Example sentences of "[to-vb] as a [noun] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The sensation therefore was immense when he abandoned cricket , and a life of wealth and ease , to go as a missionary to China . |
| 2 | As a result of what was reportedly a wide-ranging discussion , it was agreed to establish as a prelude to discussion of the Union Treaty two bilateral commissions to negotiate on the most contentious issues in USSR-Russian Federation relations , namely the delineation of state powers , ownership of state property , and the rights to dispose of natural resources . |
| 3 | On the one hand for environmental reasons , for their environmental reasons I should say , and on the other hand so as not to come as a nuisance to residents of existing communities . |
| 4 | But since it was established in 1775 to serve as a printer to Edinburgh 's legal , banking and ecclesiastical communities P&W has developed a strong position in financial printing , providing it with a coverage that goes much wider than ‘ Sketch and describe an electronic circuit . ’ |
| 5 | It is rather that the idea and ideal is always likely to function as a corrective to complacency rather than as a prop to It . |
| 6 | His body was left to rot as a warning to others who might be tempted to stray from those paths of righteousness . |
| 7 | It argues that new housing is essential to boost labour mobility and maintain economic growth in areas where spiralling house prices are beginning to act as a disincentive to development . |
| 8 | The state has actively sought to develop tourism , both to attract foreign visitors and to act as a counter-magnet to holidays abroad for Britons . |
| 9 | She had received a sound enough education to act as a governess to children with parents overseas and , later , as a secretary-companion to American ladies . |
| 10 | Indeed , I think that the onslaught of modern consumerism is not so much a slavish addiction to fashion as a capitulation to hedonism . |