Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] [vb -s] as [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He is a widower , with no family and few interests outside the hotel : as a result , he is prepared to work for long hours and generally acts as night porter during the week . |
| 2 | He is a cost accountant and also acts as company secretary in respect of share issues , pensions and the like . |
| 3 | Johnny Brown guided the lad at Gala U14 and U16 levels and now continues as coach to the senior club . |
| 4 | On the property side he investigates title to land , prepares contracts of sale , conveyances and wills , obtains probate of wills , and frequently acts as executor and trustee . |
| 5 | Water that has evaporated and condensed in the upper atmosphere , and then falls as rain , should be pure , except for a little carbon dioxide picked up on the way down ( although in fact , these days , it tends also to contain a whole catalogue of pollutants ) . |
| 6 | Thus what is done , and what more commonly and significantly remains as rhetoric , can be explained . |