Example sentences of "as [verb] [pron] [noun] as [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Charles had met Ward several years before , and , as well as seeking his advice as a teacher , had commissioned several paintings from him . |
| 2 | He , however , had two hands on the ball , Morrison one , and as befitting his rank as a PC with Lothian and Borders Police , he claimed the score on the basis that ‘ possession is nine tenths of the law ! ’ |
| 3 | Any legitimacy that nuclear weapons may have is in respect not of their potential use , but as regards their possession as a means of ‘ deterrence ’ . |
| 4 | As regards its notoriety as a ‘ land of damnation and chains ’ , a domain of perpetual punishment and pain — this , too , is grimly rooted in the very real sufferings of generations of convicts , rebels , revolutionaries , common criminals and multitudes of often innocent men , women and children , who for nearly four centuries have dragged themselves along the ‘ road of chains ’ ( kandalnaya doroga ) leading beyond the Urals . |
| 5 | The press , as well as performing its role as the watchdog , must not be coy when it is called upon to turn the critical eye on itself . |
| 6 | The press , as well as performing its role as the watchdog , must not be coy when it is called upon to turn the critical eye on itself . |
| 7 | It is a fine , Medieval bridge , guarded at each end and fortified as befitted its position as the sole river crossing and approach to the castle . |
| 8 | In September 1964 a special meeting of the corporation finance committee , which included all councillors , adopted an amended motion which gave the boundary extension subcommittee the power to include in its remit the progressive expansion of Derry , so as to maintain its position as the second city in Northern Ireland . |
| 9 | Zurich 's importance as a business centre grew , as did its reputation as a place of refuge , so that it rivalled even that of Geneva . |