Example sentences of "[vb -s] [pron] [noun] as the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The rescue service , which describes its staff as the ‘ new knights of the road , ’ boasts women alone should only have to wait 20 minutes . |
| 2 | This view of language brings philology to life for Julia ; she suddenly sees its object as the product of individual creativity . |
| 3 | He recounts his childhood as the eldest son of a parson , undergraduate days at Oxford , work as a scriptwriter and visualiser for Eagle and Girl magazines , marriage ( to Susan , a leading member of the Mothers Union ) and ordination . |
| 4 | He first appears speaking prose ( As You Like It , I.ii.149 ) , but when Orlando not only defeats his wrestler but reveals his identity as the youngest son of Sir Rowland de Boys , the Duke moves up to verse to give his displeasure more force ( 224ff . ) . |
| 5 | I hope John Barnes sees his target as the QPR game . |
| 6 | Sir Hugo Mallinger , to a limited extent , uses his property for the common good , not least in raising Daniel Deronda ; Grandcourt regards his inheritance as the means by which he can indulge his vices . |
| 7 | Private Members ' Bills not only preserve an important margin of policy initiative for backbench MPs , but Westminster 's increasing role as a centre for interest lobbying also strengthens its function as the crucible of interest representation in political life . |
| 8 | Children love balloons and these , placed on the front door , identifies your home as the one in the street where the special event is going to occur . |
| 9 | Most universities and higher technical institutions use it , and of course it maintains its position as the link language with the rest of the world . |
| 10 | The cheetah maintains its status as the world 's fastest animal ( 110 km/h ) and the prong-horn antelope of the North American plains the fastest herbivore ( 100 km/h ) but , overall , predatory carnivores and their herbivore prey seem to run at about the same speed . |
| 11 | Painting represented the choice of an arduous intellectual profession and Angelica Kauffman boldly inserts her self as the intellectual artist making a moral choice by using as the model for her self portrayal one of the key themes used to demonstrate masculine dedication and virtue , ‘ Hercules Choosing between Virtue and Vice ’ . |
| 12 | As a result of this belief Eleanor retains her place as the woman who , above all others , symbolizes the new social and cultural pattern of courtly love . |
| 13 | Unsuccessful searches will always be faster in a multi-way tree than in a binary search tree , which suits our purpose as the majority of strings being searched for will not be in the word list . |
| 14 | In summary , the discourse analyst treats his data as the record ( text ) of a dynamic process in which language was used as an instrument of communication in a context by a speaker / writer to express meanings and achieve intentions ( discourse ) . |
| 15 | In addition , the ICAEW ethical guideline on corporate finance advice , effective from 1st September 1989 , precludes our acting as the lead adviser ( for example , confirming that the terms offered to the client disposing of the business are fair and reasonable ) in situations where the transaction is subject to the City Code and both parties are clients of KPMG . |