Example sentences of "as a [adj] [noun] [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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1 | As a fixed term appointee you will be non-mobile and not normally be expected to transfer to a post outside reasonable daily travelling distance of your home . |
2 | As a keen watersports enthusiast I was greatly alarmed to read in your news pages about the high quantities of toxic algae currently present in many of our inland waterways . |
3 | Er , if you get known as a good supply teacher you 'll get the work to begin with , you might only get an odd day . |
4 | As a successful merchant banker there was no reason for her to know where the back door was in a BAC One-Eleven , and that the tail opened downwards with the stairs ! |
5 | ‘ Most of the fun lies in the capable hands of Michael Crawford as a witless bank cashier who is deputed to de-porn the flat , ’ wrote the London Evening News . |
6 | Mel Brooks ' glorious bad-taste comedy starring Zero Mostel as a crooked Broadway producer who co-opts a timid accountant ( Gene Wilder ) to help mount a mega flop that will make their fortune . |
7 | As a seasoned business traveller I am constantly amazed at all the lost opportunities to build customer loyalty . |
8 | I can confirm , however , that the company would not have won this order except as a private sector yard which will have to incur the costs if it makes losses . |
9 | When I worked as a primary school teacher I sometimes retrieved that feeling with a particular clarity , walking between the tables on the hard floor , all the little looms working but needing my constant adjustment . |
10 | Drawing into its ranks many former communists , including Iliescu and Prime Minister Petre Roman , the NSF had capitalized on its position as a broad centre-left grouping which filled the vacuum left by Ceausescu 's demise . |
11 | For it to be used as a practical business tool it has to be taken further , both in terms of enhancing its measurement potential and embedding it in appropriate computer software so it can be readily used . |
12 | Football had been a traditionally rowdy and sometimes violent game , but as a regulated spectator sport it provided novel opportunities for conflicts between the players , referees and fans , and there is a well documented history of pitch invasions , attacks on referees and players , and fighting between rival fans throughout the latter part of the nineteenth century and into the new century . |
13 | The vicar , the Rev J H B Douglas , believes the feast originated as a pagan midsummer festival which was later christianised — a suggestion , if you remember , made by the Vicar of Hepworth with regard to their feast . |
14 | Merton itself , as a result of Silverman 's experience in selection , advertising and research , was first conceived as a high-level recruitment consultancy which then evolved into a management consultancy and executive search practice ; he based his approach — ahead of its time in Britain in the mid-1970s — on the concept of building up a profile of ‘ the ideal candidate ’ by using the most sophisticated industrial market research techniques , approaching a recruitment programme in the same way as he had devised and implemented a marketing plan . |
15 | As a long-time Japan watcher I am continually surprised by the Japanese capacity for tolerance and forgiveness of both private and public infractions . |
16 | Women 's organizations and feminist leaders emerged as a powerful pressure group whose influence was felt by male politicians and professionals at the level of the state and in public debate . |
17 | I first recall the line in 1959 when as a young boy scout I was taken to camp at Pont-y-Pant . |
18 | At first I had suggested that I should keep her company but she dismissed the idea at once : ‘ I am not a child , and I refuse to be treated as one ’ , and I guessed she wanted to be alone rather as a young girl might who sets out to post an imaginary letter , hoping to meet on the way the person for whom she has made herself beautiful . |
19 | As a young radio announcer he had shown a talent for communication that he had subsequently built on during his years in Hollywood and it was also during this period that politics became a consuming interest . |
20 | After a few months as a general news reporter I was given a wider range of assignments and when Jim Miller left , my regular beats included the monthly School Board meetings and the daily Police Court and High Court sessions . |
21 | Lord Howe is being tipped along with Lord Whitelaw as a possible heavyweight figure who could be brought in to help John Major with the government 's presentation of policies . |
22 | He may need special implements , such as a wall-mounted tin opener which he can operate with one hand . |
23 | One such theory is the ‘ Now Print ! ’ mechanism ( Brown & Kulik , 1977 ; Livingston , 1967a , 1967b ) which has been proposed as a special memory mechanism which operates only at times of great arousal to encode specific details of the situation , this will be briefly considered when evidence about flashbulb and vivid memories is discussed below . |
24 | As a special launch offer there is only one p&p charge for any quantity ordered . |
25 | Redford makes the most of his blue eyed integrity as a humane prison governor who reforms the place and discovers a nasty secret . |
26 | As a public relations consultant it is assumed you can write and speak with skill and authority . |
27 | As a public relations executive you may be involved in work during industrial disputes , the moving or opening of a client factory , large scale redundancies , or other employment changes to your client 's company . |
28 | ‘ As a little bully boy he calls in big brother to do the beating up for him . ’ |
29 | My constituents saw him as a responsible Government officer who came to the House to say that the Government washed their hands of the matter and would leave it alone . |
30 | As a responsible dog owner you must be prepared to deworm your dog regularly , not only for the sake of its health and other dogs , but also to protect people from the risk of the disease toxocariasis , as mentioned previously ( see page 36 ) . |