Example sentences of "[adj] [to-vb] [pers pn] as a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although it is clearly not possible to restore it as a conduit care , the same external effect will be provided by the use of re-chargeable batteries with a replica truck and control gear . |
| 2 | Probably only a minority of these carried the commitment through into adulthood , though as Gilroy writes ( 1987 : 187 ) , " by looking at the broad and diverse use to which the language and symbols of Rastafari have been put , it is possible to conceive it as a movement in which the lines dividing different levels of commitment are necessarily flexible " . |
| 3 | Can I come with you ? ’ by people who were keen to see what happened and who were prepared to treat it as a spectator sport . |
| 4 | So it 's , it 's wrong to see it as a centre local conflict as much as a conflict between the states about public goods , public projects and er and various kinds of freebies . |
| 5 | Bob Calder , that ass , was more than willing to accept him as a man who knew all there was to know about women . |
| 6 | Signor Valenti was willing to accept him as a son-in-law . |
| 7 | Okay does anybody object to those minutes or are we willing to pass them as a pretty accurate account |
| 8 | With mild sciatica , it 's sensible to regard it as a warning and be very careful about how you bend and lift . |
| 9 | It made it impossible to use it as a building never mind as a church . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ It made it impossible to use it as a building never mind as a church . ’ |
| 11 | Nor can I feel that the far finer E flat Symphony has much to commend it as a performance , beyond its solid assurance and resilient rhythm . |
| 12 | The Wentwood experience as described in this monograph has much to commend it as a means of enabling people with quite severe learning disabilities to take their part in ‘ normal ’ middle class life ; but as the authors themselves say , ‘ We will not succeed in this ( developing potential for growing as a person ) by concentrating on making people better functioning conglomerates of various skills only ’ ( p. 28 ) . |
| 13 | Once we are allowed simply to postulate organized complexity , if only the organized complexity of the DNA/ protein replicating engine , it is relatively easy to invoke it as a generator of yet more organized complexity . |
| 14 | The fact that ‘ She ’ appears to those privileged to see her as a veiled figure and that her lustrous orbs , dazzling limbs and perfect ankles are revealed with tantalising slowness , has a rather different effect on today 's readers than it no doubt had when the book was first published , very nearly a century ago , in 1887 , to be greeted with a storm of ecstasy or alternatively of appalled disapproval , which lasted for many decades . |
| 15 | Well , how about one or two lace patterns , for example , bed jackets and cardigans for those elderly and bedridden friends , something really pretty to give them as a gift . |
| 16 | For once in her life she was grateful for the surge of anger welling up inside her , glad to use it as a defence , even though in her heart she knew it was directed not at Dane but at herself . |
| 17 | I am privileged to count you as a dear friend . |
| 18 | ‘ I 'm so glad to have you as a son , John . |
| 19 | As though you know erm after all head known all about it this is the to himself and by doing that then abbreviated then , that 's when the reader was supposed to take it as a thought process rather than a |
| 20 | The conclusion seems justified , but owing to the problems of transmission of these works of Scaevola , it is not possible to use it as a conclusion for classical law . |
| 21 | It was ludicrous to see them as a threat to security . |
| 22 | As a final point about the root definition , it is sometimes useful to express it as a statement to see if it makes reasonable sense , and to double-check that all the CATWOE factors have been considered . |
| 23 | I could have left the background editor open and used embedding to place the background , but it 's better to keep it as a file . |
| 24 | As the comments run into hundreds of pages in total , it was not feasible to append them as a single annex to this report . |
| 25 | When you consider the life of Hannah Hauxwell and the privations she has quietly suffered for most of her life , it is reasonable to describe her as a true daughter of Balder . |
| 26 | It does not diminish Julius Caesar or make it less complex to approach it as a dramatised representation of the relation between words and actions within politics . |
| 27 | As far as I am concerned , four-day cricket is worth a go , and the committee were right to endorse it as a means to aid the development of future England cricketers . |
| 28 | After six competitive games it became clear to me that the standard of football required in the Multivite/Singletons League Division Three was way beyond his ability and so , sadly , I felt the club was no longer able to accommodate him as a player . |
| 29 | Trouble is , I 'm not going to be able to see you as a jolly , good-natured tomboy any longer , ’ he said huskily . |
| 30 | Do you think it 's safe to sell them as a job lot ? ’ |