Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] [pron] [noun] as [art] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Defeated in the 1922 general election for Dáil Éireann , she secured a seat in Dublin in the 1923 election but abstained from taking her seat as a Sinn Fein republican . |
| 32 | As with the Kabbaras in Rome , Jafaar 's involvement in Polar Cap for the DEA masked a deeper CIA interest in hiding its role as an arms supplier to Iraq . |
| 33 | The Marquis of Blandford has insisted he ca n't be stopped from succeeding his father as the next Duke Of Marlborough . |
| 34 | The submissions made by Mr. Collins for Winchester on this issue can be summarised as follows : ( i ) in exercising its functions as a recognised S.R.O. , Lautro was under a duty to act in accordance with the rules of natural justice : to act fairly in the circumstances ; ( ii ) that duty was owed not merely to Lautro 's member , Norwich Union , but to persons or bodies who would be prejudicially affected by its decisions , in particular to those whose earnings or profits would be affected ; ( iii ) fairness required that a body in the position of Winchester should be notified that Lautro was considering issuing an intervention notice , and be given the opportunity to make representations before the decision to issue the intervention notice . |
| 35 | This is also an area where the LEA could assist a school in offering its services as a ‘ critical friend ’ , able to stand back and perhaps judge more objectively than those working in the school itself . |
| 36 | The only ones who turned their backs on Costakis were the ‘ proprietors ’ of Moscow 's museums and their bureaucratic sponsors from the Ministry of Culture , while he , for his part , nevertheless persisted in offering his collection as a gift to the state . |
| 37 | Congratulations are extended to Joan Gatfield on completing her training as a Trainee-Trainer , we wish her every success for the future . |
| 38 | He was already on the way to establishing his role as a leading spokesman for the ‘ sixties generation ’ — a generation that was forced to handle change as never before , as Bernard Levin commented , in ‘ The Pendulum Years ’ : |
| 39 | All good fun , and I do n't suppose it has anything to do with the fact that an All Black can now earn up to £45,000 a year without sacrificing his status as an amateur . |
| 40 | The cricket correspondent of the Otago Daily Times reported that ‘ rumours are flying about dangerously at street corners that the local authorities have approached J.N. Crawford with a view to securing his services as a coach . ’ |
| 41 | Fizzy keg beer it may be , but that is no reason to dismiss it out of hand without considering its appeal as a true classic beer . |
| 42 | Impossible as it seemed , he had forgotten that he must never , under any circumstances , leave her presence without kissing her cheek as a dutiful son should always do . |
| 43 | Women active within the labour movement , particularly members of the Fabian Women 's Group , were concerned that women 's economic dependence had a detrimental effect on the status of the wife and mother and proposed the state endowment of motherhood , which was intended to give the married woman a degree of economic independence without undermining her role as a wife and mother . |
| 44 | Bond enjoyed sex without losing his status as a servant of the Queen ’ . |
| 45 | The manager has taken to ruining his reputation as a steely-eyed ruler with a fist of iron as the circumstances of Snelders ' non-appearance at the weekend prove — the Dutchman was given compassionate leave to attend the birth of his first child , a son , on Saturday night . |
| 46 | Mrs Oliver also said that since receiving her machine as a birthday present last year , she has become totally ‘ hooked ’ , is already producing garments for the family and ca n't think why she did n't buy a machine years ago . |
| 47 | He did not envisage the participation of representatives of the Afghan government in such a conference , which he emphasised would be devoted not to the status of Afghanistan but to ‘ terminating interference in Afghanistan ’ as a condition for restoring its character as a non-aligned state . |
| 48 | Pretending that they desired only to rid the country of a tyrant , on 21 February 1437 they burst into the Blackfriars monastery in Perth in spite of the attempt by Catherine Douglas , one of the queen 's attendants , to bar the door by using her arm as a bolt , earning herself the name of Kate-Bar-the-Door . |
| 49 | Then , as now , I shall do my best to ensure the protection of Scotland 's best interests by maintaining its place as a full , equal partner in this United Kingdom Parliament . |
| 50 | Roles began his career by serving his apprenticeship as a photographer 's assistant after leaving school , but then transferred to an education in sculpture and painting . |
| 51 | Thus we can examine any given sequence of events dramatically by seeing these events through different eyes , or we can look at the same events from a distance by framing our drama as an investigation or an enquiry : we , the participants in the drama , could be townspeople celebrating the history of our town , creating a pageant . |
| 52 | We are not insulting God but bringing glory to him by taking his Word as the stable , authoritative truth it is . |
| 53 | ‘ He did not want to go to prison , so he decided to try out one of the well-known methods of avoiding prison by offering his services as a police informer , ’ Mr Roberts said . |