Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] as [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Juan Bosch Gaviño , 82 , on March 15 told the Dominican Liberation Party ( PLD ) , which he had formed in 1973 after breaking from the Dominican Revolutionary Party ( PRD ) , that he had decided not only to resign as party leader but also to withdraw his party membership , because of the bitter fighting between the right and left wings of the party . |
| 2 | Reservoirs at Sulby and Naseby , both in valleys of feeders to the Avon , were completed as part of the main construction programme in 1914 and 1921 respectively ; the head of Naseby was raised in 1934 and ‘ New Sulby ’ , better known as Welford Reservoir , came into use in 1837 . |
| 3 | Even on the ramp 's first weekend it had a visitor from the States , a Mr Keith Stevenson who is probably better known as Bill Runaway from Thrasher magazine . |
| 4 | In America , the Datura plant is better known as Jimson Weed or Loco Weed . |
| 5 | THE Earl of Pembroke and Montgomery , better known as film director Henry Herbert , has found an unusual cast member for a short film about his ancestors . |
| 6 | On to Wing On Street , better known as Cloth Alley , where you can find silks , linens and wools at incredibly low prices , and where the salesmen know exactly how much you need for a shirt or a suit . |
| 7 | Tomorrow all that hard-won muscle will be on display at Wembley when Wigan-born Davey , 29 , better known as WWF idol British Bulldog , takes on Bret ‘ Hit Man ’ Hart in the sell-out SummerSlam 92 spectacular . |
| 8 | Not least , their drummer Clive Hornby seen in our picture next to Tex , who is on the extreme left has gone on to be better known as Jack Sugden of TV 's Emmerdale . |
| 9 | EDWIN POUNCEY : Renowned noisenik also better known as Savage Pencil , legendary ink-abuser responsible for classic sleeves from The Lurkers to Sonic Youth |
| 10 | The sitting Tory MP is Rupert Allason , better known as spy writer Nigel West . |
| 11 | His replacement , Ivan Jarnjak , had hitherto served as Deputy Interior Minister . |
| 12 | The rumour and gossip which often tends to overexcite the male patients we leniently designate as latrine talk . |
| 13 | About a quarter of the area of Tibet , about 325,000 square kilometres of land , is already designated as nature reserve . |
| 14 | However , stock purchased for growth or expansion is normally regarded as capital expenditure and is therefore not considered for the purposes of recurrent funding . |
| 15 | Almeyda would meanwhile act as party president and Arrate as secretary-general . |
| 16 | From the beginning of 1984 when it seemed probable that Lord Hailsham would soon resign as Lord Chancellor , Sir John was widely discussed as his probable successor in the Thatcher cabinet . |
| 17 | If one takes the narrow definition of manufacturing investment , which excludes a range of investment that is made by manufacturing companies in services that no longer count as manufacturing investment but which they used to do in-house , the average for the past six years was £10.9 billion — much higher than under the previous Labour Government . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | John Sillett who returned to manage Hereford United for one season only last year , and best known as Coventry City 's F A cupwinning manager — is Central 's new signing for the new season . |
| 20 | Straw : Some is already converted as farmyard manure ; and attempts have been made to break it down in other ways to make a compost base . |
| 21 | The factor was called ‘ Vitamin U ’ but was finally identified as geranyl farnesyl acetate . |
| 22 | There was one resignation from the committee in June , Elise felt she could not longer continue as publicity officer and we asked Rosetta to step into that office . |
| 23 | The most misused of these is page makeup or page layout software while the second is just described as desktop publishing software . |
| 24 | Their relations are best described as amitié amoureuse . |
| 25 | Though it 's dotted with snappy slogans , the whole thing is less slangy than before , and is best described as cyberpunk prose poetry . |
| 26 | Barley straw is soft and palatable , and is widely used as bulk feed for beef cattle . |
| 27 | As such they are highly suitable for the brewing industry , from plant to road tankers , and are becoming widely used as glass washing agents in the licensed trades . |
| 28 | These are usually somewhat absurdly listed as haddock pâté , or pâté de haddock fumé . |
| 29 | It was once used as storage space and curator of European Glass , Ceramics and Furniture says the idea is to provide a straightforward display of things which the public would enjoy looking at . |
| 30 | The newly elected 14th central committee held its first plenary session on Oct. 19 , when Jiang Zemin was formally re-elected as party general secretary . |