Example sentences of "[noun] as a [adj] [noun pl] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | An Indonesian-registered freighter , the Perintis , carrying 32 containers of toxic pesticide , sank on March 15 , 1989 , in an area of the English Channel described by the UK Ministry of Defence as a conventional explosives dumping ground . |
2 | For those who get involved with up-front lathe work , how about a smock as a New Years gift ? |
3 | I recognise that dealing effectively and sensitively with rape as a human rights violation requires careful treatment and consideration . |
4 | Earlier this week the members of the University Lecturers ' Association at the school , where Mrs Falconer 's post as a senior textiles lecturer is being made compulsorily redundant , voted 19-2 for the one-day strike , with the threat of escalating their action next week . |
5 | Brian Rowe has relinquished his role as Eastern Counties Field Officer so that he can concentrate on developing the Salt Cellar as a joint churches enterprise in Sudbury . |
6 | Education as a public relations activity |
7 | He added : ‘ These steps included maligning your dead wife as a criminal drugs dealer . ’ |
8 | He added : ‘ These steps included maligning your dead wife as a criminal drugs dealer . |
9 | Marshall had been appointed to the Supreme Court in 1967 after a successful career as a civil rights lawyer , legal director of the National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People ( NAACP ) and an Appeals Court judge . |
10 | Alter the war , The Miami Herald invested heavily in the system , at one point transmitting five editions daily , but the advent of television soon made the concept redundant and fax reverted , once and for all , to its previous role as a utilitarian communications medium . |
11 | This lead to the company 's present role as a protective coatings supplier , concentrating on high quality , high margin profits for the European market . |
12 | The support post proved successful enough to establish Manchester as a national datasets centre with considerable expertise in handling and analysing Census data . |
13 | The earliest excavations , however , in 1948–9 at Ivel House , supplemented by observation of local service trenches , revealed surprisingly complex occupation including buildings with opus signinum and mosaic floors , at much the same time as Stevens argued for its status as a late civitas centre . |
14 | VINNY CUNNINGHAM , the Irish centre who has flown to New Zealand as a British Lions replacement for the injured Scott Hastings , accepts his need to get fit in a hurry . |
15 | From there he went to Central TV 's news room in Nottingham as a current affairs producer then on to Granada as the editor of This Morning . |
16 | The movie , scheduled for release later this year , stars tough guy Sanjay Dutt as a martial arts expert out for revenge . |