Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] the [noun] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | The British critic Bryher regarded the film as ‘ the first authentic comment on the War ’ , praised particularly the depiction of enlistment , and poured scorn on those other British critics who had disliked the film 's suggestion that it had been America who had won the war . |
| 2 | [ That this House regrets the Government 's failure to deal with the imminent threat of wholesale breaches of the law on Sunday trading ; expresses concern that Ministers appear to be running away from their responsibility to uphold the law as soon as one or more large commercial organisations express their intention to ignore the law ; greatly regrets the way that this situation puts pressure on responsible and law-abiding retailers to open on Sundays simply to protect their market share ; further regrets the damage that is likely to be done to small shops and family businesses as a consequence ; considers that sensible progress to modernising the law should be made on the basis of the REST proposals put forward by Keep Sunday Special ; and calls on the Government actively to pursue the regulation of Sunday trading in a way which deals fairly with employees , their families and with community and commercial interests . ] |
| 3 | The ability of a resort to quicken the pulse as I approach . |
| 4 | He moved , and his shock of hair caught the sun as he raked a hand through it . |
| 5 | The ministry described the problem as very serious and has asked the National Disaster Council to deal with the problem . |
| 6 | The Moldovan Defence Ministry described the decree as unlawful , since earlier accords had transferred the units of the 14th Army stationed on the left bank of the Dnestr ( the Dnestr republic ) to the CIS ( i.e. not to Russia ) . |
| 7 | Paragraph 3 of the Direction specifies the requirements as to content : |
| 8 | Equity regarded the distinction as of less importance , in the sense that if a representation were untrue , whether to the knowledge of its maker or not , and were a material factor in inducing another party to enter into a contract with him , that party was entitled to rescind the contract if he were plaintiff , or resist specific performance if he were defendant . |
| 9 | Common Law treated the mortgagee as the owner of the land in case of the ordinary legal mortgage ; Equity treated the mortgagor as still being in a sense owner . |
| 10 | ‘ The same critic described the play as ‘ a dog ’ , ’ Dane reminded her wryly . |
| 11 | Action Retype the command as shown above . |
| 12 | The local Bar Association described the bill as " limping and castrated " , and human rights demonstrators staged a sit-in on the day of the debate to press for amendments . |
| 13 | One witness described the scene as they uncovered 18 bodies : ‘ Everyone starts digging frantically , some with spades , others with pick-axes , and others with their bare hands . |
| 14 | Micky Yornutta is not so sure , so he asked Brian what exactly he expects from his side and Brian , as ever , decided not to sit on the fence , but the main concern being for his side to pass the ball as opposed to kicking it , but first Brian says that long ball to John Durnin is all wrong . |
| 15 | The organisers of the Church National Housing Coalition described the lobby as one of the most effective political campaigns ever to have been undertaken by the Churches . |
| 16 | His Majesty described the reception as ‘ wonderful ’ . |
| 17 | An efficiently set long-net must contain sufficient slack to encompass the rabbits as they hit it . |
| 18 | Quickly realising that it was an impossibility to tackle the rescue as he had hoped , he decided to fasten the makeshift leash to Daisy 's collar . |
| 19 | Having passed the CPC national examination an applicant meets the requirement as to professional competence for domestic operations . |
| 20 | Each side condemned the other as ‘ atheist ’ , whilst firmly claiming to believe in a god or gods . |
| 21 | Labour condemned the incentives as ‘ another effort to ensure that the sale is not a flop ’ . |
| 22 | The functional results of patients who have lost up to 50 cm of small bowel raises the question as to whether repeated pouch construction is justified in those patients whose pouch has had to be removed because of ischaemia . |
| 23 | Betty stood in the doorway darkening the kitchen as she shook the skirt of her proofed cotton mac . |
| 24 | My understanding of the case was that I 'd not yet found a remedy to cover the fibroid as well as everything else so I chose Phosphorus LM1 from the rubric bleeding fibroids since it covered her fears and complemented the Arsenicum . |
| 25 | Kermode recalls the seminars as occasions of good humour and tolerance , despite sharp intellectual disagreements , and he laments that their humane spirit did not survive later events . |
| 26 | The photograph shows the station as it was in 1937 ; its appearance has changed little to the present day . |
| 27 | Perhaps this is the more important in the late twentieth century now that this means of image-making is so familiar that some people actually imagine that a photograph shows the world as it is . |
| 28 | While the question of refugees highlighted the dilemma facing the government as it established freedom of movement [ see above ] , it also provoked problems in Romania 's foreign relations , especially with Hungary . |
| 29 | Everyone in that gymnasium heard the break as Charlie staggered against the ropes . |
| 30 | The President began the meeting as usual , with a review of the scientific advances of the previous year , naming experts who had helped him in making his list . |