Example sentences of "[noun pl] as a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Technically the Flydaway has much the same characteristics as a tram . |
| 2 | They were closely integrated into the emerging central paradigm of social evolution , according to which the level of sophistication of these objects was held to symbolize the place of such peoples as a kind of fossil record of social development from the primitive to the civilized ( Steadman 1979 ; Chapman 1985 ) . |
| 3 | What he found in her was what he wanted to find : a sickly , faded woman as beautiful in his eyes as a Madonna . |
| 4 | In his dealings with Washington , Gorbachev soon proved adept at public relations , adopting a US-style Presidential image , and announcing such dramatic , unilateral concessions as a moratorium on nuclear tests . |
| 5 | This has received little attention since its ascent in 1983 , possibly because it contains such mind-blowing attractions as a 40-feet skyhook section . |
| 6 | However , there were others , more distinctively local in their orientation : the gradual demise of the traditional two-tier model of primary school management and its replacement by three-tier and matrix models ; the desirability of building on the diversification of staff management roles which PNP has produced , avoiding any contraction of such roles as a consequence of LMS ; the need to acknowledge the pivotal role , for good or ill , played by primary heads , and to work with and through rather than round or against them ; the need to expand the focus of management training courses to encompass the roles and needs of all staff ( not just those of the ‘ managers ’ as conventionally defined ) , to locate management strategies in whole-school analysis , and generally to broaden the concept of ‘ management ’ which currently informs such courses ; the importance of training , support and INSET for heads , and of ensuring that these give close attention to the broader aspects of the expertise needed for headship , such as professional knowledge and personal relationships as well as the more obvious tasks , roles and strategies . |
| 7 | Given such winners as a guide , betting shops should start a book on the ilk of Hartung and Estève ( if still alive ) , and every contemporary sculptor , however meretricious , bent on an international round ( Jeff Koons for 1993 ? ) . |
| 8 | It is virtually impossible to estimate the proportion of such relations , within books as a whole , since some and perhaps much commissioning is still , in cultural terms , governed by considerations of what authors would in any case have wished to write . |
| 9 | The blurring of boundaries , which took place at about that time , had created such anomalies as a householder having an Essex postal address while paying his rates to Suffolk County Council . |
| 10 | She looked so different in the blue dress ; still fat , but more like a schoolgirl might do , and she seemed as light on her feet as a dancer . |
| 11 | He may longer sting like a bee but Ali 's still as light on his feet as a butterfly … and the memories are going strong . |
| 12 | As indicated earlier , the United States straight bill of lading is , although not negotiable , a transferable document , and as such functions as a document of title . |
| 13 | There 's an excellent bar here run by an English couple called John an Marie , who will serve you all meals from breakfast through to dinner , including such specials as a Sunday roast lunch . |
| 14 | Indeed , the theodicy question as to how one could ever use such texts as a medium through which to worship God may be thought to be even more insoluble than is Schüssler Fiorenza 's finding inspiration in the early Christian community . |
| 15 | Out of this new structure evolved the idea that Robson Rhodes needed a chief executive to come in from outside and run the company on the same lines as a plc . |
| 16 | The Workhorse is supplied as a single pair of hinges , for use as a sawbench ; or as two pairs , which can be used to create a stable trestle on uneven ground , for such applications as a garden barbecue or fête table . |
| 17 | PRODUCED BY Peter Buck , which ai n't such a recommendation in itself , since an REM by-line has as much rarity these days as a Steve Albini credit or the legend ‘ from Seattle ’ , but Uncle Tupelo are pretty magnificent , as it happens . |
| 18 | ‘ With hop oils you can get the best from the hops , the essential oils and essences that can replicate the aroma and bitterness of two such disparate varieties as a Fuggle and a Golding . |
| 19 | Is the Minister aware that the Government are cramming more and more university students into the same buildings as a consequence of the fact that they are trying to have people obtain degrees on the cheap ? |
| 20 | This is why pre-retirement planning is sometimes known as ‘ mid-life planning ’ — an appropriate term in view of the fact that present-day retirement can span almost as many years as a working career . |
| 21 | When Weissbräu has finally mopped up the market for popular , easily-drinkable wheat beers , it will be glad to have such tasty , characterful brews as a specialist line . |
| 22 | Useful course book with particular interest in such topics as a Rights Issue and a Franchise . |
| 23 | The second term includes such topics as a study of poetry and the use of materials to support writing . |
| 24 | Senior officers may also impose such conditions as a change of route or starting time in the interests of public order . |
| 25 | There 's the Kingfisher ( a small , 12-fret , 00-sized guitar with a slotted headstock ) , the Raven ( another small guitar , designed in collaboration with Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull and featuring a cutaway and a soundhole pickup ) , the Magpie ( a medium-sized guitar , with roughly the same dimensions as a Martin M-series ) , the Dove ( a square-shouldered dreadnought ) , and finally the Heron ( a jumbo-shaped guitar reminiscent of a Guild or a Taylor , also available as a 12-string ) . |
| 26 | Although the linguist who undertakes the analysis of discourse has ultimately the same aims as a linguist who uses ‘ system-sentences ’ in his grammatical description of a language , there are important methodological differences involved in the two approaches . |
| 27 | ‘ I know what I hope you would mean , Miss Belle ; but Miss Rene 's right , I have about as many curves as a lamp-post . ’ |
| 28 | The holder is also given the same possessory and control rights as a holder of a paper based bill , including the rights to claim delivery of the goods , to nominate the consignee or substitute a nominated consignee , to transfer the right of control and transfer and to instruct the carrier with respect to the delivery of the goods . |
| 29 | The official receiver whilst acting as receiver of the estate has the same powers as a receiver appointed by the High Court and is entitled to dispose of any perishable goods or any other goods the value of which is likely to be diminished if they are not disposed of ( s 287(2) ) . |
| 30 | Often innkeepers will make exceptional arrangements for such persons as a gesture of goodwill ( e.g. letting them sleep in the lounge ) , but they can not legally be required to do so . |