Example sentences of "[conj] [prep] [verb] as a " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was typical of him that after serving as an assistant White House physician during the eight years of the Eisenhower Administration , he became restless after eight months with the more liberal Kennedy Administration and left the White House for service as a deputy surgeon with the Pacific Air Forces , becoming command surgeon of the 7th Air Force in South Vietnam . |
| 2 | Nevertheless it could be argued that by practising as an illustrator , working to deadlines and within an acceptable style , Minton was gradually weakening his compulsion to paint . |
| 3 | In 1981 , at the 150th anniversary meeting in York of the British Association for the Advancement of Science , the University of York conferred its degree of doctor on J. G. Crowther ‘ For creating the profession of scientific correspondent , for scholarly contributions to the history of science and to the social aspects of science , and for acting as a healthy irritant to the scientific establishment for 60 years . ’ |
| 4 | Neocolors are greasy and are therefore lively for creating textures of all sorts and for using as a water resist . |
| 5 | He had a love of cars at a very early age and after serving as an engineer in the Royal Australian Air Force during the war , he started racing midget cars in his home country , winning the Australian Midget Car Championship in the five year between 1947–51 . |
| 6 | We come closer to contemporary retirement with the second Roberts grandfather , a man who had been much less successful at work , and after failing as a shopkeeper had nearly failed as a farmer until his son took over . |
| 7 | Ford V6 conversions are intrinsically even less desirable — though worth considering as a cheap and reliable engine . |