Example sentences of "as a [noun sg] do [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ And , ’ she added a little triumphantly , ‘ if my performance as a parlourmaid does n't satisfy , then have the goodness to dismiss me , not bully me in the middle of the night . ’ |
| 2 | If society as a whole does not pay , women pay — by being penniless dependants while working full time . |
| 3 | The business class as a whole does not make up more than 0.2% of the population , although if its outer fringes are included it could approach 1% . |
| 4 | To begin with , it is a sad but true fact that society as a whole does not welcome the widow , however sorry they feel for her . |
| 5 | Unfortunately classical Greece as a whole does not live up to these ideals either , and he is forced to recognise certain periods and sectors of that society as having ‘ restricted ’ literacy . |
| 6 | Yet Gandalf also on occasion , together with the other wise men and women of the story , accepts defeat as a long-term prospect , a prospect which The Lord of the Rings as a whole does not deny . |
| 7 | Serious collapse was avoided ( though , as one official involved recalled , ‘ it was pretty close at the end ’ ) , but the new style of government as a whole did not stand up so well . |
| 8 | The adviser argued that the school as a whole did not seem to be discussing , or have any explicit policy on multicultural education . |
| 9 | The House as a whole did not find the Home Secretary 's arguments convincing , accepting the clause by 245 to 222 , a majority of twenty-three . |
| 10 | The defence as a whole do not deal with the back pass rule well . |
| 11 | Co-curators David W. Penney , Associate Curator , Department of African , Oceanic and New World Cultures , at the Detroit Institute , and George P. Horse Capture , a member of the Cros Ventre tribe and formerly Curator of the Plains Indian Museum at the Buffalo Bill Historical Center , tell us that ‘ art as a category did not exist in American Indian languages ’ , but their concern ‘ is not so much the issue of defining American Indian creations to fit a European definition of ‘ art ’ , but of redefining ‘ art ’ and consequently art history to include the artistic practices of American Indians , Africans , folk artists , and even the modern film industry , advertising and popular illustrations ’ . |
| 12 | I as a person did n't find that these changes were essential and I stated my opinion in erm in |
| 13 | Similarly the citizen as a taxpayer does not identify himself — and indeed is only partially identical in fact — with the citizen as a recipient of tax-financed benefits . |
| 14 | So it seems likely that just as a youngster does not need to learn to be afraid or to feel secure , they also respond instinctively from birth to the underlying mood of the call — like the predatory roar of a lion , the angry bellow of an enraged bull , the contented moo of a grazing cow or the eminently social bleatings of sheep , keeping the flock together . |
| 15 | Hutt was small , 5′2″ , and did his best to compensate for this by attempting to achieve status as a local spender , a pretence at affluence his lowly job as a labourer did not support . |
| 16 | Mr Hussey 's current term as a governor does not expire until 1996 . |
| 17 | Mr Hussey 's current term as a governor does not expire until 1996 . |
| 18 | We are never engaged in their lives ; we do not believe in them , and as a result do not care about them . |
| 19 | In this case , the view was taken that so long as the " sale " was correctly carried through , the arrangement 's function as a security did not overturn the transaction . |
| 20 | The bourgeoisie as a class did not organise mass movements but pressure groups . |
| 21 | On the face of it , a routine about The Art of Spitting as a Teenager does n't seem likely to raise many laughs … but Morton makes it all look so simple . |
| 22 | His work as a teacher does n't involve much in the way of teaching . |
| 23 | Mind you , having Corky as a tam-made did n't help ! |
| 24 | Merchandise as a premium does not have the universal appeal of money , but it may have a more pointed appeal than cash or a price reduction . |
| 25 | But sadly , as ‘ middle-of-the-road ’ politicians have found , no matter what the outrage , peace as an issue does not seem to spark enthusiasm . |
| 26 | Thus , when in Trusthouse Forte Albany Hotels Ltd v Daejan Investments Ltd ( No 1 ) [ 1980 ] 256 EG 915 the lease under which the rent reviewer was acting as an expert did not provide for interest to compensate the landlord for the tenant 's delay in paying the increased rent , the court refused to imply the missing term . |
| 27 | Since the Zande distinguish benge from ‘ ordinary ’ poisons and regard it as a mystical truth-drug , Evans-Pritchard maintains that those who employ it as an oracle do not manipulate it deliberately . |
| 28 | Imo 's career as an inventor did not end with potato washing . |