Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pron] [noun] as [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Was Costello simply upping his profile as a serious performer by hanging out with egghead musicians whose forte is Shostakovich rather than Chuck Berry ? |
| 2 | Chiswick , at about that time , was enjoying its reputation as a healthy environment which one resident , Dr. W. Rose recommended to many people including Thomas Bentley , the partner to Josiah Wedgwood , and the manager of that famous Staffordware depot at Chelsea . |
| 3 | Imaging their amazement as the single peach on the tree grows to enormous proportions and James climbs aboard for the journey of a lifetime . |
| 4 | Then , as now , I shall do my best to ensure the protection of Scotland 's best interests by maintaining its place as a full , equal partner in this United Kingdom Parliament . |
| 5 | Paul delighted them with plans and perspectives for an irregularly shaped weatherboard construction cleverly built around a venerable tamarind tree , using its branches as an informal canopy to shade the seats below . |
| 6 | Now that the US , the IMF 's largest shareholder , has agreed a quota increase the main dispute is a wrangle over rankings in the IMF hierachy with the Japanese demanding their place as an economic superpower be fully recognised . |
| 7 | It would be an important step towards APR taking its place as a familiar comparative yardstick of credit costliness for the general run of consumers , and proving its value as a useful warning signal for high-cost credit deals . |
| 8 | Peter White , Managing Director of British Airways Cargo , comments : ‘ Air cargo is increasingly proving its worth as the premier mode of distribution , especially as more companies practice ‘ Just-In-Time ’ inventory controls . |
| 9 | Whatever the implausibility of Crichton 's story , however , there is no doubting its merit as a rattling good read . |
| 10 | But it was an era when Belfast was building its reputation as an industrial centre . |
| 11 | Philip 's selection is also a boost for the North-East which each season is developing its potential as a major hockey force . |
| 12 | By his death , the membership had doubled , the MCC was developing its role as the judicious lawgiver of the game , and there were many more cleaner-cut fixtures , with schools and the universities , for example . |
| 13 | Three months had gone in establishing his pseudo-self as a friendless , cowardly drunk . |
| 14 | He was already on the way to establishing his role as a leading spokesman for the ‘ sixties generation ’ — a generation that was forced to handle change as never before , as Bernard Levin commented , in ‘ The Pendulum Years ’ : |
| 15 | In doing so the student will not merely be preparing in the best possible way for his examination : he will also be developing his mind as a working instrument and preparing himself for legal practice . |
| 16 | Without bargaining skills , a president will be a nonentity in the White House , unable to control other political leaders and incapable of meeting his responsibilities as the principal public policy-maker . |
| 17 | If we are going to win , and win again , we must be as vigorous in promoting our cause as the Labour Party . ’ |
| 18 | After a moment she realised that he was extolling her virtues as a personal assistant . |
| 19 | Even ignoring its importance as a local employer , to say that a sector which earns 15 per cent of GDP , which finances most of the small business start-ups in Scotland , which provides capital for companies great and small , which finances pensions and insurance for thousands of Scots , as well as backing for a quarter of the UK 's institutional funds , does nothing to help the economy , is to carry ideology to the point of folly . |
| 20 | Tel reached into a desk drawer , confirming his reputation as the fastest cheque-book east of Chancery Lane . |
| 21 | The last type of direction is that of directing your body as a whole entity — ‘ What is the direction that I am going in ? ’ |
| 22 | Some say that worship means the giving of our lives to Christ , presenting our bodies as a living sacrifice to God which is our spiritual worship ( Romans 12:1 ) , and that expressing praise is relatively unimportant . |
| 23 | Impossible as it seemed , he had forgotten that he must never , under any circumstances , leave her presence without kissing her cheek as a dutiful son should always do . |
| 24 | By the Welland St. Wilfrid built St. Leonard 's Priory , a masterpiece of Anglo-Saxon architecture , befitting its status as the first religious house in all Mercia . |
| 25 | Fizzy keg beer it may be , but that is no reason to dismiss it out of hand without considering its appeal as a true classic beer . |
| 26 | When contemplating a buy-out of the company or part of its business , he will also be considering his position as a future shareholder . |
| 27 | This commercial imperialism was reflected in the liberal social evolutionism of the philosopher Herbert Spencer ( 1820–1903 ) , which assumed that laissez-faire individualism would spread around the world by simply demonstrating its efficiency as an economic system . |
| 28 | ITALIANS are hailing their election as a political earthquake . |
| 29 | Sandie 's true ambitions ran away from the desperate rat race and since then she had been content to dabble , treating her music as an entertaining sideline . |
| 30 | Responsibility for their welfare and early learning experiences has traditionally rested with the family , but some would argue that the family is losing its viability as the primary provider for children . |