Example sentences of "[noun] [v-ing] it as [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is a dramatic island viewed from the sea and I can understand Alexander Dumas choosing it as a setting for his novel The Prisoner of Zenda . |
| 2 | A 6′ 4″ natural athlete from Eastbourne who spent the winter slumming it as a ski-guide on the slopes of Meribel , he completed the over when Jones limped out of Lancashire 's victory quest at Hove , then proceeded to halt the charge with a career-best 5 for 54 . |
| 3 | They sold well enough to justify a second edition , completely re-set , with a few misprints corrected , with the countertenor solos removed from the alto clef to the treble in tactful acknowledgement of the amateur market , and with a title-page announcing it as a new edition . |
| 4 | I 'm just a little bit concerned that if we do delay it while discussions are going on about the unitary authorities and such like , we 'll put restrictions on Mr running it as a commercial enterprise , and I think we have got to make sure that any long term deferral on this , we do n't inhibit him rationalising selling off the odd cottage and this sort of thing , and the farmhouse as we go along , and amalgamating ones because I think it 's , he 's got to be able to run it as a commercial proposition during the course of deliberations . |
| 5 | Van Gelder had just left the bridge when another loudspeaker came to life , the repeated double buzzer identifying it as the radio-room . |
| 6 | Furthermore , the announcement that the NSF would contest the free elections scheduled for April was greeted with consternation in many quarters , opponents depicting it as a ploy by communists to retain control of the country . |
| 7 | The Sea is a sort of mythological enemy , and I make what you might call sacrifices to it in my soul , fearing it a little , respecting it as you 're supposed to , but in many ways treating it as an equal . |
| 8 | The case had become the focus of considerable controversy and political agitation , with many people regarding it as an exercise by the communist administration to silence one of its most popular nationalist critics . |
| 9 | Both had begun the war as conscientious objectors , Vaughan ending it as an Orderly Room clerk for the Army in a prisoner-of-war camp in Yorkshire . |
| 10 | The association of such a unit with a header describing it as a bibliographic entity ( see further HDR below ) is regarded as a single *lt ; tei> element . |
| 11 | [ She arranged a chair for BELVILLE as Judge and a line of chairs facing it as a Dock . ] |
| 12 | The verdict on whether Mr Lamont will remain as Chancellor remained open last night , with many Tories seeing it as an electoral mistake to raise fuel bills in the run up the next election , while others praised him for tackling the public deficit . |
| 13 | When the Miller has finished telling his tale , Chaucer characterizes its contents once more , this time describing it as a " " nyce cas " " , " a foolish state of affairs " ( 3855 ) : an apparently neutral moral description which nonetheless contrasts significantly with the more clearly marked " " harlotrye " " that has formerly been used to label the contents of the pair of fabliaux we are now halfway through . |
| 14 | Whenever Layton had a promotional tour or appearance , a poetry reading or a workshop ( poetry-reading in Canada predated Ginsberg 's sensation with Howl that set in motion the ‘ beat-poetry ’ style , despite Scobie arguing it as an influence on Leonard 's background ) , he would take Leonard along , acquaint him with the nuts and bolts of the business and get him to read some of his own poetry . |