Example sentences of "[noun sg] have [vb pp] as a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But for accident victims like Marie Moore from Darlaston , today 's decision has come as a bitter blow . |
| 2 | Charles Tompkins , managing director of NOS , a subsidiary of Cable & Wireless , said the contract has come as a major breakthrough for his company , propelling it into the major league of offshore suppliers . |
| 3 | Political defeat has come as a profound shock for the ruling Cambodian People 's Party ( CPP ) . |
| 4 | Work has emerged as a differentiated experience within the life space of the individual in industrial societies . |
| 5 | The marriage had come as a complete shock even to Eliot 's closest friends , such as Emily Hale and Mary Trevelyan . |
| 6 | The sun had appeared as a brighter white puddle in the white sky and the mist had begun to move . |
| 7 | Boro boss Lennie Lawrence said : ‘ The lad has arrived as a Premier League goalkeeper . ’ |
| 8 | IN the more radical mood that has now gripped East Germany 's revolution , the question of where the army would stand in the event of conflict has emerged as a key issue . |
| 9 | By 1980 , recombinant-DNA had declined as a burning public issue in the US and the character of remaining concern , now limited to the cognoscente , had shifted . |
| 10 | In North Worcestershire also industrial growth made little or no visible impact on the structure of wealth , possibly because a man 's position in the rural hierarchy determined his choice of trade , In Yardley tile making had evolved as a major activity early in the fifteenth century ; along with tanning , which may still have been the principal industry in nearby Birmingham , it was practised by farmer-craftsmen , who mostly had well under £20 in goods , the £3 — £9 range forming a good two-thirds of the list : Thomas Walton , whose £11 was the highest assessment , made tiles and practised cooperage in winter . |
| 11 | But the news has come as a total shock for many people . |
| 12 | The role has evolved as a basic but flexible care worker , with a minimum of three months skill-based training . |
| 13 | This whole area had blossomed as a great region for settlement , in which the Spanish language was steadily being forced upon the survivors of the original population and to which Spanish emigrants went out as regular reinforcements to maintain the conquests of Cones and Pizzano . |
| 14 | Along with Argentina , Chile was one of the first countries in Latin America to experience union organisation and by 1970 , the labour movement had emerged as a strong and ideologically independent organisation . |
| 15 | This legislation has remained as a separate code and is not consolidated in the Town and Country Planning Act of 1971 . |
| 16 | The ruling has come as a bitter blow Brain Goldsworthy 's common law wife . |
| 17 | The clinic has acted as a strong focus for slum living mothers to campaign for improved conditions in their surroundings . |
| 18 | Third , the centre has collapsed as a political force — although not as a constituency — and this obliges both major parties to compete more assiduously for middle-of-the-road votes . |
| 19 | Although the recent exodus has acted as a temporary safety valve , there is evidence that the more politically minded opponents of the present regime have stayed behind , knowing that reforms can not be indefinitely postponed . |
| 20 | The report had been generally very favourable and his and his colleagues ' morale had improved as a direct consequence . |
| 21 | His success had come as a complete surprise to him . |
| 22 | Computer Science has emerged as a well-defined discipline with a solid theoretical foundation . |
| 23 | Tobacco has collapsed as a primary source of funds . |
| 24 | Patrick Duff wrote , ‘ This reverse has come as a great shock . |
| 25 | The news she had just received from Dorothy 's doctor had come as a dreadful shock , and for the moment she could not trust herself to speak . |
| 26 | This was where his grandfather had come as a young man , to worship and to be at peace with himself . |
| 27 | Led by a man named William Shorter , the gang had begun as a small group of poachers , their nickname derived from their dark clothing and blacked up faces for nocturnal raids in the forest . |
| 28 | While the rest of the City has had to relinquish self-regulation under the Financial Services Act , the Panel has continued as a non-statutory body . |
| 29 | ‘ She ; s come to make a hit , she should be so lucky , ’ the trio had joked as a nervous Kylie had sat patiently waiting to see them . |
| 30 | The knowledge that fitzAlan had a family had come as a strange shock . |