Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] as the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oswald , whom Bede regarded as the fifth overlord of the peoples south of the Humber and described as ruling within the same bounds as Eadwine ( HE 11 , 5 ) , clearly became on this testimony as powerful a ruler as Eadwine had been , but on his accession he faced an immediate challenge in midland and eastern England from Penda . |
| 2 | The tournament starts on Monday and world No 2 Graf starts as the logical favourite to win following Seles 's withdrawal . |
| 3 | As rivals in the individual stakes , though , McColgan starts as the leading British challenger and is strongly fancied to stop American Lynn Jennings claiming a third successive title . |
| 4 | Augustus John 's ‘ leonine personality ’ was well known , as was Wilson Steer 's total life devotion to his ‘ absorbing passion for painting , ’ 12 or Sickert 's arrogant self-belief — all artists Walker admired as the best and aligned herself with . |
| 5 | Then the Glebes had come to the island , the petty tribal squabbles had been quelled , and Ixmarity established as the major religion . |
| 6 | Perhaps the most important evidence adduced for Maxse 's radical right outlook is the fact that he tended to lapse into what Richard Hofstadter saw as the chief characteristic of such politics , namely a ‘ paranoid style ’ . |
| 7 | Despite a boycott in parts of Abkhazia , over 75 per cent of the electorate turned out to vote in the elections , in which Shevardnadze stood as the only candidate . |
| 8 | About 24 people died on July 22-23 in violence in the industrial area 30 miles south of Johannesburg known as the Vaal Triangle . |
| 9 | This Barth saw as the irreplaceable basis of Christian theology ; and , he insisted , once it had been recognised , there could be no possible reason for casting around in other directions , and certainly not for turning theology back into the contemplation of our own spiritual navels , or for blunting the challenge and promise of the gospel by seeking to reinterpret or ‘ improve ’ it in the terms of some alternative ( and therefore competing ) theological or philosophical frame of reference . |
| 10 | Jens Österlund emerged as the first Sailing Challenge contender but he was chased home by two British boats , Mark Goodchild and Mike Fenwick . |
| 11 | Hammond and Hawes appeared as the permanent heads of the offices to be rehoused , and of the remaining witnesses eight were architects . |
| 12 | In elections to the National Assembly on April 26 [ see p. 36019 ] , the DJP emerged as the largest single party but failed to retain an overall majority for the first time since its formation in 1981 . |
| 13 | In elections to the National Assembly on April 26 , 1988 , the DJP emerged as the largest single party but failed to retain an overall majority for the first time since its formation in 1981 [ see pp. 36019-22 ] . |
| 14 | Fat Vince doubles as the popular and permissive assistant-manager of a snooker hall in Victoria . |
| 15 | In the Czech Lands Civic Forum won about half the total votes , and in Slovakia PAV emerged as the clear winner , although the latter had been expected until shortly before the election to come second to the CDM . |
| 16 | Visitors to a major stamp fair in Brackenhoe School , Marton Road , Middlesbrough , today will have a chance to win a copy of a Victorian Penny Black regarded as the oldest in the world in a raffle . |
| 17 | At first the hedges were no more than double rows of seedlings protected by a rail on one side or both , but after twenty years the thorns had grown high enough to be cut and laid , a practice which William Marshall describes as the latest improvement in his Rural Economy of the Midland Counties in 1790 . |
| 18 | These formal devices enable cultural heritage to be maintained beyond the lives of single individuals and offset what Goody sees as the ephemeral nature of ‘ face-to-face ’ communication . |
| 19 | Bulwark was commissioned in January 1960 and stationed with her Commando embarked at Singapore ; Albion followed as the second Commando Carrier about a year later ; construction of six Army-owned Landing Ships Logistic ( LSLs ) was authorised in August 1960 ; the Assault Ships Fearless and Intrepid were ordered in 1961 and 1962 ; and design work was started in December 1961 on the next generation of aircraft carriers , the first of which was code-named CVA 01 . |
| 20 | In his early career Mr Forman worked as the Parliamentary Private Secretary to Sir Ian Gilmour , Douglas Hurd and former Chancellor Nigel Lawson . |
| 21 | Mr Cooper identifies as the major single benefit of EDI a closer relationship between supplier and customer , rather on the Japanese model . |
| 22 | Wayne said as the two of them sat in the empty hull of a partly-restored cruiser on the Saturday morning , but Pete could only shrug . |
| 23 | A man Robert recognized as the second man from the Frog and Ferret started to hop in circles , beating himself on the head and shouting something . |
| 24 | The collapse of communism in Europe left China isolated as the main bastion of communist orthodoxy , and raised the spectre of renewed internal unrest . |
| 25 | The Board gave FGD costs as the increased cost of generating electricity at particular stations and not as that delivered to the consumer in electricity prices . |
| 26 | The period from 1 914 to 1933 Spalding identifies as the expansive and explosive period . |
| 27 | Eventually the ALP emerged as the winning party with an expected overall majority of eight seats . |
| 28 | The CDU/CDM coalition came fourth in the Federal Assembly , the CDU coming third in the Czech National Council while the CDM emerged as the second strongest group in the Slovak National Council . |
| 29 | Our mock-up makes your dream come true with Princess Di crowned as the next Queen — and Charles in a supporting role |
| 30 | David told her that he had been thinking of working hard to get Amaranth Wilikins selected as the Conservative candidate for Arden in place of Sir Ralph . |