Example sentences of "[noun] [be] [verb] [noun prp] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | THE FRANK & WALTERS are using MORRISSEY as a shinty stick and BETTY BOO is exchanging make-up tips with RICHEY MANIC . |
| 2 | One of the first things Reagan did upon becoming president was to name Iran as an enemy of America and to ensure that no trade of any kind went on between the two countries , either directly or indirectly , imposing draconian penalties for anyone caught doing so . |
| 3 | The purpose of Matthew is to portray Jesus as the Messiah , and therefore he writes his account using Old Testament Messianic texts . |
| 4 | Several years later , advertisements were touting Parker as ‘ the largest bona fide manufacturer of fountain pens in the world ’ . |
| 5 | Cooke said : ‘ My motivation for wanting to stay on as manager is to see England as the top team in the world . |
| 6 | Of course , Rodet was using Wolff as a messenger . |
| 7 | The answer was to present Franco as the guarantor of the peace and stability which enabled Spain to flourish economically and individuals to enjoy an improved standard of living . |
| 8 | In contrast , British Aerospace is using FDC as more of a strategic tool . |
| 9 | This book 's purpose is to show Charles as an archexponent of Carolingian political practice in an age when new ( as well as old ) problems beset all Charlemagne 's successors but none more so than Charles . |
| 10 | Meyers finds ‘ The equation of the anus with the life source … an obscene and outrageous idea ’ ( Homosexuality and Literature , 148 ) and concludes that Birkin is using Ursula as a homosexual substitute — this being even more perverse than homosexuality proper because ( according to Clifford Allen in a book ominously titled Homosexuality : Its Nature , Causation and Treatment ) the anus in homosexual love symbolizes the vagina and ‘ anal intercourse is only unconscious incestuous behaviour ’ ( p. 50 , quoted by Meyers , Homosexuality and Literature , 178 ) . |
| 11 | That is one version : another is that Arnoux was using Nguyen as a police spy , a charge that was to be made again and again . |
| 12 | The full story is given by Diodorus : the Spartans ' hope was to establish Thebes as a counterweight ( antipalon , xi.81.3 ) to Athens . |