Example sentences of "[noun sg] as [adj] [to-vb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the same meeting Vial was asked to move into the house , and to procure such temporary assistance as necessary to prepare for reading lectures in October . |
| 2 | The court concluded this part of its judgment by explaining why it regarded the discretionary powers of the trial judge as insufficient to safeguard against an abuse of the power of interrogation , and by stating , at p. 740 : |
| 3 | Erm , but I think P , er , budget review , or somebody needs to have a look at it , if you 've got budget review and you 've got people who , most of the people who were on the old working party know the background there anyway , seems as good a place as any to look at it . |
| 4 | Shepherd merely took advantage of his right as equal to appeal to us . |
| 5 | But this may be the grandest folly yet : a totally unsympathetic character ( a man as hard to empathize with as Mick Hucknall , whose ‘ Money Too Tight to Mention ’ graces the second commercial ) in unbelievable situations , doing ridiculous things with no discernible connection to beer at all ( unless , of course , he 's drunk when he tears up the plans , gets fired , breaks back into the offices and holds the board at gunpoint while he sells their cars ) . |
| 6 | They will be affected for the rest of their lives by the kind of diet which is condemned by nutritionists all over the world as likely to lead to a whole variety of illnesses in later life . |
| 7 | We are planning to feature the spread of Medau throughout the country in the Souvenir Programme for our 40th Anniversary Celebrations , and need as much historical background as possible to link into current activities . |
| 8 | On May 28 in a speech to the UNIP national council , Kaunda again criticized the multiparty system as likely to lead to " tribal conflicts " , but promised that there would be a free vote in the nationwide referendum which he proposed should be held on the issue [ see p. 37523 ] . |