Example sentences of "[adv] as a [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Magnificent as it is , Somerset House was designed not as an arts centre , of course , but as offices for the civil servants whom Mr Heseltine now proposes to eject . |
| 2 | But after Commodore cut the price by £100 , and threw in the £25 add-on TV adaptor , the Amiga took off as a games machine . |
| 3 | Those who know no better probably reckon they can put one over Mary , passing her off as a cups-of-tea , rustic East Country accent , down-home , fund-raising type . |
| 4 | Ulster 's Theatre , 1988 , for example , really started off as a children 's playground ’ . |
| 5 | The company itself is treated not merely as a person , the subject of rights and duties , but also as a res , the object of rights and duties . |
| 6 | For the previous five years I 'd worked solely as a sports photographer , and had really enjoyed it , but my work on the Hoggar Marathon was different , because I was just as interested in the scenery that surrounded me as I was in the race itself . |
| 7 | Built around the turn of the century , it had been designed originally as a soldiers ' barracks . |
| 8 | The CUMS has retained its name but now functions mainly as a women refugee coordinating body , particularly in Mexico and Nicaragua . |
| 9 | ‘ My game is suited to doubles because I return well , ’ he said yesterday , ‘ but my priority is to do well as a singles player . ’ |
| 10 | He certainly keeps busy , editing a cricket magazine and running around as a sports manager for Pakistan International Airlines . |
| 11 | Perhaps Rourke was there as an ideas man — certainly he did n't show much enthusiasm for getting into the nitty-gritty of the day-to-day workload . |
| 12 | ‘ Mick was very much trying to live down the pretty-boy guitarist bit and to be taken seriously as a blues player . |