Example sentences of "[adv] as a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The late-fourth century rebuilding at Chedworth , with the use of stones from the nymphaeum , and associated coins up to the House of Theodosius , clearly indicates a continued occupation of the site , presumably as a small farm . |
| 2 | This was a nazi form of greeting that had been popularized by P.J. Ridout of the IFL in 1936 , presumably as a conscious pun on his own initials . |
| 3 | He offended the king in some way and was summarily hanged , appearing since as a shaggy man , wearing a great set of stag 's horns and blowing a trumpet . |
| 4 | Britain began to slip badly as a competitive producer of films , and the national market was increasingly ceded to imports from France and America . |
| 5 | Therefore , take what occurs around the 29th or thereabouts as a definite sign or signal from the heavens that not only must life go on , but that it also has to get better and better . |
| 6 | Such Arbitrator shall be at liberty to construe this Agreement and deal with differences arising thereunder as an honourable engagement and not be bound by strict rules of law . |
| 7 | So science , too , is conducted mostly as a pattern-matching exercise . |
| 8 | It is known locally as a popular place for children to play . |
| 9 | As usual it will be less well-off smokers who suffer most as a disproportionate amount of their income will be swallowed up in tax . ’ |
| 10 | She too exhibits both a fascination and a scepticism with regard to structuralist theories of the text , manifest in Thru as a healthy mistrust of theory whenever it becomes over-systematic . |
| 11 | This was already being discussed widely as a possible motive for the action that Orkney Islands Council had taken . |
| 12 | ‘ The Buzz ’ is a heavy techno track , already being played widely as a white label , from the man currently establishing himself as a major techno start thanks to his live performances as well as recorded releases . |
| 13 | ‘ The Buzz ’ is a heavy techno track , already being played widely as a white label , from the man currently establishing himself as a major techno start thanks to his live performances as well as recorded releases . |
| 14 | John Sinclair , who runs Cliveden so successfully as a luxury hotel , and his attractive wife , guests went in to dinner in the dining-rooms . |
| 15 | The LIFESPAN username has been created successfully as an immediate descendant of the requesting user ( this can not be altered ) . |
| 16 | He stressed : ‘ These policies are n't for our benefit — usually the bank is paid up-front as a preferred creditor . |
| 17 | Rohan 's brows lifted appreciatively as a creamy liquid was ladled into his bowl . |
| 18 | The real balance effect may be represented diagrammatically as a rightward shift in the IS curve . |
| 19 | She was doing all right as a nursing orderly in a geriatric hospital — one of her favourite ‘ legitimate ’ jobs as it gave her easy access to sleeping pills and downers . |
| 20 | A provision for the payment of a salary to a partner , effectively as a preferential share of profits . |
| 21 | MDC has clearly demonstrated a capacity to realise physical renewal of its initial area and has operated effectively as a single-purpose agency . |
| 22 | I 'm now looked on as a one parent family . |
| 23 | He stayed on as a civilian minister , preaching to both prisoners and garrison at Windsor , having in September 1647 became a fellow of Eton College . |
| 24 | Articles 100 and 235 of the Treaty of Rome provide a mechanism whereby the amassment of power by the Community may be carried on as a continuous process . |
| 25 | Democracy in industry , or , more broadly , at the work place , is an idea that has often been discussed , but with a few exceptions ( including Yugoslavia to some extent ) has hardly as yet been embarked on as a serious practice in most societies . |
| 26 | Mr Carr retired from Dalepak in 1988 but stayed on as a nonexecutive director , and was also a non-executive director with Hartlepool-based building group Cecil Yuill . |
| 27 | Y you 'll see amongst the plans that you 've , you 've got before you , plan number seven actually , should n't really be with these papers because it 's not a proposal for approval , but it does show the extent of the work that 's been done and the key element there is that there are these speed cushions I mentioned earlier on as a possible way forward there , which has been in consultation . |
| 28 | Injuries have hit the club , and coach Billy Lomax had to come on as a substitute midway through the second half . |
| 29 | Mr Hay left out the experienced campaigners Karen Brown , Vickey Dixon and Jane Sixsmith from the starting line-up , though Sixsmith came on as a late substitute for Joanne Menown . |
| 30 | The track goes on as a pleasant lane beyond Calf Holes , coming alongside a belt of trees on the left and arriving after a mile at the sixteenth-century Ling Gill Bridge , a modest structure with a tablet built into parapet giving the information that it was repaired in 1765 at the expense of the inhabitants of the West Riding . |