Example sentences of "[prep] [v-ing] [pron] [noun sg] as [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rami Dotan was sentenced to 13 years in prison on March 27 for using his position as the Israeli Air Force 's chief procurement officer to embezzle at least US$6,000,000 . |
| 2 | A Texan jury on December 20th convicted Don ‘ Big Daddy ’ Dixon for using his bank as a personal piggy-bank ; the next day prosecutors announced that they had squeezed a guilty plea from Edwin ‘ Fast Eddie ’ McBirney , who admitted to artful manipulation of deposits at Sunbelt Savings Association , the largest S&L ever to fail in Texas . |
| 3 | After serving his apprenticeship as a potter , Josiah Wedgwood was taken into partnership in 1754 by Thomas Whieldon of Fenton , the greatest English potter of his time . |
| 4 | She was only 28 when she set up on her own in 1976 , after starting her career as a researcher . |
| 5 | After making her name as a prisoner of war in Tenko ( in which she appeared with Renee Asherson ) , Stephanie has been busy with a second series of the TV comedy Waiting for God about a group of crumblies living in an old folks ' home . |
| 6 | Craig , who joined the Royal Corps of Transport 18 months ago after leaving his job as a postman , had just returned to Northern Ireland after attending a driving course in England . |
| 7 | ‘ A very challenging and exciting time lies ahead for Magnus and I am confident of maintaining its position as the ‘ investors ’ choice . |
| 8 | It offers advice to both those considering using their home as a base , as well as those who 've already made the break . |
| 9 | Transracial adopters face the profound problems of defining their position as a family and in society . |
| 10 | The last type of direction is that of directing your body as a whole entity — ‘ What is the direction that I am going in ? ’ |
| 11 | of losing my virginity as a career move ? |
| 12 | Iacocca is currently in danger of losing his status as a visionary leader , Carlzon has likewise run into difficulties . |
| 13 | Of doing her duty as a citizen or as a mother . |
| 14 | This section looks at those you are most likely to have access to and suggests ways of assessing their suitability as an aid to language learning . |
| 15 | The role of gold has always been a controversial issue in the international monetary system , but with the advent of floating its importance as a source of international liquidity has been reduced in several ways . |
| 16 | There is no question here of portraying our heroine as a normal woman whose energy and intelligence have been frustrated . |
| 17 | I say this because I am anxious that having decided to reject the modernist notion that there is no Devil — and therefore no Christian dualism — we should not be tempted to fall into the opposite error of conceiving our adversary as no more than a fiend . |
| 18 | She knew all too well by what circumstances a woman could be forced into using her body as a means of ensuring survival for herself or her family . |
| 19 | She gave other useful pointers regarding service , training and other staff matters that have obviously helped Leeds branch in maintaining their position as a highly effective new business unit . |
| 20 | The starting point in understanding your role as a care assistant must be the three principles of care . |
| 21 | Three months had gone in establishing his pseudo-self as a friendless , cowardly drunk . |
| 22 | If we are going to win , and win again , we must be as vigorous in promoting our cause as the Labour Party . ’ |
| 23 | It was emphasized by Comte , Marx and Spencer , for example , that culture and society were major adaptive means for Homo sapiens in aiding its survival as a species . |
| 24 | He moved to Swansea for £160,000 before finishing his career as a coach at Sunderland . |
| 25 | So , although you are discouraged from dropping your bottom as a beginner , it is very useful when the wind increases in handling the extra pull . |
| 26 | Defeated in the 1922 general election for Dáil Éireann , she secured a seat in Dublin in the 1923 election but abstained from taking her seat as a Sinn Fein republican . |
| 27 | As with the Kabbaras in Rome , Jafaar 's involvement in Polar Cap for the DEA masked a deeper CIA interest in hiding its role as an arms supplier to Iraq . |
| 28 | The Marquis of Blandford has insisted he ca n't be stopped from succeeding his father as the next Duke Of Marlborough . |
| 29 | The only ones who turned their backs on Costakis were the ‘ proprietors ’ of Moscow 's museums and their bureaucratic sponsors from the Ministry of Culture , while he , for his part , nevertheless persisted in offering his collection as a gift to the state . |
| 30 | Congratulations are extended to Joan Gatfield on completing her training as a Trainee-Trainer , we wish her every success for the future . |