Example sentences of "[vb pp] [to-vb] [pron] [noun] as [art] " in BNC.
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1 | In higher education an estimated 400,000 students were expected to lose their grants as a result of a proposal to target the federal student grant fund of $5,800 million , a rise of 7 per cent , at students from families with incomes lower than $10,000 . |
2 | He was permitted to exert his authority as a member of the ruling class over his inferiors at any time and in any situation . |
3 | Jesus had had many interviews with people , we 've looked at some of them over these past few weeks , the time when he met with Nicademus , the religious leader , the time he went out of his way to meet with a woman of Semaria in her dyer need , the other occasion that we looked at er a week or so back when he called Anzakias from that tree of which he was hiding , last week his judge , pilot , but of all those interviews and as many others that we have n't looked at this surely must be one of the strangest as Jesus himself is in the process of dying and as he is dying he is confronted with another person who has a need , but Jesus your need is as greatest as any body elses , your pain , your suffering , your physical suffering was every bit of great as those around you , why be bothered with others is n't that so often our story , when we are in need we can forget all about other people , it does n't matter there need , its poor me , what about me , what about my need , what about my requirements , what about my suffering , but we see here how Jesus apart from any thing else deals with his own suffering , he deals with it by ministering to the needs of other people , and this surely then must be one of the most strange and one of the most interviews that our lord ever had when he was here on earth , with this dying thief , but he was more than a thief he was a er , he was a re a rebel , he was a terrorist or a freedom fighter depending on which way you wanted to look at it and he was dying for his crimes and he was n't alone because there there was this man we 've been talking about , there was Jesus and there was another one , another criminal on the other side and we find that this is all in keeping with what god had promised , all there in , in line with his prophecy way back in Iziah chapter fifty three , it tells us that he was numbered with the transgressors , that he died with sinful men with , with law breakers and here it is its happening right in front of the , the very eyes of the Jewish leaders and the jewish authorities our lords intention in coming into the world was to save men and women , to seek out and to save sinners , remember thirty odd years previous to this event the word had come , for Mary his mother , to Joseph , we will call his name Jesus because he will save his people from their sins and later on writing to Timothy the apostle Paul in the first chapter of the first book in verse fifteen he says it is a trust worthy statement deserving full acceptance that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners , this was his purpose , this was his reason for coming into the world , not to be a good man , not to be a , a great leader , not to give us some model that we can , you know , that we can plan our life out and try and live up to his standards , he says I 've come to give my life as a ransom , I have come to save and to seek that which was lost and here in this incident as he himself is dying and is in physical pain and torment he is carrying out this very work , of seeking out and saving of those who will turn to him , those who will put their trust in him , he is saving the lost , and we see in a wonderful how great the compassion of Jesus was and is , in reaching out and rescuing those who are lost , here we see our lord suffering the most terrible agony and yet in the midst of his own sorrow and pain and , and torment he thinks of this dying thief and extends his grace and mercy to him . |
4 | This was his purpose , this was his reason for coming into the world , not to be a good man , not to be a , er a great leader , not to give us some model that we can , you know , plan our life out and try and lie up to his standards , he says I have come to give my life as a ransom , I have come to save and to seek that which was lost . |
5 | By broadening our view of quality from the early days , we 've come to realise its importance as the framework for everything we do . ’ |
6 | ‘ By broadening our view of quality from the early days , we 've come to realise its importance as the framework for everything we do . ’ |
7 | One was the Arab Abul Ismail , who had come to offer his skill as a doctor . |
8 | No attempt had been made to vet his suitability as a home care provider , he said . |
9 | His response to this development in O'Keeffe 's art was the first positive assessment of the result of the effort she had made to have her intentions as an artist redefined . |
10 | The dining room seats a maximum of 48 covers , which has tended to inhibit its use as a public restaurant during the peak season . |
11 | Yet they could hardly express their resentment in terms of thwarted personal ambition and so preferred to see their fate as a result of ideological changes in the Party . |
12 | The need to channel economic and social resources to the elderly population thus helped to present its image as a ‘ burden ’ on the community . |
13 | Those less wealthy are forced to see their training as a means of gaining work abroad , so as to repay education loans or to pay for the schooling of a younger member of the family . |
14 | She 's been studying photography at Aylesbury College since then — forced to put her career as a nurse on hold . |
15 | Without some fundamental change of outlook , this internal contradiction must eventually be fatal : slaves who have learned to regard their existence as an injustice will look for a terrible vengeance . |
16 | From the suburbs of industrial northern England to the bright skyline of Sydney , Australia , Tim Clayton has striven to perfect his art as a photo journalist . |
17 | The successful are always tempted to regard their success as a sort of blessing or reward for righteousness . |
18 | Who wants to celebrate on 7 October ( fortieth anniversary of the GDR ) ? resident of East Berlin The successful are always tempted to regard their success as a sort of blessing or reward for righteousness . |
19 | He said : ‘ The successful are always tempted to regard their success as a sort of blessing or reward for righteousness . |
20 | In this context one paragraph in the Archbishop 's recent controversial article in The Director is surely enlightening : The successful are always tempted to regard their success as a sort of blessing or reward for righteousness . |
21 | By the autumn of 1959 , the Chiefs of Staff had begun to doubt its viability as an effective deterrent . |
22 | ‘ Laura Ashley ’ was sufficiently known in France to excite great curiosity and Sybille was tempted to offer her services as a general assistant . |
23 | Now a separate concern , privately-held AVS survived the eventual crash of its parent and is determined to make its mark as a standalone software house . |
24 | Five years later she was to be found lecturing on her expedition to the Gabon , she had climbed Mount Cameroon , and her Travels in West Africa was published to consolidate her reputation as a ‘ fish and fetish ’ expert . |
25 | Like most upper-class Anglicans he would have found the incarnation more understandable if God had chosen to visit His creation as an eighteenth-century English gentleman . |
26 | It used to amaze me that we treat criminals in a way which is guaranteed to perpetuate their self-image as a ‘ criminal ’ and reinforce negative beliefs about self and society , and then seem surprised at the high rate of recidivism . |