Example sentences of "[adv] as a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Union des populations camerounaises ( UPC — Union of Cameroonian Peoples , operating latterly as a Paris-based clandestine organization , having been banned since 1960 ; it was held responsible for unrest in the 1960s and was regarded as communist-led ) . |
| 2 | The late-fourth century rebuilding at Chedworth , with the use of stones from the nymphaeum , and associated coins up to the House of Theodosius , clearly indicates a continued occupation of the site , presumably as a small farm . |
| 3 | This was a nazi form of greeting that had been popularized by P.J. Ridout of the IFL in 1936 , presumably as a conscious pun on his own initials . |
| 4 | Gloucester was clearly intent on overturning the settlement , and as well as seizing Richard Grey 's share , he ordered the young duchess to be handed over to his leading supporter the duke of Buckingham , presumably as a preliminary to resuming the whole duchy . |
| 5 | Gloucester was clearly intent on overturning the settlement , and as well as seizing Richard Grey 's share , he ordered the young duchess to be handed over to his leading supporter the duke of Buckingham , presumably as a preliminary to resuming the whole duchy . |
| 6 | Presumably as a feminist one will only accept into one 's formulation of one 's religious position ideas which do not conflict with one 's ethical position . |
| 7 | He offended the king in some way and was summarily hanged , appearing since as a shaggy man , wearing a great set of stag 's horns and blowing a trumpet . |
| 8 | Britain began to slip badly as a competitive producer of films , and the national market was increasingly ceded to imports from France and America . |
| 9 | Therefore , take what occurs around the 29th or thereabouts as a definite sign or signal from the heavens that not only must life go on , but that it also has to get better and better . |
| 10 | So science , too , is conducted mostly as a pattern-matching exercise . |
| 11 | Yet years on how come that it is Cecil who is regarded mostly as a flawed but well meaning sweety-pie and Miss Keays as someone who has all the charisma of an old battleaxe ? |
| 12 | It is known locally as a popular place for children to play . |
| 13 | As usual it will be less well-off smokers who suffer most as a disproportionate amount of their income will be swallowed up in tax . ’ |
| 14 | She too exhibits both a fascination and a scepticism with regard to structuralist theories of the text , manifest in Thru as a healthy mistrust of theory whenever it becomes over-systematic . |
| 15 | This was already being discussed widely as a possible motive for the action that Orkney Islands Council had taken . |
| 16 | ‘ The Buzz ’ is a heavy techno track , already being played widely as a white label , from the man currently establishing himself as a major techno start thanks to his live performances as well as recorded releases . |
| 17 | ‘ The Buzz ’ is a heavy techno track , already being played widely as a white label , from the man currently establishing himself as a major techno start thanks to his live performances as well as recorded releases . |
| 18 | What the right hon. and learned Gentleman said then has , over time , come to be seen yet more acutely as a cogent and sensible analysis of the needs of Scotland as we approach the end of the century . |
| 19 | John Sinclair , who runs Cliveden so successfully as a luxury hotel , and his attractive wife , guests went in to dinner in the dining-rooms . |
| 20 | Not that she believes in anything , religion and so on — and nor do I of course , though I was brought up a little as a Catholic — but she goes by omens , auguri . |
| 21 | He stressed : ‘ These policies are n't for our benefit — usually the bank is paid up-front as a preferred creditor . |
| 22 | Rohan 's brows lifted appreciatively as a creamy liquid was ladled into his bowl . |
| 23 | The real balance effect may be represented diagrammatically as a rightward shift in the IS curve . |
| 24 | She was doing all right as a nursing orderly in a geriatric hospital — one of her favourite ‘ legitimate ’ jobs as it gave her easy access to sleeping pills and downers . |
| 25 | A provision for the payment of a salary to a partner , effectively as a preferential share of profits . |
| 26 | MDC has clearly demonstrated a capacity to realise physical renewal of its initial area and has operated effectively as a single-purpose agency . |
| 27 | John Wayne may be fresh-faced as the Ringo Kid in Stagecoach ( 1939 ) but , a scant decade later , he was prematurely playing old men in She Wore A Yellow Ribbon ( 1948 ) , much more convincingly that he would 20 years later on as a real old man in the indulgent True Grit ( 1967 ) . |
| 28 | He stayed on as a civilian minister , preaching to both prisoners and garrison at Windsor , having in September 1647 became a fellow of Eton College . |
| 29 | Articles 100 and 235 of the Treaty of Rome provide a mechanism whereby the amassment of power by the Community may be carried on as a continuous process . |
| 30 | Democracy in industry , or , more broadly , at the work place , is an idea that has often been discussed , but with a few exceptions ( including Yugoslavia to some extent ) has hardly as yet been embarked on as a serious practice in most societies . |