Example sentences of "[pron] [vb base] as a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I should make it clear at the outset that I act as a parliamentary consultant to the Professional Association of Teachers and that much of what I shall say tonight will be based on the practical experience of PAT members . |
| 2 | There 's nothing more soul- destroying ( and I speak as a seasoned dieter here ! ) than those inflexible diet regimes : no meals out , no dinner parties , no treats . |
| 3 | And their of first office as I recall as a little boy , was on the q quay as we used to say in Porthmadog . |
| 4 | ‘ I know as a public figure I am likely to be lampooned . |
| 5 | I remember as a young woman before I , even when I was courting , a young boys was there writing little notes behind the counter trying to make dates with me you know erm er it was , oh it was more than a shop . |
| 6 | To my mind , what I do as a medical sociologist is just as scientific . |
| 7 | At an Oval Office photo session at the start of the six-hour White House visit , Mr Major said of the airdrop plan : ‘ I think as a humanitarian mission , it is very welcome and it will have our support . ’ |
| 8 | The decision in Chamberlain was also followed and referred to in Vestey v IRC 31 TC 1 but Lord Reid did give a warning : The ingenuity of those who devise these schemes is such that it might be rash to say that property can never be comprised in a settlement unless it is charged with rights in favour of others , but I think as a general rule this must now be the test . |
| 9 | Enough of what I regard as a premeditated incident at Lord 's . ’ |
| 10 | On point d ) of this paper , which I regard as a separate issue , I have already made the point at Research Management that Library staff are receiving many more non-Library enquiries now , referred from Exhibition Hall staff , from Shop staff , and from new Support staff on the switchboard . |
| 11 | It meant that I could still do what I regard as a worthwhile job . |
| 12 | I write as a joint citizen of Britain and Canada . |
| 13 | I write as a long-time walker and cyclist and member of the Scottish Cycling Council . |
| 14 | I write as a gloomy chronicler of Britain 's relative economic decline struck by the inherent improbability of reversing a century 's trend in a mere decade . |
| 15 | The lungs , larynx , throat and mouth , which act as a resonating chamber , are no longer aligned . |
| 16 | Foltene is a deep conditioning programme containing natural biological substances normally present in the body which act as a natural scalp stimulant to revitalise blood flow to the hair follicles . |
| 17 | They only cover up the ‘ caveman ’ body smells which act as a natural stimulant , says chemist Dr David Kelly . |
| 18 | Ironic , then , is Wilekin 's immediate comment : ( " Indeed , lady , you speak as a gracious person " ) |
| 19 | But what comes out of it is what you give as a human being . |
| 20 | like most of these these have , erm what I want to know is er why , when I was disposed of as you like as a useless article , why I am suddenly called upon by this government to be one hundred per cent , not fifty per cent responsible , but one hundred per cent responsible , not only for my children which I 'm quite happy to do , but one hundred per cent responsible to keep my wife off of benefit and one hundred per cent responsible if she should ever want one , t for her partner . |
| 21 | okay , I ju as I say i do n't want to promise you something that that I know I 'm not going to be able to achieve in these two days because that 's not yep certainly if you want to talk about that you know as a separate thing outside the time then then we 'll be able to help you do that , okay ? |
| 22 | Erm but I , you know if you said I think you see , I think what Colin 's raising is a very interesting and important issue and I I naturally you know as a senior manager I 'm concerned about it . |
| 23 | How does it make you feel , you know as a social worker , erm when whatever you in whatever you do , every you do , no matter how effective you are , that you 're That when you leave those people , they 're in they 're basically in that same situation and equally v and still vulnerable . |
| 24 | You know as a big word ‘ Ocean ’ it looked fantastic . |
| 25 | You emerge as a beautiful butterfly , with wings ready to unfurl . |
| 26 | so you close him on his final objection , you listen , you then sell him his objection , right , you sell him his objection , right , you confirm his answer , right , whatever he says to you and his answer you actually confirm it back to him , you do n't interrupt him , right , you do n't guess where he 's at , right and basically if work through a system you 'll get on there , now for me to be able to , to , to , what I 've just said to you is a load of garbage , but if I was sitting I was sitting actually go through each one of these steps and that 's what you term as a closing sequence , you see what I mean ? |
| 27 | I mean here we are , we 've been talking about taking holidays in this area , and I imagine that much of the work that you do as a local Tourist Board is not actually directly aimed at people who live in this area . |
| 28 | ‘ I believe it is quite hard , the work that you do as a Strict Regime prisoner . |
| 29 | But thanks very much indeed , Patricia from Chipping Norton , and also thanks to my guests ; the Reverend Martin Flatman , the vicar at Saints Mary and John Church in the Cowley Road ; to Pauline Dungate well , I do n't know how to describe you except as a wonderful woman ; Reverend David Brian , the curate at Christ Church in Abingdon ; Sister Jenny , who runs The Porch , a drop in centre for the homeless in the Cowley Road area ; and Lesley Dewhurst from the support group Elmore . |
| 30 | You may well ask what particular statistical skills you need as a practising manager . |