Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] as a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His political goals were quite contrasting — Weber had no objection to seeing his native Germany develop as a capitalist state overseen by a parliament . |
| 2 | In the event , Burnell goes as a dependable foot soldier and Wright as a tight-head who proved his versatility by scrummaging so solidly at loose-head against Jeff Probyn . |
| 3 | Indream , Dana qualified as a real person among zombies anyway . |
| 4 | Deborah Manley trained as a social worker but has spent most of her working life in publishing . |
| 5 | From there comes Oer , which Rex describes as a primitive beer ; a dry-hopped Ara ; Boscuen which means rabbit of the forest , a dry beer and one he particularly enjoys . |
| 6 | But when Millie , from her seat , lifted her arm and waved to them , they looked at each other , giggled , then all waved back , which Millie took as a good omen and Rose Quinton took as a sign of comparative peace . |
| 7 | After the election , opposition groups again protested against allowing the MRF to operate as a political party . |
| 8 | In war it was only the poor who were expected to die and so the death of Earl Patrick came as a great shock to everyone . |
| 9 | In Masterman 's view , the Battle of Orgreave stands as a salutary reminder that ‘ what is omitted from television 's agenda can not easily enter the general consciousness and that the control of information , whether it takes a brutal or sophisticated form , is the very cornerstone of political power ’ ( ibid.:108 ) . |
| 10 | The 31-year-old left back , signed by Brian Little from Halifax last February , joined the Fourth Division club for what manager Ray Hankin described as a four figure fee . |
| 11 | Yeah but Russia did n't case Russia intervened as a pro-liberal thing . |
| 12 | Last January 's shock FA Cup exit against Wrexham acts as a sharp reminder that they can take nothing for granted at Scarborough . |
| 13 | SCRE acts as a central dissemination and reference point for all Scottish educational research . |
| 14 | His father , Dr John Gore worked as a nuclear physicist at Berkley Nuclear Laboratories . |
| 15 | But Russia mobilized as a political bluff , playing a card to trump Austria-Hungary 's . |
| 16 | The village of Inverinate is bypassed and the head of Loch Duich reached as a green strath opens up ahead . |
| 17 | Here , as in his and Halliwell 's notorious defacement of library books ( for which they were imprisoned ) , and in Orton 's theory of montage , there is an anticipation of that effect of pastiche which Fredric Jameson identifies as a defining criterion of the post-modern : |
| 18 | From a slow start , Russell Reynolds emerged as a strong second to Korn/Ferry in terms of fees generated worldwide . |
| 19 | After a protracted battle , which raised The Times and the whole of the medical establishment against Stansfield and Lambert , Simon resigned as a civil servant in 1876 , but the overall situation remained unchanged . |
| 20 | As I see it , Rocky 's been playing in the wide midfield role ( more or less a direct replacement for Strach ) , with Fairclough playing as a direct replacement for Batty , and Macca and Speed in more central roles . |
| 21 | After arriving in the late afternoon , she is expected to board a local Liat airline flight for one of the Caribbean islands , with St Kitts emerging as a possible holiday venue . |
| 22 | His bruised hand was greatly admired and his escapade in Mucky Beck accepted as a terrific adventure . |
| 23 | Ginny works as a senior designer in the studio at Elderslie and David , apart from playing golf , is a manager with First Leisure . |
| 24 | Back at the Bank , Lorraine works as a Senior Systems Programmer in Technology , Margaret is in the Economics Department , and Gill is in Personal Banking Services . |
| 25 | These demons are contrasted with another caricature , that of ‘ right thinking people , ’ whom Lord Taylor sees as a truer measure of what is just . |
| 26 | Paul Wilkinson operated as a lone striker , with Slaven in a midfield role . |
| 27 | Now , upmost in my mind is what John Durnin has as a pre-match meal . |
| 28 | Morse seemed to think you 'd found something in the safe which Matthew regarded as a negotiable asset . ’ |
| 29 | Much as the CMEA emerged as a diplomatic counterweight to the Marshal Plan and OEEC , the Warsaw Pact arose principally in response to the entry of the Federal Republic of Germany into NATO . |
| 30 | McClellan gives as a crude yardstick a book life of 60 issues for fiction and children 's books and 75 issues for non-fiction . |