Example sentences of "[vb -s] [vb pp] [pron] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | But no-one has dismissed it as a rogue poll . |
| 2 | Anyone who has enrolled himself as a disciple of Jesus will want to study the Gospels to discover his teaching about prayer . |
| 3 | However , no accounting standard-setting body in the world has recognized them as serious propositions for replacing accruals accounting . |
| 4 | Almut Suerbaum , of the university of Munster , has joined us as the new Fellow in German ; as a specialist in Medieval German literature she continues the tradition of her predecessor . |
| 5 | Tony in charge of services and communication , Simon in charge of policy and development , Richard in charge of resource development , and although it 's not on the script and she said I must n't to the script , I ought to mention also Samantha who has joined us as head of communications on whom , you may thank for all the sort of visuals that we 're having , and the bright idea of videoing er , our Chairman . |
| 6 | Eighth , they plant churches because ‘ God wants YWAM missionaries to build into local congregations the spiritual foundations ’ he has given them as a mission . |
| 7 | Thus within hospitals the Alliance of Health Workers ( AHW ) has formed which as a union allies itself with the progressive national union federation . |
| 8 | In ‘ Smooth Operators ’ I took to task the brace of pop collaborators — Hue and Cry , Wet Wet Wet and so forth — whose reading of white funk has implicated them as collaborators in pop 's current fixation with sincerity , soulfulness , positivism . |
| 9 | He has approached it as an example of a much more general position in the debate about the possibilities of knowledge which he called ‘ historicism ’ characterized by a presumption about the nature of history : |
| 10 | St William 's has presented itself as a prime mover and so it falls to St William 's to work out how to express itself as a managing agent . |
| 11 | There are many teachers who feel that things are that bad , and for whom , at some tacit level of decision-making , becoming ‘ like that ’ has presented itself as the only sensible , or the only possible modus operandi that is left . |
| 12 | One , an older school , has seen him as a noble if embattled statesman . |
| 13 | There are cases , however , where the military has seen itself as a force for modernization , particularly in societies perceived to be ruled by traditional elites , and where the military may become imbued with the norms of Western processes of industrialization to the extent that it seeks to impose them on society . |
| 14 | He has shown himself as a devoted family man ; Ms Campbell is twice divorced and childless . |
| 15 | Although he left no explicit statement of belief , recent scholarship has shown him as a consistent sponsor of reform , both in his local activities and as an intermediary between suitors and the Crown . |
| 16 | I AM ready for death in this DOMINION he 'd written , if I know that the Unbeheld has used me as His INSTRUMENT . |
| 17 | ‘ Madam , I must tell you , ’ I replied , ‘ that since he found me , my master has used me as an easy way of making money for himself . |
| 18 | She has valued herself as a beauty , and now that her looks have departed she is left with nothing : |
| 19 | He has employed you as a guide . |
| 20 | Since U/V became popular , green water has ceased to be a problem , but blanketweed has replaced it as the number one gripe of the pondkeeper . |
| 21 | It has been referred to only rarely in official Soviet and Afghan statements in the 1980s since the Soviet-Afghan Friendship and Cooperation Treaty of December 1978 has replaced it as the contractual charter determining the relations between the two states . |
| 22 | Gabriel has ousted it as a skyscraper will fragment a cloud , as a charging bull will shatter the morning mist , as a massive ink-stain will erase a delicate sketch . |
| 23 | A recent assessment of Beccaria has portrayed him as a cautious conservative who successfully redirected enlightenment thinking away from a potentially much more radical path : ‘ His sudden fame can be attributed to the relief of educated society that it was possible to hold rational ‘ enlightened ’ views on human behaviour without having to accept radical materialism' ( Jenkins , 1984 , p. 113 ) . |
| 24 | Such anthropomorphising of the salty liquid that swills about the surface of the planet is prominent in an anthology of writing about the sea under the parameters Jonathan Raban has set himself as editor . |
| 25 | He has proved himself as a coach , and any doubts harboured at Anfield about his judgement have long since been swept away . |
| 26 | Somerset 's cricket director Bob Cottam said : ‘ Mushtaq has proved himself as a wicket-taker at the highest level . |
| 27 | The successful development of negotiating skills has proved itself as one of the most cost-effective investments in company profitability . |
| 28 | Through most of its existence , the Council has viewed itself as a slightly pettifogging , rather legalistic arbitrator . |
| 29 | Through most of its existence , the Council has viewed itself as a slightly pettifogging , rather legalistic arbitrator . |
| 30 | Although Joe Nichols in the New York Times wrote that ‘ Lester Piggott rode with the competence that has stamped him as one of the world 's great riders , and brought his mount home in time ’ , the Washington Post thought that ‘ there could be fault-finding with Piggott 's tactics in tucking in on the rail and not asking his mount for more of the effort he had in reserve ’ . |