Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [noun pl] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | I wanted to continue my studies as a postgraduate at U.C.L. I was now interested in modern linguistic research , but knew very little about it , since linguistics had so far made little impact in the U.K. , and there was no teacher in the Department who could adequately supervise me in that area . |
| 2 | Perhaps because I was involved with other things , perhaps because at that time I was still trying to find my feet as a bisexual and felt isolated by straight sisters and excluded by some Black lesbians . |
| 3 | ‘ No , ’ I sighed , opening my eyes as a series of splashes announced another chaotic event on the spillway . |
| 4 | They have honed their skills as developers and operators in privatisations elsewhere . |
| 5 | Having described what the Chart qua graph looks like we must now consider its properties as a process . |
| 6 | When the Green party was formed 20 years ago , many treated it as a political joke and dismissed its members as a bunch of idealistic hippies . |
| 7 | In writing it , Access Unit staff maintained their roles as neutral recorders of student experience and made no comments or recommendations — though these can be provided . |
| 8 | Democratic rule can only become a reality when African people place their interests as individuals and communities before kinship bonds . |
| 9 | The vendor is likely to have disclosed its articles as part of its disclosures against the warranties . |
| 10 | The judge described their crimes as a campaign of economic sabotage . |
| 11 | Her activities were at first regarded with suspicion by headmistresses of local schools , so , to placate those who did not outright forbid their pupils to attend , she described her lessons as rhythmic exercises to music . |
| 12 | But , as time wore on , and the whites of our eyes were still clearly visible , the girls , without missing a beat , subtly modified their glances as if to convey : " God knows we 've tried , you heartless bastards . " |
| 13 | In 1953 , start-up costs were still low , and the partners were able to begin business on a capital of less than $25000 , from a tiny office , employing their wives as secretaries . |
| 14 | The ULFA may now simply oblige the Asom Gana Parishad to accept its nominees as candidates for election . |
| 15 | COACHING juniors can give much satisfaction but it also has its drawbacks as Gareth Parkin , coach to Broughton Park Under-12s and a regular playing member of the club 's third team found to his cost after his charges won the recent age-group competition at Waterloo . |
| 16 | The system has its drawbacks as a response to school truancy . |
| 17 | The last of those three comments was , it is true , written almost fifteen years ago , long before the more than ‘ adequate ’ gay images of My Beautiful Laundrette or Law of Desire or Torch Song Trilogy , but I think the general point stands : before we stampede to dispense with ‘ identity ’ , let us consider whether it still has its uses as a rallying point for political action . |
| 18 | Emily Lloyd is charmless as the daughter of Peter Falk 's ageing gangster , though Dianne Wiest has her moments as a fluffy moll with claws of steel . |
| 19 | Caterina now faced the weeping Virgin determinedly and moved her lips as if praying ; she quailed when she realised that she would have to act the go-between again and seek him out alone once more . |
| 20 | The smell would catch its victims as a spider 's web ensnares a fly . |
| 21 | SCOTVEC aims to certificate students as soon as possible after the completion of the programme of modules because students may need their certificates as evidence when applying for jobs or for another college . |
| 22 | Other women mentioned their fathers as direct influences ; for example : |
| 23 | But there was a very small group who acknowledged that their unspoken anger was so powerful , they used their tears as a revenge , knowing that their husbands hated tears and knowing that weeping they could discomfort them . |
| 24 | Dealers used their clients as guinea-pigs for their untried techniques . |
| 25 | Another new technique was ‘ head tennis ’ , in which equal sides of six or seven players used their heads as racquets . |
| 26 | Jevons used exaggerated estimates of the rate at which consumption would increase in the future , and Royal Commissions in 1866 and 1901 dismissed his arguments as alarmist . |
| 27 | In fact , doctors listed his chances as ‘ touch and go ’ . |
| 28 | Although God specifically warned Job 's comforters not to postulate his sins as the cause of his sufferings , the Middle Ages preferred , like most ages , to ignore what God said . |
| 29 | Nikolay Vasilev retained his posts as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education and Science ; he would take charge of co-ordinating activities in the intellectual and humanitarian spheres . |
| 30 | Robert Mitchum , the Hollywood film star , once described his films as : |