Example sentences of "[vb base] [pron] as [art] [num ord] " in BNC.

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1 Or to go to the police and report her as a Fifth Columnist . ’
2 If clay granules are used , it would be advisable to dry them first in the sun , and then spread them as the first layer , before putting the other layers of peat and sand .
3 His friends hail him as the last great artist of the 20th century .
4 In searching for publications this will give a skewed result for those supervisors who always name themselves as the first author in multi-authored works .
5 Guns and Killing magazine currently rate her as the sixth most dangerous solo outlaw in the Americas , and she is the highest-ranked woman on the list , coming in at thirty-seven places above the Antarctic esperado Ice Kold Katie .
6 ‘ I only use it as a last resort , when the dog is impeding my progress .
7 Certain spiders also use it as a last resort .
8 ‘ But now I only use it as a last resort . ’
9 The distance estimate is important because astronomers use it as the first rung in the distance ladder they extend across the Universe .
10 In answer to the first question there is some evidence that initially there is a degree of opposition — staff see themselves losing the opportunity of sixth form teaching , parents , who often went to 11–18 schools themselves , regard them as a second best alternative .
11 These mementos evoke both respectful memories and an insight into the changes of the woman 's role up to the certain ‘ decadence ’ , where the family is slowly fading wither her as a last , childless descendant .
12 I take it as a last question , comment .
13 Boulestin 's idea was that while you were at it you made — as in a great many of his recipes — enough of this mixture ( he treats smoked cod 's roe and anchovy fillets in precisely the same manner ) for two meals : you serve it as a first course , with toast , for two very differently composed lunches .
14 We regard it as a first step , good though not big , towards equal treatment for all alcoholic products .
15 I think other people see you as a second class citizen .
16 They see it as the first stage in widening contacts with Western Europe .
17 This degree is an exciting new venture , and I see myself as the first of many lay people who will benefit from the training here ’ .
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