Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv] as a [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Its growth is considered here as a specific political issue which , for the purposes of both clarity and brevity , is distinguished apart from the broader social history of the period . |
| 2 | Hathor is depicted either as a beautiful young woman or as a rather sad cow . |
| 3 | These can be grown up as a pure bacterial growth in a veterinary laboratory . |
| 4 | Most often seen either as a long-winged rufous bird flying fast and twistingly out of sight among the trees , or in unmistakable territorial flight ( ‘ roding ’ ) . |
| 5 | He remained in detention during the rebellion but stated in a letter published in the press that he had been responsible for it , a claim which was interpreted more as a dramatic personal gesture than a statement of fact ; earlier reports stated that the rebellion had been such a surprise to him that he had requested a pistol in order to shoot himself . |
| 6 | A recruitment committee is to be formed to provide jobs for players and Greville Edwards has been invited back as a commission-only commercial manager to revive the sponsorship and hospitality income . |
| 7 | But it is not at all obvious to the audience how the couple have arrived at this happier state of affairs , neither is it entirely clear what Bill Alexander hopes to add by exercising his powers of invention on the play 's Prologue , in which an alcoholic tinker called Christopher Sly is persuaded by a group of gentry to think of himself an aristocrat — the story of the shrew being laid on as a suitable dramatic entertainment . |
| 8 | Thus , a simple linear record of his life and rule is impossible and can not be pinned down as a simplistic historical account . |
| 9 | Scott 's first venture into this unlikely field of design was at Battersea where , in 1930 , he was wheeled in as a famous knighted architect by the London Power Company to try to make acceptable the coal-fired monster power station to which the residents of Chelsea and Westminster were taking strong exception . |
| 10 | As the temperature rises the mercury is driven off as a toxic white gas . |
| 11 | The main building is laid out as a four-floor room-by-room illustration of working family life — from the prim living room , to the children 's bedroom and maids ' cramped attic costume workshop and living quarters . |
| 12 | The main building is laid out as a four-floor room-by-room illustration of working family life — from the prim living room , to the children 's bedroom and maids ' cramped attic costume workshop and living quarters . |
| 13 | The T9000 memory is laid out as a dual ported memory and is therefore accessible for measurements by the T805 . |
| 14 | The T9000 memory is laid out as a dual ported memory and is therefore accessible for measurements by the T805 . |
| 15 | The T9000 memory is laid out as a dual ported memory and is therefore accessible for measurements by the T805 . |
| 16 | Erm we did n't have what was known nowadays as a formal disciplinary procedure . |
| 17 | The Museum is now acclaimed worldwide as a National Welsh Heritage attraction . |
| 18 | Benny Hill : April 21 , aged 67 : Known worldwide as a comic great , he died of a heart attack watching television . |
| 19 | The ‘ Chinese Wall ’ mechanism is singled out as a possible regulatory solution to this problem . |
| 20 | Despite the overall success of the LDP , Ozawa — whom many commentators had singled out as a likely future Prime Minister — resigned on April 8 , ostensibly as an act of atonement for the defeat of Isomura . |
| 21 | Saturday evening 's ‘ Severn Coast Express ’ was advertised originally as a ten-coach special hauled by visiting GWS heavy freight loco No. 3822 , but turned into a fully laden 14-coach photographer 's dream due to public demand for seats . |