Example sentences of "[prep] this as a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the 1976 Stevens Lecture , the Archbishop of Canterbury expressed his support for this as a moral principle . |
| 2 | Parents had fought for this as a local resource to prevent the need for children to be placed in long-stay placements far from home . |
| 3 | At times — and Franca was aware of this as a dangerous weakness — she felt a slight momentary urge to ‘ talk ’ to Alison , to give that tiny fatal signal for which Alison was , sometimes so urgently , so breathlessly , waiting . |
| 4 | Now this does n't alter for one moment my recommendation of this as a superb performance , but I can well imagine a non-violinist , with less understanding of the extraordinary soloistic skill involved , homing in on and lambasting the accompaniment , giving only an average rating as a result . |
| 5 | Most jazz listeners would regard a recording like this as a unique creation , formed precisely in the tension between received schema ( the written song ) and the ‘ authentication ’ provided by concrete realization in a specific moment . |
| 6 | She was like this as a little girl . |
| 7 | I do n't see any problem with this as a former chairman of planning , and I do n't think any other one would . |
| 8 | Few people perhaps would disagree with this as a moral principle or ethic but , in practice , the reality has not matched the ideal . |
| 9 | Neither council wants me to deal with this as a late objection . |
| 10 | Theodore does not emerge from this as a powerful man , indeed he is very much everybody else 's pawn . |
| 11 | Little attention has been paid to this as a separate issue in ‘ neutralist ’ writings . |
| 12 | Gav , Our beloved administrator , wants to put a team in late , I have agreed to this as a special concession unless he starts winning : - ) ) ) . |
| 13 | Also here is the UNDELETE command which will sometimes ( do n't rely on this as a guaranteed safety catch ) save your bacon if you have accidentally wiped ( deleted ) a file from a disk . |
| 14 | Y'know one way you can look at this as a social glue , another expression value . |