Example sentences of "[verb] as an [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And throughout it all the music , first heard as an eerie sketch inside the hero 's head , skeletally indistinct and bone china fragile . |
| 2 | Perceptions may change — her body can feel as vast as a mountain , and her own breathing be heard as an urgent sound coming from a different person . |
| 3 | It was from this base that Marian was invited in 1976 to apply to sit as an Assistant Recorder on the North-Eastern Circuit . |
| 4 | The Bristol aircraft was eventually completed as an experimental airplane under the name Bristol Brabazon . |
| 5 | The decision has caused considerable controversy and been criticized as an excessive response to the problem , but Mayor Jean Baylaucq justified it on the grounds that the bears constituted a threat to animals and humans . |
| 6 | Léonie only half-belonged in it , growing up in England with a dead English hero for a father and a mother disguised as an English missis with English ways . |
| 7 | The angel , disguised as an old man , went from door to door begging for food and drink . |
| 8 | Cunningly disguised as an electronic novelty record , ‘ Autobahn ’ is in reality a tribute to the German motorway system and the ordered freedom it brings . |
| 9 | For these teachers , the development of ‘ collaborative methods of working ’ had moved beyond discrete tasks , contexts and settings ( deciding for a particular activity between individual and group working ) , towards an approach in which collaboration was being developed as an integral element of the learning environment as a whole . |
| 10 | Despite neglecting his studies for the attractions of the cricket pitch James emerged in 1918 with a sound understanding of European civilisation , and a keen interest in ancient Greece , a society in which sport was also developed as an integral part of life . |
| 11 | For the most part , multidisciplinary psychogeriatric teams have developed as an enhanced version of the traditional service , with the consultant as the team leader and decision maker and all patients receiving formal psychiatric assessment at some point during their contact with the service . |
| 12 | Therefore , this T lymphocyte product has been implicated as an important mediator of pathology in a variety of autoimmune and inflammatory conditions . |
| 13 | Each a study in itself , with titles like ‘ No two feathers ’ , ‘ Butterflyman ’ , and ‘ Angel and the Dreamer ’ , they have been flown as an aerial ballet to classical music , wind harps and synthesisers . |
| 14 | A real rate of interest , which would be calculated as an annual rate per cent , takes into account the following facts : — the period of the loan may not be for a full year : interest is only charged on the actual amount borrowed ( eg not including any deposit paid ) ; — if regular repayments are being made , the full amount of the loan is not outstanding over the full year . |
| 15 | As a result cooking skills were not registered as an unmet need . |
| 16 | The fields are still known as South Field , West Field and Mill Field , and are registered as an Ancient Monument . |
| 17 | A Gosteleradio statement declared that it had taken action after discovering that in September 1990 Interfax had registered as an independent agency without notifying Radio Moscow , but had persisted in using Radio Moscow facilities . |
| 18 | It 's no use going on a six day trail ride , with six hours daily in the saddle , if all you want is some gentle hacking in a scenic setting , with perhaps a few longer pub rides as an added bonus . |
| 19 | Loveless , imposing and eloquent , critical of landlords and farmers , lay and ecclesiastical , was enshrined as a working-class hero , his cause célèbre revered as an emotive moment in the development of trade unionism . |
| 20 | indeed , he , he 's been revered as an intellectual player , erm , he , a thinking player , a shining example , and of course , that , that shows up in , in statistics when you read about what he 's achieved , and you think , you know , fifty six caps for Northern Ireland . |
| 21 | ‘ Surely this can not be justified as an effective use of civil servants ' time or public money . ’ |
| 22 | After 1170 he was received as an Augustinian canon by Prior Stephen at Holy Trinity , Aldgate — the mother house from which the priory in his home town of Launceston had been founded . |
| 23 | Leaving aside our personal addiction , we have acknowledged ( as parents ) the convenience it represents as an electronic nanny ; also the entertainment it provides ( leaving precious time for parents to do chores and entertain themselves ) . |
| 24 | This echoed the ambivalence of the original 1920 Lenin and Roy theses on the colonial question in general , formulated as an interim measure in what Lenin saw as an inconclusive debate at the Second Congress . |
| 25 | It is formulated as an attractive gel with green microparticles suspended inside . |
| 26 | The OFR was formed as an international response to the nationalist popular fronts in the republics , and united the Russian minorities in the national republics . |
| 27 | Every log , as it is picked up , can be examined as an individual work of art — shape , grain , colour , weight — before being placed carefully on the fire in the correct position , to give its own artistic display of pyrotechnics . |
| 28 | I qualified as an enrolled nurse in 1977 in Northern Ireland . |
| 29 | Arkady Volsky , one of the leaders of Civic Union , made a speech on Oct. 6 in Kiev ( Ukraine ) to factory directors ( recognized as an influential constituency ) , praising the Chinese model of economic reform [ see also p. 39108 ] . |
| 30 | ( 144 ) As in the theory of perception … the eye is recognized as an integral part of the brain . |