Example sentences of "as [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Davidoff noted that the Victorian upper and middle classes were obsessed with a desire to reject all contact with dirt before the emergence of germ theory and medical knowledge of bacteria.0 There was an ambiguity , however , as nineteenth century furniture harboured dust .
2 Hawkhill Recreation Ground which was used for recreational purposes as long ago as 17th century ;
3 It is quite an achievement to upstage the assembled might of City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and Rattle , not to mention Maria Ewing as second soprano , but this is precisely what Barbara Bonney , standing in for an indisposed Lillian Watson , did .
4 FRANK BOUGH DEFIANT AS SECOND SCANDAL BREAKS
5 The National Curriculum , whilst being consistent with the other government sponsored programmes in its instrumental-vocationalist view , has made provision for the arts through music and art as second tier essential subjects with drama mentioned for possible inclusion with art , music and design in a joint arts option for older pupils .
6 A year-and-half later , though , with Eithne replacing Elizabeth as second vocalist , the sound has toughened up substantially .
7 The median time from the first thrombolytic agent to the administration of rt-PA ( as second dose thrombolytic agent ) was 6.5 days ( range 10 hours to 218 days ) .
8 I think we all found this address very moving , especially Don MacIntyre , who had flown seven sorties as second pilot with F/L Poole 's crew before he himself was made a captain and given his own crew .
9 Rabbit anti-tissue type plasminogen activator was used as catching antibody , an anti-tissue type plasminogen activator horseradish peroxidase conjugate ( Biopool , Sweden ) as second antibody and 3,3',5,5' tetramethylbenzidine was used as substrate .
10 He succeeded his brother James as second baronet in 1761 , gained election as a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries , and was appointed as chirographer to the Court of Common Pleas in 1766 .
11 During his two years as Second Secretary , Administration , in Kingston , Jamaica , when he had responsibility for the accounts , he withdrew $150,000 from the Commission 's US dollar account and paid it into a personal account in America .
12 As second secretary for science and technology , his brief was to improve the quality of Anglo-Soviet scientific relations .
13 As second Master he had initiated two Headmasters into the ways of the School in his own inimitable style .
14 GIANT prop ‘ Tiny ’ Solomona softened up Warrington for the kill and three-try centre Iva Ropati fired the bullets as Second Division Oldham produced the only upset of the Greenall 's Lancashire Cup first round .
15 In the south , David McPhee scored four as second division Ballachullish beat Kilmory 7-2 after extra time to clinch a place in the Glenmorangie Qualifying Cup final .
16 As second type of cache is the cached IDE host adaptor .
17 In 1894 he joined the Wilson Line in Hull as second mate of the SS Draco and three years later a chance meeting with the Norwegian explorer H. Borchgrevink , a passenger in his vessel , the Montebello , led to Colbeck 's joining the Southern Cross expedition ( 1898–1900 ) as magnetic observer , following an intensive course of instruction at Kew Observatory .
18 d Options In the past dementia wards in mental hospitals have been treated as second class by the institutions , and have had low financial input , poor staffing levels , poor training opportunities , acceptance of long waiting lists and consequent poor standards of care and low morale .
19 The price of property in the village had risen as people from the towns bought up cottages as second homes and young couples could no longer afford them .
20 In the Lake District too , Clark ( 1982a , 1982b ) cites an estimate of 11 per cent of stock being in use as second homes in the mid-1970s , with figures of over 30 per cent in some parishes .
21 In 1972 the number of houses used as second homes in Britain as a whole was estimated at 372000 , but it is believed that this number has declined in recent years due to the inflation in house prices since that date .
22 For readers looking on in envy but undertaking a sharp intake of breath as they feel as second mortgage coming on , this is far from the case .
23 Comparison of nifedipine and propranolol as second line agent for hypertension in black Kenyans
24 However , MRI is currently used as second line investigation , for example to characterise a known liver lesion seen on computed tomogram rather than for full abdominal staging .
25 was joined as second defendant , but the statement of claim disclosed no cause of action against C.T. , as it failed to plead the covenant contained in the licence of 18 February 1974 .
26 held that a personal injury claim by a motorist against a local highway authority was barred by the doctrine of res judicata when it could have been , and was not , included in an action by the motorist 's passenger against both , with the authority as third party and then as second defendant .
27 He returned to England on succeeding his father as second Baron Northwick in 1800 , and was able to devote himself to the formation of the collection for which Northwick Park became famous .
28 Richard , as second son , had been promised Aquitaine by his mother and had done homage to Louis VII of France .
29 The leap from competence scores ( which do not really measure competence , but only use ) to " acquisitional hierarchy " — in the meantime having identified speakers of Patois as second language learners — seems unjustified .
30 But the existence of an implicational hierarchy alone can not justify treating speakers as second language learners , in the absence of evidence that acquisition is actually going on .
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