Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] as a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ironically enough , his main field experience occurred as a fortuitous consequence of the First World War . |
| 2 | Indream , Dana qualified as a real person among zombies anyway . |
| 3 | Deborah Manley trained as a social worker but has spent most of her working life in publishing . |
| 4 | Such is the standard of junior sides in this competition that the game appeared to be no more than a formality for us , so our 4–1 defeat came as a complete surprise . |
| 5 | The hacienda came as a total surprise . |
| 6 | This result came as a complete surprise to me and everyone else , and it was greeted with general disbelief . |
| 7 | Such a shocking change in weather condition came as a rude awakening to people who thought the North-East had escaped the clutches of winter for another year . |
| 8 | He commences upon the dismantling of assumptions of where the texts are funny or obscene based on modern suppositions of what constitutes obscenity et al. , and puts forward a theory that picks up a suggestion of Nykrog 's concerning the relationship of fabliau and romance : that the fabliaux flourished as a conservative reaction to new notions of gentility and decency in behaviour and especially in language ; new notions that are found most clearly in the literary cult of fin amour . |
| 9 | The gap in the reef showed as a dark stretch less than two hundred yards away on their port quarter . |
| 10 | For example , he argued that the corporate lawyer acted as a key go-between in the affairs of business , political and military elites . |
| 11 | The Englishman 's cup of char began as a Chinese word for tea , but came west via north India 's chai . |
| 12 | The riot began as a peaceful protest march over the killing , but violence erupted after police prevented the marchers from approaching the precinct house of the officer who had fired the fatal shots . |
| 13 | Jan Carlzon hailed as a visionary for his turnaround at SAS airlines , has spent his entire career ( beginning in 1968 ) in the travel business , since 1978 in the airline industry . |
| 14 | Here it seems important to distinguish between Hitler 's image as portrayed to and perceived by the mass of the population , in which anti-Semitism was no more than a subsidiary component of the ‘ Führer myth ’ , and his image as viewed from within the Nazi Movement and sections of the State bureaucracy , where his ‘ mission ’ to destroy the Jews functioned as a symbolic motivating force for the Party and SS , and an activating and legitimating agent for government initiatives to ‘ force the pace ’ in finding a ‘ radical solution ’ to the ‘ Jewish Question ’ . |
| 15 | But when Millie , from her seat , lifted her arm and waved to them , they looked at each other , giggled , then all waved back , which Millie took as a good omen and Rose Quinton took as a sign of comparative peace . |
| 16 | The Billy Graham organisation used to estimate that only ten per cent of their crowds came as a direct result of advertising and , generally speaking , I find that by itself it is the least cost-effective way of marketing events ; the most effective being personal invitation . |
| 17 | The award came as a big surprise for Sam but an even bigger surprise for the Joe Borrows Agency who already had the Bradford-based singer booked at the Great Ayton Social Club on the night of the awards show . |
| 18 | The decision came as a huge relief to Microsoft which has placed great emphasis on its Windows software programme , the latest version of which was released only last week . |
| 19 | In war it was only the poor who were expected to die and so the death of Earl Patrick came as a great shock to everyone . |
| 20 | The 31-year-old left back , signed by Brian Little from Halifax last February , joined the Fourth Division club for what manager Ray Hankin described as a four figure fee . |
| 21 | With four children and a stable lifestyle , the break-up of the Docherty 's marriage came as a devastating blow to those closest to him . |
| 22 | Her proposal of marriage came as a complete surprise as her boyfriend popped the question while they were on holiday in Spain . |
| 23 | The scandal and accompanying crash came as a severe blow to Finance Minister Singh 's attempts to open the Indian economy to foreign investors , and in addition hurt many smaller , first-time investors attracted by the soaring bull market of the previous six months , of which Mehta was described by the Financial Times of May 18 as the " driving force " . |
| 24 | Yeah but Russia did n't case Russia intervened as a pro-liberal thing . |
| 25 | When Bloomsbury House or a regional committee acted as a Labour Exchange , it was a case of take it or leave it — there was no time for career advice . |
| 26 | Hugh began as a chargehand in the Teasing Department , where he returned to become foreman after a few years in the Dyed Wool Blending Department . |
| 27 | His father , Dr John Gore worked as a nuclear physicist at Berkley Nuclear Laboratories . |
| 28 | The issue of Dissent survived as a major source of conflict . |
| 29 | As the cab began to cross the bridge , the first full-span cross-beam collapsed as a green Morris Minor car was passing underneath . |
| 30 | But Russia mobilized as a political bluff , playing a card to trump Austria-Hungary 's . |