Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] as a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The US Congress at the end of March 1988 allocated humanitarian aid to the contras which enabled them to continue as a force , but Nicaragua from May 1988 unilaterally extended the Sapoá ceasefire on a monthly basis throughout 1988 and for most of 1989 [ see pp. 36421-22 ; 36681 ; see also below ] . |
| 2 | Most of them arose as a result of an all-Russian phenomenon in 1922 — the lack of co-ordination and exchange of information between the centre and the localities , together with nonchalant neglect of provincial problems so long as they did not affect central political issues . |
| 3 | The college says the exercise will build up the young people 's confidence and help them to work as a team . |
| 4 | Old Stevenson would go spare if he knew , and I 'm not certain whether he 'd try and get me moved as a danger to junior staff , or you moved as a wicked woman . |
| 5 | Houses to accommodate them rose as a compact group south of the churchyard , and the church itself was soon ambitiously transformed to provide the setting for an elaborate cycle of daily worship . |
| 6 | But as a general principle the right of animals to be animals , to live in their space on God 's good earth , is a moral principle I commend as a rule of thumb . |
| 7 | The theory which I commend as a guide to the fruitful development of international law in the control of force may be called ‘ ethical ’ or perhaps ‘ functional positivism ’ . |
| 8 | One of the first books I read as a young adult was A G L Fisher 's History of Europe . |
| 9 | Although bathed in a sentimentality of its own , the concept appeals to me because it reminds me of a trip I made as a student to the Maison Savoye in the summer of 1957 , when this great Corbusier villa was a ruin surrounded by waist-high grass and nettles . |
| 10 | Image ‘ I would n't mind if it was someone I respected as a player and a hard-man . |
| 11 | Well that 's my idea and I mean as a , then we got the other War . |
| 12 | Now having said that I mean the late long established er unit trust group , I mean as a , as a company we 've got to be very careful who we use , we 've got an approved list erm in London and in Bournemouth we have erm a , a department which analyzes products , and those products come onto our approved list when they 've , when they 've fulfilled a number of criteria . |
| 13 | What are the other techniques you do , if you 've do a bit of I mean as a sales trainer , I tend to walk around quite a lot and talks about what ? |
| 14 | Is it , what is it definite , I mean as a regular or just the one off or what ? |
| 15 | Well the girl yeah that girl that came with us , she had , I mean as a rule I , I do n't have |
| 16 | Yeah , course I mean as a bat er pitched a bat on this is a beau a beauty but are there are rough spots which you 've helping the slow left arm , or help any spinner . |
| 17 | This is emergency-speak ; life on red alert : ‘ For the first twenty-five years of my life I lived as a criminal , and the next twenty-five were spent as a second-class citizen , deprived of equality and human rights . ’ |
| 18 | I lived as a beggar , scrounging what I could , but then winter came , not only early but cruelly , one of the sharpest , coldest winters for decades . |
| 19 | I was n't sure I qualified as a surfer yet , but I hoped I might benefit from this general disposition . |
| 20 | Frances explains : ‘ I decided to go into special education two years after I qualified as a teacher . |
| 21 | Eventually I qualified as a teacher and attended a course at Coburg ; nowadays I specialise in teaching disabled people , but also enjoy being an ordinary member of a local class ( which the Vicar kindly helps advertise ) . |
| 22 | He asked me whether I was a country person I asked what the qualifications were he said country born and bred , well I was born in Liverpool spent my childhood and early adolescence in rural Nottinghamshire , moved to Highfields , emigrated to the West Indies and now live in sub rural Blavey so I do n't know whether I qualify as a country person or not , but I 'd like to bet that I 've milked more cows by hand than he has if that 's any qualification . |
| 23 | Now that my sons are becoming more independent , I have time for myself and confidence in middle age that I lacked as a youngster . |
| 24 | I registered as a ‘ Clerk . ’ |
| 25 | Feigning ignorance of PCs , I posed as a prospective customer running a part-time business from home . |
| 26 | Erm next I propose as a , er , resolution four which is a special resolution and s set out in the notice of the meeting and is to modify to a limited extent , the obligations relating to the allotment of shares for cash contained in section eighty nine of the Companies Act . |
| 27 | I trained as a lawyer and I think that helps . |
| 28 | This was one reason why I became a postnatal supporter for a year and why I trained as a breastfeeding counsellor . |
| 29 | I trained as a Theatre Designer , but all three are about space and volume with people in it . |
| 30 | I trained as a physicist and spent many years in laser research , first in Canada and then at the NPL in Teddington . |