Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] as [art] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think as the first part of their trade campaign . |
| 2 | I take as a second period the ten years thereafter until the parents are about their early seventies . |
| 3 | I take as the third period that which follows upon the death or incapacity of the parents . |
| 4 | Well , I think it is high time that we gave an award for valour in professional conduct , and I nominate as the first recipient , Keith Holdsworth of Bournemouth , Employed by the New Forest District Council , Keith Holdsworth risked his career , his livelihood and his life savings in the defence of his professional integrity , when it would have been so easy to take an easier route . |
| 5 | There could be no thought of undermining the class which served as the first line of resistance to smouldering peasant insubordination . |
| 6 | As previously announced , new single ‘ Teeth Grinder ’ , which serves as the first taster from the LP , is issued through A&M on October 19 . |
| 7 | ‘ Suppose we go with what the kid says , what do you see as the next step ? ’ |
| 8 | The CO took the next trip , to Nordhausen on April 4 , but on this occasion carried an eighth crew member who acted as a second pilot . |
| 9 | She started as the first hired staff person . |
| 10 | She discussed in this context who she saw as the twentieth century 's two most influential analysts of theatre : Brecht and Antonin Artaud . |
| 11 | The question which remains to be solved is : were these phrases added to existing documents in 1070–72 to support Lanfranc 's claim to primacy over the whole area of the British Isles , or were they added as a last resort in 1120 , when the claim which Lanfranc , Anselm and Archbishop Ralph had all supported was facing final and irrevocable defeat ? |
| 12 | A panel of experts , appointed by the Council of Europe last November to advise the Community , found that some European states have yet to develop rules on recourse to DNA analysis in forensic work — a shortcoming they set as the first priority . |
| 13 | Between 1840 and 1880 Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels criticized and restructured the ideas they gleaned from all three sources , and combined them into a potent synthesis which they acclaimed as the first ‘ scientific socialism , . |
| 14 | He first became an MP in 1841 as member for Newark and , apart from a break between 1847 and 1850 , he remained in the Commons until he succeeded as the seventh Duke of Rutland in 1888 . |
| 15 | He had the reputation for being clever but lacking in tact or discretion , and held only a minor post in Grey 's Government of 1853 to 1855 , and although he remained an MP until 1883 , when he succeeded as the tenth Earl of Wemyss and March , he never held office again . |
| 16 | ‘ Well now , and just in time for tea , ’ he beamed as a second and third bomb fell sickeningly nearer . |
| 17 | He was a champion of 19th century book illustration , which he regarded as the last relatively unexplored corner of the English artistic tradition . |
| 18 | It counts as the 20th Ecumenical Council . |
| 19 | With much-ballyhoo , Scottish Mutual has announced the introduction , from December 1 , of what it describes as the first ‘ risk-graded ’ Personal Equity Plan . |
| 20 | ‘ Down ! ’ he commanded as the first police car pulled up outside the Kurhotel entrance , its lights illuminating the car-park . |
| 21 | It follows that once a person reaches the level of authentic faith — which he sees as the third and highest stage along the path of life , following others which he terms the ‘ aesthetic ’ and the ‘ ethical ’ — it is led and governed purely by obedience to God and not by anything merely human , however lofty . |
| 22 | Significantly , the French oboists he cites as the first to have come to England find their earliest documentation in a list of musicians who participated in a performance in 1675 of John Crowne 's masque Calisto , although Lasocki speculates that they arrived in 1673 by virtue of being in the company of Robert Cambert . |
| 23 | In the final collected edn. of SB it appears as the last of the seven items grouped under the title ‘ Our Parish ’ to form the first section of the book . |
| 24 | However , if no effects processor is being used it doubles as a second master volume pot , offering yet another sound level for all three channels . |
| 25 | The feeling was that Richards should have declared before he did as the last hour 's batting produced few runs , but when England set about playing out time , Larkins , having gone first ball in the first innings , lasted only one more this time . |
| 26 | The Bahujan Samaj Party ( BSP ) , supported mainly by members of the scheduled castes , won one Lok Sabha seat and nine seats in the Assembly , where it emerged as the second party , having previously held no seats . |
| 27 | It ran as the first service of the day with one brake coach and was full to capacity on both operating days . |
| 28 | He paused as the first hospital direction sign came up on the road . |
| 29 | For some time it stood as the seventh ‘ port ’ in the kingdom , despite the fact that its quays were some distance away ; its merchants had exclusive rights over trade in much of western Sussex for most of the later middle ages . |