Example sentences of "[det] as a [noun] 's " in BNC.
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1 | She knew that the job of breaking the news was n't a routine chore , that she had n't been chosen merely because she was the only woman in his team and he saw this as a woman 's job . |
2 | The ground was broken by rifts and pits of naked , black peat , where water lay and sharp , white stones , some as big as a pigeon 's , some as a rabbit 's skull , glimmered in the moonlight . |
3 | Vignettes drawn ad vivum depict the lives of the inhabitants of the distant regions , such as a raja 's procession in Sumatra , and a Tupinambá village in Brazil . |
4 | In addition to this more or less regular sort of investiture , there seem to have been investitures on a number of special occasions , both state occasions such as the accession of a sultan , a victory or the birth of a prince , where the right of investiture extended to a number of scholars , and also more personal occasions such as a scholar 's acceding to a high learned office , where the right of investiture was limited to the individual involved . |
5 | Under s 21 of the Road Traffic Act 1991 , which has now been brought into force , it is an offence for an officer such as a company 's director or secretary to fail to give the name of a driver of one of the company 's vehicles where an offence has taken place in connection with that vehicle ( p 94 ) . |
6 | Under s 21 of the Road Traffic Act 1991 , which has now been brought into force , it is an offence for an officer such as a company 's director or secretary to fail to give the name of a driver of one of the company 's vehicles where an offence in connection with that vehicle has taken place . |
7 | We have been working closely with over 20 publishers on a number of major projects to ensure that computer systems are functional from 1st January , and able to collect the required information , such as a customer 's VAT number and a two character country code . ’ |
8 | ‘ without lawful authority or reasonable excuse ’ Lawful authority means the lawful carrying of the weapon such as a policeman 's truncheon . |
9 | As are considerations that go a step beyond them , such as a policeman 's attitude to his wife and family ( he is stopped from going off duty at the time his wife expects : what will be her reaction ? ) or an unmarried policeman 's love life , or for that matter the love life of a policeman who is cheating on his wife . |
10 | Things which are not open to change , such as a person 's age , are treated as causes ; indeed , some researchers like to reserve the term ‘ cause ’ for such factors . |
11 | Superimposing the pattern of a sound wave ( such as a person 's voice ) on to an electromagnetic wave ( such as the radio waves sent out from a telephone ) is simple and effective . |
12 | Fees have beautiful faces with hypnotic eyes , though they may be identified by a physical flaw , such as a snake 's tail or bird 's feet . |
13 | The unit 's radio antennae and built-in modem provide access to what is termed a ‘ tele-terminal ’ communications network , and will enable mobile users to access an office mainframe from remote locations such as a client 's house or office . |
14 | Children tend to come into care after upsetting events at home , such as a mother 's illness or following the trauma of eviction and homelessness . |
15 | Stressful life events , such as discovering a husband 's affair , and long-standing difficulties , such as a husband 's continuing unemployment causing financial and marital strains , can often be found to precede the onset of a depressive disorder . |
16 | Independent events are those which are most unlikely to have been brought about by the behaviour of the respondent , such as a husband 's car accident which happened while the woman was at home . |
17 | Rhos-on-Sea where the new breakwater forms its own natural harbour , has a continental atmosphere , and many amenities , such as a Children 's paddling pool and par putting . |
18 | The typical problems that occur are that a file created on your system using downloadable fonts works perfectly but , when you send it to another system , such as a bureau 's typesetter , what you had in , say , Bodoni Bold comes back as New Century Schoolbook Italic . |
19 | In principal , a character may be armed with any weapon or piece of equipment normally available to the Mobs , but this does not include special weapons such as a Fanatic 's ball and chain , or a Squig Hunter 's prodder for example . |
20 | Idiosyncratic gestures , such as an individual 's habit of tossing back a strand of hair , are more likely to be signals of personal character or state of mind which are transmitted unintentionally and unconsciously . |
21 | Note that this does n't mean that a character can carry a cannon , a Helblaster volley gun , or any other very special weapon such as an Engineer 's Repeater Hand Gun . |
22 | These expenses usually include fees for an expert medical report and can include other expert reports , such as an engineer 's report , Barristers ' fees and court fees . |