Example sentences of "[v-ing] [verb] [pron] [noun] as [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His narrative reveals Geertz ( almost ) capable of being a player himself , helping to establish his credibility as a knowing ‘ reader ’ of cockfighting and supporting his claims for the activity 's wider anthropological significance . |
| 2 | Gaston Flosse , President of French Polynesia since March 1991 , stepped down on July 13 following riots over the imposition of new taxes ordered by France , turning over his duties to Vice-President Michel Buillard ; refusing to characterize his move as a resignation , claiming that he was acting to create " the necessary distance for reflection " on the territory 's current conflict , Flosse had criticized his predecessor , Alexandre Leontieff , for forcing the unpopular measure through the territory 's Assembly . |
| 3 | If we assume that this ratio is stable and repeat our earlier point that banks will normally be looking to expand their lending as a source of profit , then it follows fairly obviously that a change in the availability of base money to banks must be matched by a change in the size of the total balance sheet and that this latter change must be some multiple of the change in the size of the base . |
| 4 | An opponent of the Vance-Owen peace plan , Mr Biden called on the Europeans to remove their troops from Bosnia , if they were going to use their presence as an excuse to prevent the Bosnians from defending themselves . |
| 5 | This comes only when , after a lowering of tension , the boys are summoned from London to the newly constituted Samavia and Marco , expecting to see his father as a loyal subject near the throne , is rewarded to the full for his devoted service , as he realises it is his father who is the restored King . |
| 6 | LIVERPUDLIAN professional golfer Karl ‘ Hitman ’ Woodward ( 42 ) , was today aiming to establish his claim as the longest driver in the world . |
| 7 | James was beginning to hone his talents as a writer of fiction , and as part of a Trinidad literary circle that included such writers as Albert Gomes and Ralph de Boissière he helped found two important , if short-lived , literary journals as outlets for their writing : Trinidad ( 1929–30 ) and The Beacon ( 1931–3 ) . |
| 8 | Walking the floor to prove to yourself it was not rising to crush your bed as the walls slowly gathered in towards you and the ceiling lowered itself steadily downwards until it was an inch above your face . |
| 9 | Having made their name as the most mischievous men in pop , their audience watched uneasily as Madness turned down the corners of their mouths . |
| 10 | He left Congress in 1991 , having made his name as a specialist in immigration work for individuals and businesses . |
| 11 | For Maria , and perhaps even for Luke , the evening finally came to mean something when , having done his duty as an announcer , Florian Jones was called up on stage once more as the winner of the radio category in which he had been nominated . |
| 12 | It was from a man called Corosini , demanding the return of a key and threatening to expose her grandmother as a blackmailer . |
| 13 | Kirkbymoorside deserves sympathy for having lost its status as the only town in the country to have so far escaped the painter 's handiwork . |
| 14 | Indeed the kinds of arguments that are mustered ( Jesus did not ordain women and that is a fact , the church has not ordained women and that is a fact , women in all societies have been subordinate to men and that is a fact ) become no arguments at all when we realize the context in which Jesus did what he did , when we know that the biological views on which Thomas Aquinas ' views were founded were false , and live in a world in which ( in our western societies at least ) women are coming to take their place as the equals of men . |
| 15 | Eva 's old friend Shadwell was starting to make his way as a theatre director , working as an assistant at the Royal Shakespeare Company , running workshops on Beckett and putting on plays by Artaud and new writers at fringe venues . |
| 16 | He has been an angler all his life , in spite of the inconvenience of having to make his living as a school master . |
| 17 | ( The US government avoided using the word " blockade " at this time , preferring to describe its intention as the " interdiction " of sanctions-breaking . ) |
| 18 | On May 13 Don W. Wilson — who , as the head of the National Archives and Records Administration , was generally accepted as the custodian of the Constitution — declared his support for the validity of the measure and stated that he was preparing to certify its adoption as the 27th Amendment . |
| 19 | Perhaps because I was involved with other things , perhaps because at that time I was still trying to find my feet as a bisexual and felt isolated by straight sisters and excluded by some Black lesbians . |
| 20 | Jess was still trying to order her thoughts as the carriage bowled down Park Street and turned into Frog Lane on the afternoon of that same day . |
| 21 | Liz is married , uneasily rather than unhappily , and trying to make her way as a young mother without impairing her friendship with Camilla . |
| 22 | Angel was now desperately trying to make his way as a professional polo player . |
| 23 | She paused , imagining the scene in her mind 's eye as she had done so many times before , trying to picture her mother as a young girl , still in the fresh-faced bloom of youth . |
| 24 | Much of the pattern of provision of community nursing services and their mode of working reflects their origin as a non-health authority administered service . |
| 25 | Needing to feel his maleness as a contrast to her femaleness . |