Example sentences of "[pron] as [art] [adj -er] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Avoiding throngs of killers did strike me as a higher priority even than full filling my Mala-fantasies . |
| 2 | Though — at the earliest — the registers will not be available before 1994 , the property industry sees them as a further blow to a sector already reeling from recession . |
| 3 | McDermott , who as a lower order batsman was a prime target in a ‘ bumper ’ war between the two sides in 1991 , said he had gone public with his allegations after reading Richards ' recent autobiography , ‘ Hitting Across the Line . ’ |
| 4 | In the ensuing election campaign foreign affairs were unusually prominent , with Labour trying to project itself as a better defender of the peace than the Tories . |
| 5 | If we get it wrong in year two , it will be even more wrong in year three , because the distribution is n't going to alter dramatically in our favour , so if there is under-funding in ninety four , ninety five that we manage , it will present itself as a larger problem in ninety five , six , and an even larger problem in ninety s six , seven , so that needs to be borne in mind . |
| 6 | I suppose I can look upon her as a younger sister ? ’ |
| 7 | Connolly 's observation is often taken to confirm him as a better judge of literature than of politics , but in many ways he was remarkably prescient : Home was indeed ‘ honourably ineligible ’ for the new age which was dawning in the Tory party . |
| 8 | ‘ Surely the photographs of him as a younger man — ’ |
| 9 | His hairline at that age was receding at the parting , giving every intimation that he might be bald one day ; not so , in the event — photographs of him as an older man show clearly that same hairline , looking very much the same as it had in the days of his youth . |
| 10 | Beside the Ridgeway and effectively parallel to it as a lower level ran the Terrace-way , here called by the later name of " Pilgrims ' Way " , which passes through Upper and North Hailing to a crossing presumably in the Rochester area . |
| 11 | Venezuela stands in sharp contrast because the banks see it as a better bet than Mexico . |
| 12 | Now that is a large part of our culture , which in a sense gets sucked into the educational establishment and sucked into teaching relationships , and because it 's such a consistent part of the way in which women are seen , I think they perceive it as a greater problem . |
| 13 | Some cover may be withdrawn as the insurance company sees it as a greater risk . |
| 14 | Three options for Bart 's — keeping it as a smaller specialist hospital ; closing Smithfield site with services moved ; or combined management with the Royal London and London Chest Hospitals . |
| 15 | MANY will take it as a further surrender to Common Market bureaucracy that an inspectorate will soon be established to regulate the smell of farm manure . |
| 16 | I was afraid that if Bekenstein found out about it , he would use it as a further argument to support his ideas about the entropy of black holes , which I still did not like . |
| 17 | They see it as a further confirmation of their own moral righteousness in remaining committed to believing in a God who their reason tells them can not exist . |
| 18 | The whole incident had been exaggerated with talk of a threat to the institutions of government , and many saw it as a further example of the insensitivity of the Republican administration to the human sufferings of the period . |
| 19 | A vet described it as the worse case of neglect he 'd ever seen . |
| 20 | From the off he had me convinced that by helping him I was doing no more than carving out a new life for myself as a better citizen , a better human being . |
| 21 | ‘ I have always seen myself as a younger version of Joan Collins . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ I suppose I have always seen myself as a younger version of Joan Collins , ’ she confided . |