Example sentences of "[noun pl] as a [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His arrogance , his pompous manner , and the way he trades on his friendship with Major has offended colleagues perhaps jealous of his natural talents as a Commons and Whitehall performer . |
| 2 | That 's why sports cars went through such doldrums for so many years too , and shy we think of the sudden plethora of ‘ traditional ’ small sports cars as a sports car ‘ revival ’ . |
| 3 | In 50 years as a vets ' surgery The Grange has had to tend to many waif birds and animals brought for treatment . |
| 4 | ‘ In 23 years as a police officer I have never seen such horrific injuries , ’ said Det Supt Bill King . |
| 5 | I ask him about his days as a commodities broker on Wall Street — Koons spent his days as a struggling artist working on Wall Street rather than starving in a garret — and he directed his answer to Ilona , because the anecdote shows the charming , apple-pie side of his nature . |
| 6 | It was n't long before Wall Street wooed Koons away with the prospect of higher wages as a commodities broker , which the then-aspiring artist claimed he needed to produce sculptures that were costing him $3,000 a shot . |
| 7 | ‘ He did not want to go to prison , so he decided to try out one of the well-known methods of avoiding prison by offering his services as a police informer , ’ Mr Roberts said . |
| 8 | These were viewed by analysts as an expressions of the common concern of member states that growing pro-Iraqi sentiment across the region could foster anti-Western feeling and promote Islamic fundamentalism , which might threaten continued AMU integration and jeopardize future economic links with the West , especially with the European Communities ( EC ) which provided the market for two-thirds of the exports from AMU member countries ( with the exception of Libya , with which the EC had suspended relations ) . |