Example sentences of "[verb] as [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The rather tacky set , the lucklustre performances , the script from David Straun and Heather Williams that lurches from trite audience participation to over-the-head jokes ( would any primary-school child get the one about water privatisation ? ) , all did n't seem to matter as the company of four scampered around with their well-intentioned tale of how the white man destroyed the American Indians . |
| 2 | Tom Slack 's sense of fun effectively camouflages the dramas and dangers he endured as a pilot , as an escaper and ultimately as a POW . |
| 3 | far from being crushed as a nation by the Russian conquest , the Yakuts succeeded in adapting to the ways of their conquerors and extended their own influence over their Tungus and Yukagir neighbours , not to mention the Russians themselves . |
| 4 | If the child has become lost or frightened as a result of parental neglect , then the adult in question may expect to be admonished by the fairy , who dislikes irresponsibility and carelessness . |
| 5 | Now that my sons are becoming more independent , I have time for myself and confidence in middle age that I lacked as a youngster . |
| 6 | Peterborough : Shelley revealed as a heartbreaker |
| 7 | WIDNES allrounder Richard Hignett plays as a batsman when Cheshire open their Minor Counties championship programme against Cornwall at Stalybridge today . |
| 8 | The first time I went back to a lake where I used to go as a child . |
| 9 | The sensation therefore was immense when he abandoned cricket , and a life of wealth and ease , to go as a missionary to China . |
| 10 | I think we 're going to go as a council in the direction of not answering letters on time . |
| 11 | And the other half used to go as a window leather which are called st |
| 12 | Perhaps we could arrange to go as a foursome ; we 'd have no trouble getting a table if I make the arrangements . ’ |
| 13 | Neither would Souness want to go as a failure . |
| 14 | ‘ I have n't got the money just to go as a traveller , and there are n't that many jobs abroad . |
| 15 | ‘ What a splendid idea to go as a Gnome ! |
| 16 | and I 'd like to go as an army chef or an army mechanic |
| 17 | He may profess not to enjoy it , but Pitt has an instinctive understanding that playing up the teen idol image will help him get where he wants to go as an actor . |
| 18 | He had only a few hundred yards to go as the house he was planning to visit was also in the Vomero but he did not wish to arrive with perspiration on his forehead or dust on his shoes . |
| 19 | By that time the information contained in the audited accounts would be so out of date that it would not reasonably be foreseen as the basis for a business judgment concerning the extension of credit to Berg or the discounting of bills . |
| 20 | Brazil 's faith in debt/equity swaps as a means of easing the burden has been shared by many . |
| 21 | She added : ‘ If her journey was delayed as a result of the plucking , the person involved will be given a roasting . |
| 22 | But there are two further points which emerge from considerations of a wide range of literature relating to public enterprise : big investment decisions have been complicated and delayed as a result of having to be considered by a number of government departments ; such decisions have been easy prey to party political pressures when they have involved the location of new plants and/or closure of old ones [ Knight , 1974 ] . |
| 23 | The meeting had originally been scheduled to start on July 1 , but had been delayed as a result of Sri Lanka 's announcement on June 24 that it would not participate because of India 's refusal to agree on the withdrawal of the Indian Peace Keeping Force ( IPKF ) from Sri Lanka by the latter 's deadline of July 29 [ see p. 36735 ] . |
| 24 | All-party talks on the future of Northern Ireland , initiated by Peter Brooke , the UK Northern Ireland Secretary [ see p. 38156 ] , which were due to start on May 7 , were delayed as a result of procedural disputes mainly concerning the venue and chairing of the second strand of discussions . |
| 25 | Russia 's intended sale of diesel submarines to Iran , which had aroused strong US opposition , was delayed as a result of a dispute over trade payments , according to a Russian announcement on Sept. 25 . |
| 26 | Final approval had been delayed as a result of a Spanish-UK disagreement on the rate of tax to be applied to Spanish and British sherry in the UK . |
| 27 | Reserve team versus Coventry last Wednesday postponed — Tinkler and Weatherall comebacks after injury/illness delayed as a result . |
| 28 | 9.17 Frustration of reinstatement Landlords sometimes include a proviso that the landlord should have the right to terminate the lease in the event of reinstatement being frustrated or delayed as a result of circumstances beyond the landlord 's control . |
| 29 | Whereas Prost had been delayed as the Ferrari mechanics fiddled with the right-rear wheel , Senna 's stop went like clockwork . |
| 30 | Speaker B treats this contribution as requiring an answer , following a pattern described by Labov in the rule : ‘ If ( speaker ) A makes a statement about a ( speaker ) B-event , it is heard as a request for confirmation ’ ( 1972b : 254 ) . |