Example sentences of "[verb] to [pron] [noun] as [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I felt I had to write to your readers as an unbiased outsider , although I am an avid reader of your magazine . |
| 2 | It adds to our reputation as an island still constricted by an ossified class system . |
| 3 | If you disagree with , say , one point out of ten in your own side 's case ( but preferably not the main point ) , it adds to your credibility as a witness . |
| 4 | I suppose she 's afraid of anything happening to her friend as a result . |
| 5 | Even by the standards of Harry 's yard , Heraldic was no looker , a great , gangling colt with a head and neck that seemed to have been added to his body as an afterthought . |
| 6 | A change is added to your will as a Codicil . |
| 7 | E&Y paid $400m to the Resolution Trust Corporation and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation at the end of last year , as full and final settlement of any outstanding claims relating to its work as a savings and loan auditor ( see ACCOUNTANCY , January , p 15 ) . |
| 8 | Then we were confined to our rooms as the Corporals organised some sort of excuse for the Sergeants and Sergeant-Major . |
| 9 | She firmly corrected those , including myself , who unwittingly referred to her book as A View from the Harbour . |
| 10 | In 1931 , at the age of 26 , Nizan referred to his family as an insubstantial presence resting as lightly on his shoulders as " the wind and the dust of the dead " . |
| 11 | During his reign there were no murders , no wars , no robberies , and gold rings lay untouched in the open , so that everyone referred to his age as the Frótha-frith , the ‘ peace of Fróthi ’ . |
| 12 | In the end , it is a matter of common courtesy to relate to your client as an individual . |
| 13 | The infant had defects that were alleged to have been caused as a result of injuries , when in the womb , sustained when an accident occurred to her mother as a consequence of the negligence of a railway company . |
| 14 | While there are many further applications of biotechnology in agriculture , such as in the treatment of agricultural waste , the examples given above testify to its potency as a future agent of environmental change , a potency which is likely to increase exponentially as genetic engineering develops ( section 8.4.3 ) . |
| 15 | Kenrick Wynne-Jones set up one of the first and best organised of them in Newcastle Wynne-Jones 's work for the Labour Party , added to his success as a chemist , made him a clear choice as a working member of the House of Lords . |
| 16 | It is possible , for example , to place nine of my readings of SF texts at the nine nodes , according to my judgement as a single reader . |
| 17 | The cost of making good the damage done to his grounds as a result of the event had left him out of pocket . |
| 18 | It might well have been in the mind of the Cloud-author when he appealed to his disciple as a weary wretch , sleeping in sloth , and deaf to the calling of the disturbingly dynamic love of God . |
| 19 | It is blessed with a sunny position high above the Bodensee , and some of its fame is owed to its standing as a health resort , offering electrotherapy and treatments designed for those recovering from heart attacks , nervous disorders , stress and circulation problems . |
| 20 | And Frye is sceptical about the possibility of women looking to their foremothers as a source of inspiration ; of seeing some women , at least , as having led lives that were not wholly male-mediated . |
| 21 | Q What is it your child does and says that makes you refer to his/her actions/words as a temper tantrum ? |
| 22 | After one or two formal speeches ( at which reference was made to our visit as the ‘ first short-term English course since the crushing of the Gang of Four ’ , and I tried to make a suitable reply , ) we were whisked off to the Friendship Hotel to a welcoming meal consisting of Peking duck , ancient duck 's eggs , and other good things , and I wielding our chopsticks to the best of our ability . |
| 23 | Organisations of all kinds look to our sponsorship as a means of associating their name with enjoyment and a high standard of endeavour and of establishing their commitment to the activities of the broader community . |
| 24 | On the death of his eldest brother only a few weeks later , he was apprenticed to his father as a chemist . |
| 25 | Apprenticed to his father as a lighterman , and sent to sea at the age of fifteen , Somes 's early experience was in the coal and coastal trades . |
| 26 | The call brought all three heads round , both men grinned , and Travis climbed to his feet as a young and visibly pregnant redhead came into view . |
| 27 | possess any secret official code word , or password , or sketch , plan , model , article , note , document or information which relates to or is used in a prohibited place or anything in such a place , or which has been made or obtained in contravention of this Act , or which has been entrusted in confidence to him by any person holding office under Her Majesty or which he has obtained or to which he has had access owing to his position as a person who is or has been employed under a person who holds or has held such an office or contract — [ and who ] ( a ) communicates the code word , pass word , sketch , plan , model , article , note , document , or information to any person other than a person to whom he is authorised to communicate it , or a person to whom it is in the interest of the State his duty to communicate it , or ( aa ) uses the information in his possession for the benefit of any foreign power or in any other manner prejudicial to the safety or interests of the State , or ( b ) retains the sketch , plan , model , article , note , or document in his possession or control when he has no right to retain it or when it is contrary to his duty to retain it , or fails to comply with all directions issued by lawful authority with regard to the return or disposal thereof , or … |
| 28 | On its demise he reverted to his position as a judge of the High Court and was not promoted during the years of the Labour Government 1974–79 . |
| 29 | These results have recently been confirmed in a prospective study and show the superiority of the methotrexate containing regimen , leading to its recommendation as the gold standard for all future gastric carcinoma trials . |
| 30 | Within the antisocialist camp Liberalism occupied a subordinate position , forfeiting a tradition of Radical progressivism that had informed much of the alternative municipal discourse during the 1890s , and leading to its extinction as a force in local politics . |