Example sentences of "[pers pn] as [verb] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These will probably range from ephemeral paperbacks to more substantial tomes purchased for your studies at college , as well as others probably given to you as presents on special occasions . |
| 2 | We accept responsibility for ensuring that all component parts of the inclusive holiday which you book with us are supplied to you as described in this brochure and to a reasonable standard . |
| 3 | It was her who put her trust in him and then turns on him as illustrated on this page . |
| 4 | As our awareness of this quality of light increases , we may perceive it as centring on another figure — an inner or outer ‘ Lady of Light ’ — or as an identifiable principle to which we can begin to relate . |
| 5 | Obscenity ‘ represents a much more fundamental assault on men and women and what it means to be human … [ it distorts ] human personality by depicting it as deprived of those characteristics which are essential to humanity [ since ] common to all obscene productions is the degradation of persons and of relations between persons ’ . |
| 6 | The most usual way of defining the middle class is to see it as consisting of those individuals who have non-manual occupations , that is occupations which involve , in some sense , an intellectual element . |
| 7 | Erm , it 's certainly true that we reduced the total size of a particular team or unit dealing with international affairs , but only on the grounds that we actually felt that it was very important that all the teams should be working on international and European dimensions of their work , rather than seeing it as compartmentalised in one area . |
| 8 | The government clearly sees it as contributing to economic growth but there are significant misgivings among conservation groups and local residents about the environmental impact on Kent and Sussex . |
| 9 | He wrote of it as coming from invisible seeds or spores . |
| 10 | The profession 's fifth Lord Mayor of London in 1978 and the 651st holder of that ancient office , ‘ KRC ’ , as he as known to closer journalists and business acquaintances , used that office to help the plight of the disabled and small to medium sized businesses . |
| 11 | We may think of them as competing for various tenures . |
| 12 | As for the religious communities themselves , they had long since sought the protection of local potentes to speak for them as advocates in legal disputes or to put in a word with the king . |
| 13 | He did n't mind socializing with his staff as long as it was on His terms and at their expense , but to meet them as equals on neutral ground was another matter . |