Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] as [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By now , though , the Japanese were getting wary of ambush , and following their usual high standard of training they had sentries hidden in the bushes rather than marching to and fro as ready bait for a commando knife . |
| 2 | Over the next decade he was able to build up comprehensive experience in Hammersmith & Fulham , Brent , Croydon , Berkshire , and lately as assistant director in Bedfordshire . |
| 3 | Secondly , technical innovation may occur directly in the factory or workshop without any prior research expenditure and possibly as pure serendipity . |
| 4 | George Yeo was appointed to head the new Ministry for Information and Arts and also as Second Minister for Foreign Affairs . |
| 5 | He was ordered complete rest and convalesced abroad for eight months before resuming work as consultant for the Skipton–Lancaster railway , at first jointly with Charles Vignoles [ q.v. ] and then as sole consultant . |
| 6 | After the war Pollen returned to business , serving on the board of the Birmingham Small Arms Company and again as managing director of the Linotype Company . |
| 7 | ‘ But there are powerful arguments for custody , not as a sentence of first resort but certainly as one weapon in the ‘ armoury ’ . |