Example sentences of "[verb] its [noun] as the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The company reckons that it maintained its position as the leading supplier of computers to UK education , and established itself as an important supplier to the home market , and made good progress in Australia and New Zealand through the subsidiaries there . |
| 2 | However , the PCI retained its position as the second-largest party . |
| 3 | Peter White , Managing Director of British Airways Cargo , comments : ‘ Air cargo is increasingly proving its worth as the premier mode of distribution , especially as more companies practice ‘ Just-In-Time ’ inventory controls . |
| 4 | By his death , the membership had doubled , the MCC was developing its role as the judicious lawgiver of the game , and there were many more cleaner-cut fixtures , with schools and the universities , for example . |
| 5 | It is that the Fund , through lack of accountability , has failed over the past year to fulfil its function as the main conduit for aid to Russia . |
| 6 | Although the 1935 general election confirmed its position as the only main challenger for the left-wing vote , in that election it secured only 154 MPs — less than a quarter of the total membership of the Commons . |
| 7 | The Democratic Party of the Left ( PDS ) , which represented the bulk of the former Communist Party , with 16.1 per cent of the vote and 107 seats , confirmed its position as the leading opposition party and therefore figured prominently in the discussions on the formation of a new governing coalition . |
| 8 | At the time , Sydney was essentially a centre created around a convict population , yet eager to assert its status as the commercial and cultural capital of the continent . |
| 9 | It therefore refused to cede its authority as the recognised providing body to the Board . |
| 10 | Responsibility for their welfare and early learning experiences has traditionally rested with the family , but some would argue that the family is losing its viability as the primary provider for children . |
| 11 | The museum has two objectives now : to display costumes from its collection of 50,000 objects throughout the year ; and to reclaim its role as the preeminent institution of costume scholarship . |
| 12 | The first oil crisis gave rise to renewed demand for dollars , since payments to oil exporting countries are made in this form , but in the late 1970s this was followed by another dollar crisis which undermined its integrity as the key international reserve asset . |
| 13 | It is a fine , Medieval bridge , guarded at each end and fortified as befitted its position as the sole river crossing and approach to the castle . |
| 14 | Santa Cruz Operation Inc has won an OEM contract with Xerox Corp to supply its Unix as the standard operating system component of the Xerox DocuTech Publishing Series Extended Storage product : it will run on a Compaq Computer Corp Systempro/LT 486/33 with 8Mb internal memory and two 1Gb disk drives . |
| 15 | Kirkbymoorside deserves sympathy for having lost its status as the only town in the country to have so far escaped the painter 's handiwork . |
| 16 | The programme will have succeeded if , in 15 years ' time , primary health care in the capital has lost its status as the national laggard ; the quality of the services it offers matches or exceeds that enjoyed in the rest of England ; and London has become a place where aspiring primary health care practitioners in all disciplines aim to work . |
| 17 | MORGAN Grenfell has maintained its position as the top financial adviser for British public takeovers . |
| 18 | DIESEL fuel needs a new PR agent to clean up its image in the minds of the public if it is to take its place as the efficient , environmental fuel of the future that many would like it to be . |