Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] status as [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Having failed to obtain one means I 've forgotten my status as a foreigner in Europe , Latin American , undesirable . |
| 2 | But it owes its status as a national monument to the way it has reflected from its opening in 1796 to its closure in 1924 the most dramatic and moving events in the history of modern Irish nationalism . |
| 3 | The company recognises it owes its status as a major world force in fast food to the quality of its products and the quality of its franchisees . |
| 4 | In those days the fieldworker retained his status as a privileged stranger and proceeded to make a catalogue of ancient manners and customs much as if he were a policeman investigating a crime . |
| 5 | In Dublin today Charlton will send out the Republic against Northern Ireland in an attempt to take the points that would virtually ensure participation in the World Cup finals next summer in Italy , a feat guaranteed to consolidate his status as a modern Irish hero . |
| 6 | The nineteenth century was to see its status as the language of diplomacy grow still further as it became even more a symbol of some underlying European unity which , however vague , was genuinely felt to exist by most of those who decided the continent 's destinies . |
| 7 | Latin began to regain its status as the medium for elegant communication , science was being relegated to ‘ a small , odd , insignificant band of professionals ’ , while the Royal Society , abandoning the rather splendid hope that scientific language could provide a model for cultural discourse , was becoming influenced by dilettantism , and correspondingly less practical in its aims . |
| 8 | All good fun , and I do n't suppose it has anything to do with the fact that an All Black can now earn up to £45,000 a year without sacrificing his status as an amateur . |
| 9 | And in a series of four concerts she confirmed her status as the number one star in Japan . |
| 10 | The new edition of Norbert Lieb 's Barock Kirchen — the sixth — confirms its status as a modern classic on German Baroque architecture . |
| 11 | At the time , Sydney was essentially a centre created around a convict population , yet eager to assert its status as the commercial and cultural capital of the continent . |
| 12 | But the company , which loses its ITV franchise at the end of this year , was anxious to find partners so it could keep its status as an independent producer . |
| 13 | They enjoy their status as a family company and intend to retain it . |
| 14 | The fact that Olivia speaks prose to Malvolio underlines his status as a domestic servant ( Twelfth Night , 1 . |
| 15 | The daily ritual of meal-times , for example , may often contain a wealth of deliberately and non-deliberately imparted information for the child , in part confirming his status as a child ( children should be seen and not heard , children should finish their cabbage because it is good for them ) , in part defining the stages of growing up ( older children sit on ‘ proper ’ chairs , drink out of ‘ proper ’ cups , and use knives and forks ) , and in part defining and reinforcing certain adult identities ( father carves the joint , mother brings food from the stove ) . |
| 16 | Alexei remembered Sidacai 's veiled insolence — the times when he had used his status as the son of a son of Daijin to thwart Burun . |
| 17 | That The Smiths dismiss the all important mediums of video fashion and Fairlight affected pulsebeat , yet maintain their status as an immensely successful chart band , is itself a feat worthy of praise . |
| 18 | By the Welland St. Wilfrid built St. Leonard 's Priory , a masterpiece of Anglo-Saxon architecture , befitting its status as the first religious house in all Mercia . |
| 19 | Serbia , however , abjectly stomached the terms , save for two which violated her status as an independent country . |
| 20 | He lost no opportunity to use his status as an ideological lever for black causes , eventually refusing to serve in the army on the grounds that blacks had no interest in the Vietnam War . |
| 21 | Bond enjoyed sex without losing his status as a servant of the Queen ’ . |
| 22 | Iacocca is currently in danger of losing his status as a visionary leader , Carlzon has likewise run into difficulties . |
| 23 | If The Lord of the Rings should approach too close to ‘ Gospel-truth ’ , to the Christian myth in which Tolkien himself believed , it might forfeit its status as a story and become at worst a blasphemy , an ‘ Apocryphal gospel ’ , at best a dull allegory rehearsing in admittedly novel form what everyone ought to know already . |
| 24 | The relentless electro-beat of the charts only improved their status as the main alternative . |
| 25 | Hadrian 's Wall truly deserves its status as a World Heritage Site . |
| 26 | ( b ) a recognised body which is an unlimited company shall retain its status as an unlimited company , save where the Council consents to the body being re-registered as limited by shares under the Companies Act 1985 ; |
| 27 | We respect your status as a prisoner of war and do n't ask you for military information … |
| 28 | In a world noisy with the organs of mass communication and riddled with propaganda , modern man is hard put to it to preserve his status as an individual . |
| 29 | ‘ I clearly got up his nose when I asked him about a report which disputed his status as a big box-office draw , ’ says Barry . |
| 30 | Russia 's desire to maintain her status as a great power demanded a program of modernisation and rearmament . |