Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] as a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ironically enough , his main field experience occurred as a fortuitous consequence of the First World War . |
| 2 | Such is the standard of junior sides in this competition that the game appeared to be no more than a formality for us , so our 4–1 defeat came as a complete surprise . |
| 3 | The hacienda came as a total surprise . |
| 4 | This result came as a complete surprise to me and everyone else , and it was greeted with general disbelief . |
| 5 | Such a shocking change in weather condition came as a rude awakening to people who thought the North-East had escaped the clutches of winter for another year . |
| 6 | For example , he argued that the corporate lawyer acted as a key go-between in the affairs of business , political and military elites . |
| 7 | The Englishman 's cup of char began as a Chinese word for tea , but came west via north India 's chai . |
| 8 | The riot began as a peaceful protest march over the killing , but violence erupted after police prevented the marchers from approaching the precinct house of the officer who had fired the fatal shots . |
| 9 | The award came as a big surprise for Sam but an even bigger surprise for the Joe Borrows Agency who already had the Bradford-based singer booked at the Great Ayton Social Club on the night of the awards show . |
| 10 | The decision came as a huge relief to Microsoft which has placed great emphasis on its Windows software programme , the latest version of which was released only last week . |
| 11 | The verdict came as an immense relief for Mr Major , who put his job on the line over the Maastricht Treaty . |
| 12 | With four children and a stable lifestyle , the break-up of the Docherty 's marriage came as a devastating blow to those closest to him . |
| 13 | Her proposal of marriage came as a complete surprise as her boyfriend popped the question while they were on holiday in Spain . |
| 14 | The scandal and accompanying crash came as a severe blow to Finance Minister Singh 's attempts to open the Indian economy to foreign investors , and in addition hurt many smaller , first-time investors attracted by the soaring bull market of the previous six months , of which Mehta was described by the Financial Times of May 18 as the " driving force " . |
| 15 | When Bloomsbury House or a regional committee acted as a Labour Exchange , it was a case of take it or leave it — there was no time for career advice . |
| 16 | The issue of Dissent survived as a major source of conflict . |
| 17 | The Single European Act started as a grandiose design and ended up as a workmanlike blueprint for a free market . |
| 18 | None of the three states desired anything that would even smack of supranationalism , and their creation of the Nordic Council emerged as a faint mini-version of the Council of Europe . |
| 19 | They also desired to emulate that other class for whom time and birth had provided legitimacy , and for whom wealth appeared as a natural attribute rather than a possibly transient accretion . |
| 20 | It was during her time as General Secretary from 1889 to 1921 that the guild emerged as a national force . |
| 21 | The Institute continued as a Technical College and ran Evening Classes until the opening of the Radcliffe School in 1961 . |
| 22 | The second half continued as a fast end to end game until , with two minutes left , Zoe Hillyard shot at the Mutineers 's goal but with the ball taking a huge deflection and looping over the Mutineers goalkeeper 's paddle and into the net . |
| 23 | The church for its part acted as an administrative agency of colonial expansion and a major institution of social control . |
| 24 | Until recently , the prohibitive cost of hydrogen acted as a powerful deterrent . |
| 25 | The move came as a new report revealed there are enough vehicles in London to fill a 75-lane M25 . |
| 26 | Well I ca n't pretend that this doctoring business came as a total surprise . |
| 27 | Primers derived from human β actin were used as internal PCR controls resulted in a 623 bp product ( data not shown ) and was used to ensure that the PCR worked consistently each time and the actin product acted as an additional size marker . |
| 28 | It was believed that the accident happened as an indirect result of heavy rain and snow storms in the city . |
| 29 | Titmuss argued that the social upheavals , sharing of sacrifices and threat of invasion during the first part of the war acted as a catalytic influence on social policy development . |
| 30 | The archaeological site was there , with a tessellated pavement already and even greater potential — in the north-east corner the defences of the small Roman town showed as a bold earthwork . |