Example sentences of "[vb past] as a [adj] [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The justification for wishing to unmask these hidden features of Marx 's work is obvious , since an awareness of the questions he failed to ask would enable us to understand more clearly what he was trying to do , and what he regarded as a satisfactory answer to his dilemmas . |
| 2 | I never believed as a Tory MP to be in a situation where I would condemn the actions of a Tory Government in a matter of this kind . ’ |
| 3 | The second clerk behind the desk was a man Bodie recognised as a new recruit to the forces of CI5 . |
| 4 | . However that was all changed and er that was the first thing we changed and erm then we erm , during the period we , the staff were changed , Mr and Mrs who are in charge of now , they came as a young couple to View and er I think with their coming , they had different ideas and the place did seem to change . |
| 5 | With four children and a stable lifestyle , the break-up of the Docherty 's marriage came as a devastating blow to those closest to him . |
| 6 | The news came as a devastating blow to her 67-year-old father , the Mossley Hill-born grandson of a Liverpool police superintendent . |
| 7 | In fact , it came as a complete surprise to the hoteliers of Ramsey when they were given notice to quit their premises within six days , leaving behind ‘ all furniture , bedding , linen , cutlery , crockery and utensils ’ . |
| 8 | The redundancies apparently came as a complete surprise to USL staff who were assured before Christmas that no jobs would be lost through the Novell deal . |
| 9 | This result came as a complete surprise to me and everyone else , and it was greeted with general disbelief . |
| 10 | The news came as a complete surprise to workers at the Oxfordshire base . |
| 11 | Naturally the news came as a terrible shock to her . |
| 12 | The oil price rises of October 1973 came as a serious blow to Bonn , as it did to other Western European nations . |
| 13 | It sometimes came as a slight shock to Wycliffe to have this paragon of the modern virtues working under his direction . |
| 14 | Glen Coe Still on conservation issues , it came as a pleasant surprise to many when the news leaked that the Countryside Commission for Scotland , who built and own the controversial visitors centre on National Trust for Scotland ground in Glen Coe , had recommended that the centre be moved . |
| 15 | However , it came as a great shock to Richard when , some time later , this friend fell into profanity and drunkenness . |
| 16 | The original defections of Burgess and Maclean in 1951 naturally came as a great shock to the British establishment and were embarrassing because of the inept way MI5 handled the matter . |
| 17 | Sir , — Your report of the Whitehill Town Council 's comments on our — Oak Lodge and Chestnut Court — minibus appeal came as a great shock to our residents , and a reply must be made . |
| 18 | Obviously , the heroin use of their son or daughter came as a great shock to most parents , many of whom seem to have had little or no idea that their offspring was involved in any drug use whatsoever , let alone daily heroin use . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | This came as a great shock to my parents , especially my mother . |
| 21 | In spite of this precaution , the speech came as a great shock to most of the officers in Algeria , indeed to the army as a whole . |
| 22 | This debacle came as a great blow to the confident pilots of 249 , epitomised by its effect on Flg.Off . |
| 23 | The fact that manipulation was possible even in the almost unadulterated democracy of the congress came as a great surprise to most delegates . |
| 24 | That came as a great surprise to me I can tell you . |
| 25 | It came as a great surprise to me for some reason or other . |
| 26 | He said , yeah , there has , which came as a great relief to me and we left it at that . |
| 27 | ( News that funding for Isis , the complementary neutron source at Rutherford Appleton Laboratories , would stay fixed until 1997 came as a great relief to scientists in the UK . ) |
| 28 | The news came as a crushing blow to the cast and production team on the £10million set in Spain who had hoped for a reprieve after a recent upturn in viewing figures . |
| 29 | The news came as a crushing blow to the cast and production team on the £10million set in Spain who had hoped for a reprieve after a recent upturn in viewing figures . |
| 30 | So democracy came as a late addition to the competitive market society and the liberal state . |