Example sentences of "[prep] [det] as [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The difficulty in determining the motive for Baldwin 's decision is that he was himself as contradictory about this as lie was clear about where and how he took it . |
| 2 | Nevertheless , public opinion is steadily turning against one form of cruelty after another as bear baiting , cock fighting , big game hunting , badger baiting and dog fights have in turn been outlawed or become distasteful . |
| 3 | She will probably be awake before that as alcohol disrupts sleep as well as causing dehydration , causing partygoers to wake up with a raging thirst and pounding headache . |
| 4 | I can see only one emergency following upon another as wave follows upon wave … , " . |
| 5 | A few controversial mammalian fossils were known from the age of reptiles , and Lyell appealed to these as evidence that the whole sequence was unsound . |
| 6 | We will refer to these as intro , A , B , C and coda shape of a circle with a cross on it . |
| 7 | We can focus on those , and no doubt we will focus on those as time goes by . |
| 8 | Marguerite 's rush of words almost drowned out Alain 's harsh intake of breath , but he said nothing at all as Marguerite went on , ‘ Now I know why you could not stay longer . |
| 9 | Despite the broad nature of the changes , however , the results were perceived by many as change for the sake of change , rather than as the result of the President having found a new formula to deal with the main problems of inflation , the breakdown in government services and the poor state of the economy . |