Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] [pron] [noun] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | A graduate of Manchester University , he trained as a teacher of the deaf , and in 1935 succeeded his father as missioner in the Carlisle diocese . |
| 2 | Headlines describing the ‘ mid life crisis ’ of the NHS have done little to promote its image as a positive and worthwhile employer . |
| 3 | We have seen how Labour made its re-emergence as a governing force in 1964 on the basis of a need for sweeping ‘ modernisation ’ and planning , pulling together a support bloc spanning the left and managerial technocrats , and how the expectations raised in the early Wilson period were substantially frustrated . |
| 4 | ‘ You seem to hate everyone , and do n't you think this pursuing your career as Miss Efficiency is making you forget you belong to the human race ? ’ |
| 5 | Industrialists exploited their workers , and western nations exploited the rest of the world — but those who succeeded in the struggle were only too willing to see their success as the driving force of progress . |
| 6 | Fang appeared prepared to sacrifice his privileges as part of the technical intelligentsia to speak out ; otherwise , he believed ‘ education will remain a master-apprentice affair ’ ( Kelly 1987 : 134 ) . |
| 7 | Her neck rested on the top curve of the seat and this lifted her mouth as if for kissing . |
| 8 | This weakened his position as a symbol of the national struggle . |
| 9 | Janet Roscoe half opened her mouth as if she were contemplating breaking the ensuing silence . |
| 10 | Thus one man is never better , never more himself , than when he captains his school cricket team ; another reaches his perfection as a seedy forty-year-old lounge bar philosopher ; another is meant throughout his life for ear-bending retirement . |
| 11 | Bob Ewell who is the father of the so called victim , Mayella , is prepared to use his influence as a white to get Tom convicted even though we know that it is Bob Ewell who should be taking the punishment as it is made clear in the trial that he is the person who abuses Mayella not Tom . |
| 12 | ‘ I am willing to use my skills as a paramedic to accompany someone requiring medical care or to instruct first aid to any organisation in exchange for the flight , ’ she said . |
| 13 | Those who are not prepared to run their practices as a business must confront the fact that their practices have no long term future . |
| 14 | Mr Krenz speaking to workers yesterday at the Bergmann-Borsig machine factory outside East Berlin — a hotbed of critical opposition and the birthplace of East Germany 's first independent trade union — reiterated that he was prepared to have his position as party leader voted on by a new central committee . |
| 15 | This highlighted their mother as an obligate gene carrier , and she then had the series of investigations outlined earlier . |
| 16 | Goodricke relinquished his Stockholm appointment in 1773 , following his wife 's succession to the Yorkshire seat of Branham Park , which brought sudden wealth ; he was then free to take his ease as a country gentleman , and devote himself to estate and agricultural improvement . |
| 17 | Tyne mouth was a separate county borough from 1849 to 1974 and this reflected its distinctiveness as a port-town from the coal field which surrounded it . |
| 18 | Ibn Fayoud half closed his eyes as if someone had turned a knife in his guts . |
| 19 | At the Annual General Meeting Mr Donovan , Mr Kalms and Baroness Platt of Writtle will retire by rotation and Resolutions 5 , 6 and 7 propose their re-appointment as Directors . |
| 20 | It was impossible to evaluate my effectiveness as a role model , facilitator and practical teacher in terms of the time involved , but I was reassured by the fact I had spent 10 per cent of my time formally teaching students — although some nurses would rather spend this time at the bedside . |
| 21 | The protector , on such occasions , smiling and genial , rode behind his nephews : such excursions did much to enhance his image as a benevolent and conscientious guardian . |
| 22 | This paradox is strongly reminiscent of Bradleyan idealism , and to understand the nature of Four Quartets it is appropriate to recall what Eliot as a student considered to be one of the central principles of Bradley 's thought : that , for the sceptic faced with the possibility of acquiring only relative truth , coherence and comprehensiveness were important for their own sake . |
| 23 | Moreover , Krimsky 's perspective as a participant very much colours his account as an observer . |
| 24 | She would have known , as Diana discovered too late , that Camilla 's famous vetting of Charles 's girlfriends was not so much to assess their potential as a royal bride but to see how much of a threat they posed to her friendship with Prince Charles . |
| 25 | Johnson found it easy to represent his opponent as the enemy of the underprivileged at home and a warmonger abroad ; and he swept to victory by one of the largest margins in American history — 43 million votes to 27 million , and 44 states to six . |
| 26 | Surtees was not content to end his career as the first dual world champion ; he wanted more . |
| 27 | On a rating of 1 to 10 score your ability as a listener . |
| 28 | This has not done much to improve its reputation as a heavy , high-calorie food , which is certainly undeserved . |
| 29 | Several of the leading radical publicists of the 1870s made their name as champions of female emancipation from the domination of fathers and husbands . |
| 30 | You must declare and give details of any condition likely to affect your fitness as a driver . |