Example sentences of "as [noun] [prep] [art] [noun] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the time of going to press , Sir Anthony had already had a series of strategy discussions with chief executive Dr Brian Eyre , as well as meetings with the DTI 's privatisation advisers , investment bankers Barclays De Zoete Wedd , and our own advisers , management consultants McKinseys and merchant bankers Lazard Brothers . |
| 2 | As chairman of the council 's transport committee he reminds opponents the pedestrianisation plan is not final . |
| 3 | Speaking in his capacity as Chairman of the Bishops ' Committee for Catechetics , he continued : |
| 4 | He offered Helen Martini , as Chairman of the Parents ' Action Committee , whatever help he could in the campaign to get the children home , and to ensure that a full judicial inquiry was held . |
| 5 | It was there , in fact , that when Cliff Drysdale had to leave his place as chairman of the ATP 's seminar on power tennis to begin his day 's television commentary , that Arthur Ashe took over the role , with customary authority and enthusiasm . |
| 6 | Takeo Nishioka , a former Education Minister , was named as chairman of the party 's general council , and Mutsuki Kato , a former Agriculture Minister , was appointed chairman of the LDP 's policy research council . |
| 7 | As chairman of the Commission 's Joint Research Centre 's board of governors he has told the commissioner for science , Viscount Davignon , that European decision-making on science ought to be reformed to stop a repetition . |
| 8 | Less the arm the figure is complete in itself , but it was part of a larger whole : a four-horse team , the charioteer in the car holding the reins , possibly the dedicator as a warrior behind him on the ground or mounting , probably a groom at the horses ' heads ( a small-scale arm was found , as well as scraps of the horses ' legs and tails ) . |
| 9 | The " subsequent actualization " sense of the to infinitive also involves this double position of the support : person as support of the event of the finite verb is represented as prior in time to person as support of the infinitive 's event . |
| 10 | Postulating the presence of a generalized person in the infinitive whose position in time as support of the infinitive 's event is either coincident or subsequent to another position of this same person , at which it is often represented as support of some other event , thus leads to a more profound comprehension of the motives underlying the use of to . |
| 11 | As President of the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei he had delivered the welcoming address on Tuesday to a symposium of scientists . |
| 12 | Tomorrow , in his capacity as president of the Prince 's Trust and the Prince 's Scottish Youth Business Trust , he will attend a reception at the Palace of Holyroodhouse at which an exhibition of his own watercolours will be previewed . |
| 13 | Sir , — I write to you in my capacity as president of the Institut des Reviseurs d'Entreprises ( Institute of Auditors ) of Luxembourg in order to comment on the article Ramrath opens borders to accountants ( ACCOUNTANCY , July 1992 , p 27 ) . |
| 14 | Any part of a deposit that is not required as described above must be held as stakeholder by the seller 's solicitor until completion . |
| 15 | Ogre bands are often recruited as mercenaries into the Empire 's armies , where their great strength is highly valued . |
| 16 | As co-ordinator of the council 's work he will be brought daily into contact with the council 's officers to whom he should become guide , counsellor and friend . |
| 17 | In addition to the planned introduction of the right to obtain a passport , Myftiu announced that in future defection would be considered as trespass on the country 's borders and not as " betrayal of the homeland " , which had carried the death penalty . |
| 18 | The parliament has called for a more rational approach to trade and aid schemes as well as investigation into the EC 's role in granting funds in certain cases . |
| 19 | red-rimmed as syphilitics from the Baths ' |
| 20 | A long-standing Mitterrand ally , he worked as Secretary-General in the President 's office from 1981 and then as Minister for Social Affairs and National Solidarity in 1982-84 . |
| 21 | Gen. Yang Baibing was replaced as director of the People 's Liberation Army ( PLA ) general political department ( GPD ) by Lt.-Gen. |
| 22 | The Kuwaiti Ministry of Public Works says the cost of completing the telecommunications tower in Kuwait City has risen to $175m from $110m : the increase is due mainly to damage done by the Iraqis during their occupation of the country , as well as changes in the project 's specifications and a rise in the cost of raw materials and labour . |
| 23 | If , however , the coursework is such that it would be helpful for the marker to make his comments as annotations on the student 's work , then the annotated work should be returned electronically to the student . |
| 24 | The marvellous exhibition of Bonington 's paintings , drawings and watercolours at the Petit Palais in Paris includes a large number of works executed during and after his stay in Venice in 1826 , as well as paintings by the artist 's French and British contemporaries . |
| 25 | A member of the council , he functioned as escort to the king 's daughter , Queen Margaret of Scotland [ q.v. ] , during 1252–3 , and in March 1254 took responsibility for the English and Welsh lands of the young Prince Edward . |
| 26 | The duties of the post are difficult to define but could be described as Keeper of the King 's household , Administrator of the Royal Affairs , and Keeper of the Privy Purse . |
| 27 | In 1240 Edward succeeded his father as keeper of the king 's works at Westminster , which then chiefly concerned the palace . |
| 28 | While the legislation is clearly to be seen as evidence of a government 's entitlement to legislate in connection with a national responsibility , it is also interpretable as evidence of the government 's impatience with local authorities . |
| 29 | As evidence of the Greeks ' Dionysiac perception , we can point to the dark side of their mythology : Titanic wars and heroes ; the agonies of Prometheus , Oedipus , Orestes ; and the definitive wisdom of Silenus , the satyr companion of Dionysus : the best thing is not to be born — the next best is to die soon . |
| 30 | By the end of the chapter the reader is smothered with linguistic information , most of which seems to be there merely as evidence for the poem 's tone , be it " proverbial " or one of " intimacy " . |