Example sentences of "as [art] [noun] or a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the events outlined by Kelly came as a shock or a surprise , he concealed it in his calm measured tones . |
| 2 | If , on the other hand you are married to a man who , on the surface at least , appears to be more attentive to his mother 's needs than to yours , try not to become upset and regard her as a threat or a rival , and avoid jumping to the conclusion that your marriage is a failure and that you are unloved . |
| 3 | Benjamin 's income came from any one or more of a series of sources , as we have seen : at times he earned wages as a silversmith or a clerk ; he also dabbled in the retail trade as a general salesman , and picked up some spare cash from his boarding houses . |
| 4 | After lectures , theatre openings , at private parties , I would infiltrate his circle , usually posing as a reporter or a photographer , and while he tried to snub me , I pretended to ignore his ignoring me . |
| 5 | Metal whiskers of this kind had been known of , in a general sort of way , for a long time but had been regarded as a nuisance or a curiosity . |
| 6 | any deposited material , such as a sediment or a precipitate that has settled out of solution . |
| 7 | ‘ You said he was as important to you as a desk or a wardrobe ! ’ |
| 8 | Used to test theories and interpretations relating to technology and subsistence , experiments can also test the very basic interpretations that are carried out during the course of an excavation : whether or not a hole in the ground functioned as a pit or a posthole , what a particular pit was used for , and so on . |
| 9 | Quick wit and cleverness at school had shifted him quickly from his roots in the Belfast underclass , and his natural proclivities had led him to the theatre set , a wee bit of acting and extra-work from time to time , usually as a gunman or a thug and once , memorably , as a rather well-fed hungerstriker . |
| 10 | In the case of contracts creating continuing or recurrent liabilities incident to the disposition or holding of property , such as a settlement or a leasehold tenancy , the infant , on attaining full age , becomes bound unless within a reasonable time he takes steps to repudiate liability . |
| 11 | I have no less respect for him as a person or a player because of his views . |
| 12 | Honey 's work also presents difficulties for the viewer : on the surface it could be seen as a further exploitation of the female either as a child or a woman , but this would not do this work justice . |
| 13 | Here I must admit to a certain prejudice , in that much as I admired Chapman 's engineering brilliance — it was intuitive , radical , lateral-thinking and extremely sharp — I did not share , then or now , the belief that Colin was a constructor in the class of Enzo Ferrari , nor did I feel any faith in him as a man or a leader of men . |
| 14 | She had seen his timidity , his ignorance of housekeeping , his lack of authority as a man or a priest . |
| 15 | As was pointed out in the judgment , ‘ In some contractual relationships , for example life assurance and pensions schemes — some aspects of the law regulating conditions of employment , and … various state-run schemes such as national insurance ’ , 35 it is ultimately a matter for the parties concerned whether the individual should be treated as a man or a woman . |
| 16 | The main problem with this miracle is the question of whether or not Mark meant it as a healing or a raising from the dead miracle . |
| 17 | She then tested his creativity by asking him to write down all the things he could do with various objects such as a brick or a shoe , and all the things that would happen if certain events suddenly occurred , such as everyone in the world losing their sight or having to walk on all fours . |
| 18 | And remember , it often helps to get into an agency as a secretary or a messenger and to take it from there . |
| 19 | The business of the historian is not to love or to hate Mary Stuart , to judge her as a saint or a criminal , but to ask about the success or failure of her rule . |
| 20 | At first it is difficult to know exactly where the film is going , either as a thriller or a romance . |
| 21 | Zeng was deeply affected by being exposed to a wider range of photographic influences and styles during these years , but it took an exhibition of Cartier-Bresson 's work in Peking in 1987 to finally convince him that photographs could actually carry meaning and profundities just as a painting or a piece of music can . |
| 22 | Their houses may not suit everyone 's taste , they could have started life as a lighthouse or a fire station , but you ca n't deny they are different . |
| 23 | The rule of inversion is almost as simple ( in algebraic terms ) as a translation or a similarity , but the effects are not nearly so obvious , and to understand them requires a little more thought . |
| 24 | Serve as a starter or a lunch or supper dish . |
| 25 | Capital expenditure creates an asset that provides a lasting benefit such as a school or a house . |
| 26 | The EPA says it was obliged to approve the pueblo 's standards : " If an entity such as a state or a pueblo wishes to adopt standards that are stricter than national standards , we can not stop them . " |
| 27 | The sale , and that of the class fillies Soiree and Red Slippers , confirmed Sangster 's readiness to trade , ‘ either as a buyer or a seller ’ when the right deal materialises . |
| 28 | Although one may talk of the ‘ total or partial destruction ’ of an object such as a building or a railway yard which may be a military objective , it is quite different , and unacceptable , to speak of the destruction of an area of land . |
| 29 | In words , the EQ of a given species such as a rhino or a cat , is a measure of how much bigger ( or smaller ) the animal 's brain is than we should expect it to be , given the animal 's body size . |
| 30 | He proclaimed a classic revival in the arts in which the work of art was to be judged as whole and not on the merits of its parts or in relation to its creator : ‘ … the work of art should be conceived as a pipe or a hat is conceived by the craftsman who produces it ; all parts should have a strictly determined place according to their function and importance . |