Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] as a " in BNC.
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| 1 | This claim might not unreasonably be held to cover such examples as we see in the following subject phrases : ( 15 ) the bicycles damaged all had red handlebars the line defective is the one to the outside a dose strong enough would put him out all night In all these cases , prenominal position would also be acceptable and appears to give the same cognitive meaning for the sentence as a whole , hence encouraging us to accept a solution to the first question , above , in terms of " emphasis " or " focus " . |
| 2 | " Hotel licence " which gives the same authorization to the holder as a public house licence except that the premises to which it applies are hotels . |
| 3 | So , unlike the search stage , there is not the same desire to portray the defendant as a sex maniac . |
| 4 | The almost automatic acceptance of those same initiatives by the legislature as a whole is assured by the formidable mechanisms of party . |
| 5 | But such skill served the team as a whole . |
| 6 | The first thing the lads noted when the stage lights came up was that the previewers ' obituaries for Pete Townshend are about as wide of the mark as a Birmingham City attack . |
| 7 | On the day ( 19 September 1986 ) that Hanson sold Courage to Elders , the Financial Times leader ‘ Reshuffling of Assets ’ ( part of which is reproduced below ) provided an interesting view of the company , which helps one to consider the effect of such conglomerates on the economy as a whole . |
| 8 | Much the same results apply to the economy as a whole . |
| 9 | The recordings , made in Montreal church , initially strike the ear as a little distant , but it quickly adapts its focus ; the piano tone is clear and uncluttered . |
| 10 | In the event the movement collapsed quite quickly in the summer of 1780 , largely because there was no sustained demand for such changes in the country as a whole . |
| 11 | Within three months of the suggestion , the house — despite the recession and a deflated housing market — was sold and Nigel , his girlfriend , two Nikon cameras , four lenses ( a 21,35.55 and zoom ) , a tripod , ‘ that was as essential on the trip as a passport ’ , and 30 rolls of Kodachrome film ( although Nigel prefers working in black and white , from the commercial angle colour film was better ) were flying to India ; the first port of call . |
| 12 | four lenses ( a 20,35,55 and zoom ) , a tripod , ‘ that was as essential on the trip as a passport , ’ and 30 rolls of Kodachrome film ( although Nigel prefers working in black and white , from the commercial angle colour film was better ) were flying to India ; the first port of call . |
| 13 | An example often quoted is that of Bernard Bloch , who defined the style of a text as " the message carried by the frequency distributions and transitional probabilities of its linguistic features , especially as they differ from those of the same features in the language as a whole Such definitions appeal to the empiricist , who would like to reduce a subjectively perceived phenomenon to something objective , but they tend to alarm the student of literature . |
| 14 | It was the same idea of the Empire as a patrimony , or an estate , the source of a livelihood for the mothercountry , to which Chamberlain had appealed : ‘ I know how our forefathers … bore themselves bravely in the titanic strife with Napoleon and came out victorious . |
| 15 | The question for the court was whether on July 9 , 1921 , the police authorities acting , reasonably and in good faith , considered a police garrison at the colliery necessary for the protection of life and property from violence , or , in other words , whether the decision of the chief constable in refusing special protection unless paid for was such a decision as a man in his position and with his duties could reasonably take . |
| 16 | We can therefore see such a plasmid as a temporary alliance between genes which induce conjugation in the host bacterium ( and so make transmission of the plasmid itself possible ) , and genes which help the host to survive and multi ply . |
| 17 | Catherine , Mary noted , was especially quick to challenge George 's generalisations by reference to a local situation : Mary herself kept not so much a watch as a guard over Hope 's words . |
| 18 | Such a look as a wife gives her man . |
| 19 | Equally , it must be ensured that other pupils do not see such a change as a precedent which they can then seek to exploit . |
| 20 | Scholars of Confucianism are agreed that it is not so much a religion as a guide to a system of political organisation , and as time went on , it too fell victim to divisions and disputes . |
| 21 | An avowed enemy could of course be opposed with propriety , but if sufficient effort was not made to put victory beyond dispute , there was always some danger of humiliation , and , since there were inevitably many gentlemen who loved a winner , there would be some to see such a defeat as a sign to reconsider their political friendships . |
| 22 | In any contractual negotiation with a record company , a good lawyer had become as important to a performer as a good tune , or a good haircut . |
| 23 | If the memoirs of a Mr. J. Stanley Todd are to be believed , the employers first became aware of such a plan as a result of a chance encounter between himself and the union 's solicitor , presumably the " long-faced " Thomas Watson Brown , on the ferry between North and South Shields . |
| 24 | Equally regrettably , they suggest that she who ( presumably ) approved them is not so much a Pharisee as a Philistine : one , moreover , who has been impressed by too many drives down The Bishop 's Avenue , where Hampstead 's temples to new money are built , en route to the Finchley constituency . |
| 25 | Sir : You refer to the Prime Minister ( 4 October ) as ‘ not so much a Pharisee as a Philistine ’ , owing presumably to her supposedly vulgar tastes . |
| 26 | They went up another narrow passageway , not so much a passage as a mere slit between houses , and came out suddenly into open space . |
| 27 | Standing small and shaky before that vast desk , surrounded by all the trappings of success and power , I felt very helpless and the cigarette seemed about as much of a morale-builder as a pocket-handkerchief is a protection against a firing-squad . |
| 28 | If nothing else , such instruments would assured of a place as a prop in the next round of Trantec Systems adverts ! |
| 29 | Which would mean that Shakespeare had Macbeth meet the witches in as moody a place as a writer could conceive — an ancient cemetery . |
| 30 | If there is such a place as an ideal situation , Donnington Brewery must surely be in it , surrounded as it is by beautiful scenery , an abundance of wild life and a remarkable air of peace and tranquillity . |