Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [pron] [noun] as [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After the lunch break Sister shared her experience as a nurse and bereavement counsellor in a busy London casualty department . |
| 2 | At a very early stage in my career I learned that a sympathetic response on my part to the child 's needs within the family setting made my work as a classroom teacher considerably easier . |
| 3 | In other circumstances all that needs to be done if the transaction is a domestic one , whereby , say , a shareholder transfers his holding as a gift to a member of his family or sells it to an acquaintance , is for the transferor to hand over to the transferee a signed share transfer together with the share certificate which the transferee will lodge with the company and the register will then be amended by adding the transferee and noting that the transferor has ceased to be a member or shareholder in respect of the shares . |
| 4 | His entry described his part as a PR consultant to a firm of paper merchants in persuading designers and print buyers to specify 100 per cent recycled paper for colour publications . |
| 5 | Many commentators interpreted Aquino 's action as an attempt to revive her reputation as a populist and to distance herself from the charges of nepotism , corruption and incompetence which had been increasingly directed against her government by critics from both the right and the left . |
| 6 | He became a lecturer in German in the newly created Department of Modern Languages when the Royal College received its charter as a University in 1967 . |
| 7 | Aluminium shows its metal as a recycling material |
| 8 | This had brought Nevzorov international media attention because of a suggested link to mafia-style organized crime and public expressions of concern from Gorbachev , but increasingly there were suspicions that Nevzorov worked for the KGB ( State Security Committee ) , and that the KGB had staged the shooting to enhance his reputation as an heroic investigative reporter . |
| 9 | It had not been reasonable for the Royal Mail to use their dismissals as an example of enforcement of the new rules . |
| 10 | Would the training programme allow my participation as a trainee ? |
| 11 | Its brevity reflects its purpose as a link with specialized treatises on , for example , optics , X-ray crystallography and infra-red spectroscopy , each one of which is a discipline in its own right . |
| 12 | All poisonous amphibia use their toxins as a means of self-defence and not to catch prey . |
| 13 | ROVER today launches a new 200 series model , backed by a £400m investment and vital to the company 's attempt to maintain its resurgence as a profitable manufacturer of niche market cars . |
| 14 | The rather handsome Perpendicular church of St Andrew in Curry Rivel where the ceremony took place was soon to become a familiar enough place for Benjamin , as he took over as its organist to complement his work as the local headmaster . |
| 15 | Despite the report of damage to the chamber , the department is planning to go ahead with an extensive research programme to test its adequacy as a storage site . |
| 16 | Cause might suggest that room is left for the object of causation to produce its effect as a secondary cause reacting to the stimulus of the primary one and so would not be used in these contexts . |
| 17 | LIVERPOOL 'S former Lord Mayor , Councillor Rosie Cooper , was in London this afternoon to receive her award as a national Catholic Woman of the Year . |
| 18 | The torrent of tears became a flood of determination to confirm his reputation as the world 's best young golfer . |
| 19 | Rose had come to the dance to claim their place as a couple among the people in this loose , Christmas carnival . |
| 20 | The judge described their crimes as a campaign of economic sabotage . |
| 21 | A mother in England recently won the right to permit a childminder to smack her child as a form of discipline , but the Northern Ireland Childminding Association has rejected this form of physical punishment . |
| 22 | He heard Lady whine her disappointment as the taller , quicker dog snapped another piece of Frankie 's sandwich from the air and swallowed it in a single gulp . |
| 23 | One old lady recalls her days as a midwife many years ago when on one occasion she had to deliver a baby in an old farm cottage near the works . |
| 24 | This is an exceedingly exciting time to be joining N C V O. I took over from at the beginning of September , nineteen ninety-one , with the reorganisation , thankfully fully , in place , and a clear strategic plan to fulfil our role as the voice of the voluntary sector . |
| 25 | The sequence of diagenetic events within a sediment governs its potential as a hydrocarbon reservoir , as a host for mineralization , as a conduit for mineralizing fluids/hydrocarbons , or as a source for hydrocarbons . |
| 26 | He used his pub to orchestrate his case as a ‘ non-conformist conscientious objector ’ . |
| 27 | If it were n't for his days at the mucky end of the trade , he would never have earned enough to buy a house and he would n't have met Raksha who had been doing a bit of topless work to supplement her salary as a nurse . |
| 28 | Owing to the growth of economic opportunity and social mobility , it was now less necessary to make a child accept its calling as a dictate of God . |
| 29 | In recent years , it has become common for local political party caucuses to threaten to withdraw endorsement as candidates from Members who voice views unacceptable to them and there seems to be no reason in principle why this should not be treated by the House as a contempt the essence of which , in this respect , is to deny to a Member the freedom to exercise his power as a Member in the manner dictated by his own personal judgment . |
| 30 | The daily ritual of meal-times , for example , may often contain a wealth of deliberately and non-deliberately imparted information for the child , in part confirming his status as a child ( children should be seen and not heard , children should finish their cabbage because it is good for them ) , in part defining the stages of growing up ( older children sit on ‘ proper ’ chairs , drink out of ‘ proper ’ cups , and use knives and forks ) , and in part defining and reinforcing certain adult identities ( father carves the joint , mother brings food from the stove ) . |