Example sentences of "it as a very [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The Daleks ’ , however , took the show up into the rarified heights of peak viewing , prompting programme schedulers to see it as a very useful keystone in grabbing audiences for the whole of Saturday evening — which had been Donald Baverstock 's prime intention all along . |
| 2 | To John Baxter this was rather ‘ solemn mock-Soviet montage ’ but others have more rightly seen it as a very effective expression of that energy which ordinary people had in abundance but which the America of 1934 so tragically left untapped . |
| 3 | If the ancient bacteria that lived before that time had been intelligent , they would have recognized it as a very serious pollution . |
| 4 | He did it as a very narrow face . |
| 5 | If ever we had to be away for a night , Shanti used to go to spend the night at Mavis 's house , and regarded it as a very great treat . |
| 6 | Now , if we find Carfax first in the middle , Oxford 's on the crossroads principle , like so many cities , we 've got St Giles down here , erm and Oxford of course a small city , or we should regard it as a very small city . |
| 7 | I am here partly because I was fortunate enough to have the happiest and healthiest of childhoods and I see it as a very happy obligation to try to do my best to ensure that all over the world it is possible for other children to enjoy something of what I had . |
| 8 | I regarded it as a very happy accident that I went to U.C.L. to study English , not knowing at the time that I was going to a Department and to a College distinguished for English language studies . |
| 9 | ‘ It is still frowned on a little because men do n't see it as a very feminine job . |
| 10 | British Telecommunications Plc said yesterday it plans to start selling satellite dishes and receivers by Christmas , making the move since it is one of the few activities it is allowed to pursue in the entertainment arena : ‘ We see it as a very important part of our wish to be part of the converging area of telephony , entertainment and computers , ’ the company told Reuter ; the company will reportedly source the equipment from two unidentified UK companies , in a move that is a significant threat to Amstrad Plc , whose shares fell tuppence to 31p . |
| 11 | ‘ They will regard it as a very important match and it is very difficult fixture for us . ’ |
| 12 | I strain my ears to hear it , like distant music ; my eyes see it as a very bright light very far away . |