Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] [noun] as the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The company reckons that it maintained its position as the leading supplier of computers to UK education , and established itself as an important supplier to the home market , and made good progress in Australia and New Zealand through the subsidiaries there . |
| 2 | However , the PCI retained its position as the second-largest party . |
| 3 | In elections to the 183-seat Nationalrat ( lower house of parliament ) on Oct. 7 the Socialist Party ( SPÖ ) retained its position as the largest single party . |
| 4 | The most significant political event of the 12 months to June 1991 was the October 1990 general election in which the SPÖ retained its position as the largest single party , the ÖVP registered its worst result since 1945 , and the main beneficiary was the FPÖ [ see p. 37785 ] . |
| 5 | It described her marriage as the ‘ most famous and most disgraced ’ in the world . |
| 6 | Instead he used her remark as the perfect occasion for a quarrel . |
| 7 | Clément Oumarou Ouedraogo retained his position as the Front 's secretary in charge of political affairs , while Capt. Gilbert Diendere was reappointed secretary in charge of defence and security . |
| 8 | The result on March 14 could well hinge on the boots of Stabler and his Newcastle rival David Johnson , whose 28 points on Saturday maintained his position as the country 's leading points scorer . |
| 9 | He caught his breath as the black fringes of her lashes swept upwards and the golden eyes met his . |
| 10 | ( Another member of the Russell family , Lord Charles , used his influence as the Queen 's Serjeant-at-Arms to get William Hale White 's father the position of Door-Keeper to the House of Commons . ) |
| 11 | I got the impression he regarded his editorship as the high point of his life . |
| 12 | In spite of Amritsar , he announced himself willing to co-operate with the Montagu-Chelmsford reforms which were unveiled at the end of the year , and only changed his mind as the degree of Dyer 's support in British public opinion was borne in upon him , and as he began to find himself isolated by the more radical elements in Congress , who had either already lost their faith in the British , or had never had any . |
| 13 | Our opinion , they would have set it up , used your national as the contract man . ’ |
| 14 | Crossman joined Ambrose 's Embassy Club Orchestra in 1926 , some years before the band made its name as the finest jazz group in Europe . |
| 15 | The report on the dedication of this memorial in the Loughborough Church for the Deaf by the Bishop of Leicester is printed in the first number of The British Deaf News , which made its debut as the BDDA 's official organ in January 1955 . |
| 16 | And , from 1911 to 1919 , it secured its position as the women artists ' association in Germany , it got funding from the state , became fully accepted as an association , and continued its activities for furthering the professionalism of women . |
| 17 | The Democratic Party of the Left ( PDS ) , which represented the bulk of the former Communist Party , with 16.1 per cent of the vote and 107 seats , confirmed its position as the leading opposition party and therefore figured prominently in the discussions on the formation of a new governing coalition . |
| 18 | Although the 1935 general election confirmed its position as the only main challenger for the left-wing vote , in that election it secured only 154 MPs — less than a quarter of the total membership of the Commons . |
| 19 | For Pickford The Eternal Grind was a step towards her true screen self , which she was to discover most fully in The Poor Little Rich Girl of 1917 , a film which satirized the rich whilst it confirmed its star as the richest actress in the world . |
| 20 | And in a series of four concerts she confirmed her status as the number one star in Japan . |
| 21 | THE return of the Tom Bancroft Orchestra confirmed their place as the most adventurous contemporary big band in the country . |
| 22 | The chainsword rose again , and fell , and Defries ducked her head as the speeder suddenly banked and sliced through the air only a metre from where she lay . |
| 23 | Environmentalists dubbed it a failure for this reason , but acknowledged its importance as the first occasion on which all major world governments had agreed that global warming was a reality . |
| 24 | The enlightened Baptist minister Robert Robinson in Cambridge denounced the trade as an encroachment on natural rights and envisaged its end as the result of a general offensive , congenial to Rational Dissenters , making ‘ the natural connection between civil and religious liberty ’ . |
| 25 | The latter turned his head as the door shut behind her , coming to his feet and raking her with a glance that was both sharp and insolent . |
| 26 | Whittingham 's four-goal blast confirmed his reputation as the most lethal striker outside the Premier League . |
| 27 | He clasped his hands as the tears pushed at the back of his eyes . |
| 28 | Americans increasingly heard her cries as the bellowing of the dying bull . |
| 29 | Her father was the kinsman , friend , and protégé of Thomas Wentworth ( later first Earl of Strafford , q.v. ) , and she spent her childhood as the pampered daughter of a prospering family : ‘ I enjoyed great easiness and comfort during my honoured father 's life , having the fortunate opportunity … of the best education that kingdom could afford . ’ |
| 30 | At the outset , it was decided to use direct observation of how clients spent their time as the principal measure of effectiveness . |