Example sentences of "[verb] on [pron] [noun] as [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A Middlesborough borough councillor since 1987 , recently resigned from the local authority to concentrate on his duties as an MP . |
| 2 | His intention is to take a complete break from the game for three years to concentrate on his business as a grain buyer . |
| 3 | Nick broke off the engagement in 1988 to concentrate on his career as a musician in local rock bands . |
| 4 | In writing the book , EV Thompson drew on his experiences as a wartime evacuee , taken from London in the dead of night to the Cotswold countryside . |
| 5 | In a series of hit shows , including The Reluctant Debutante , The Chiltern Hundreds and The Kingfisher , he drew on his background as the son of the 13th Earl of Home . |
| 6 | They often over-rely on their appearance as a means of relating , although they feel cheated when they perceive others as responding only to their physical attributes . |
| 7 | He was so anxious about her whereabouts that he could barely concentrate on his job as a bank officer . |
| 8 | Your solicitor or estate agent could also be asked to carry out bidding on your behalf as an Auction saleroom can be a tense and nerve-racking place to the unfamiliar . |
| 9 | Lynda never felt that Laura , however persuasive she might be , encroached on her autonomy as a designer . |
| 10 | The pygmy king gave Herla a small dog to set on his saddle as a parting gift , and told him not to get off his horse until the dog did . |
| 11 | Despite being fined £500 for making foul and abusive comments to match officials whilst managing Doncaster Rovers , Bremner wielded a rod of discipline and rarely bothered to reflect on his image as a rogue newly attuned to respectability . |
| 12 | One senior consultant stated that taking this hour to reflect on his role as a teacher and trainer was a unique experience in his career . |
| 13 | She felt his fingers tighten on her flesh as the anger in his voice seared across her consciousness . |
| 14 | Mike , 47 , said : ‘ I did not want to be accepted on my fame as a comic . ’ |
| 15 | If you are using special fonts do check with the bureau first , they may provide you with a copy of their screen font to install on your system as a way of ensuring that what you send them matches what they send you back . |
| 16 | Berger watched the race for a while and it was tempting to speculate on his thoughts as the cars of his former employer , Ferrari , screamed by in second and third places , Alesi keeping a respectful distance behind his team leader . |
| 17 | studio artists look on their job as a means of expressing themselves artistically ; |
| 18 | If there are aspects of the science of art that Kemp fails to engage adequately , the scope of this book is nevertheless very impressive and a number of the issues he discusses impinge on my concerns as an historian of science . |
| 19 | Under the pressure of the EC 's decision to accelerate its own internal integration , the sovereignty-conscious EFTA countries have agreed to give their association greater political authority to negotiate on their behalf as a united front . |
| 20 | And Rowbotham wrote a piece based on her feelings as the annus mirabilis of 1968 drew to a conclusion . |
| 21 | In the case of Re Pogue , the court declined to make the patient 's refusal based on her belief as a Jehovah 's Witness a basis for declaring her incompetent to decide for herself . |
| 22 | Usually your criticisms of literature will be based on your experience as a reader , not on your own skills as a literary writer . |
| 23 | But , as R. J. Campbell pointed out , the respect paid a minister could often be based on his performance as a preacher and a leader . |
| 24 | Having played on his position as the injured party , Lewis has achieved a result that , even if he 's truly aggrieved , suits both he and Bowe . |
| 25 | IXI Ltd says Groupe Bull has standardized on its X.desktop as the de-rigeur Motif desktop manager across all its boxes including the Power RISC stuff it 's doing with IBM . |
| 26 | He showed ‘ excessive ’ courtesy to the House of the Senate , saying once ‘ You will , I hope , forgive me if I trespass on my rights as a senator by speaking rather more plainly than I should . ’ |
| 27 | The defamiliarizing effect of a device does not depend on its existence as a device , but on its function in the work in which it appears . |
| 28 | Drawing into its ranks many former communists , including Iliescu and Prime Minister Petre Roman , the NSF had capitalized on its position as a broad centre-left grouping which filled the vacuum left by Ceausescu 's demise . |
| 29 | Neither scheme rests upon a simple extrapolation from liberal precepts , but should be judged on its merits as a theory of distributive justice . |
| 30 | At one interesting moment he reflects on his responsibilities as a teacher in a very serious-minded way : |