic leader at Stockton . |
| 2 | In 1939 appointment to the Disney chair of archaeology distinguished her as the first woman professor in the university . |
| 3 | The distance estimate is important because astronomers use it as the first rung in the distance ladder they extend across the Universe . |
| 4 | Young couples took their children to it as soon as their legs were long enough ; old people accepted it as the first of their last climbs and many beery pledges were made to the mountain in the Deeside pubs . |
| 5 | His friends hail him as the last great artist of the 20th century . |
| 6 | Seaforth also tops the line 's efficiency league , ahead of European ports of call , and ACL uses it as the first and last calling point to take advantage of the growing links with the Mediterranean , Northern Europe , the Baltic States and Ireland . |