Example sentences of "[vb -s] as the [noun] ['s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With so many of Lotus Engineering 's successes having to remain secret , the Corvette Indy stands as the company 's most compelling advertisement . |
| 2 | The Assembly of the International Committee of the Red Cross on March 19 elected Peter Fuchs as the organization 's new Director-General in succession to Guy Deluz [ see p. 38795 ] . |
| 3 | The British Labour Party has launched its " Green Right to Know " campaign , attacking what it describes as the government 's contemptuous attitude to the provision of environmental information to the public . |
| 4 | This is an opportunity to be built on when it occurs as the insurer 's preference for its own panel members is bound to be an initial issue ; at the same time as asserting the client 's right to choose , panel membership can be discussed . |
| 5 | Harry McLevy , Scottish organiser of the Amalgamated Engineering and Electrical Union , is in no doubt Timex is determined to strangle what he sees as the union 's legitimate activities . |
| 6 | Yet only recently has he been affirming what he sees as the Bank 's main job : to attack outright poverty — measured , for instance , in crude terms of calorific intake . |
| 7 | it is a clear statement of what he sees as the group 's essential mission — to construct and operate a customer-driven enterprise . |
| 8 | As the Wallabies , fresh from beating Scotland , strike a deal with sports marketing agency IMG , skipper Nick Farr-Jones speaks of his desire to speed up what he sees as the game 's inevitable move to semi-pro status . |
| 9 | As the lord lieutenant acts as the monarch 's personal representative in the county in question , whom the Queen selects for the post gives an interesting insight into the sort of people with whom the royal family identifies . |
| 10 | Either the contract is between the person acquiring a copy of the system ( the " acquirer " ) and the dealer or it is between the acquirer and the software company in which case the dealer acts as the company 's agent . |
| 11 | Your bike acts as the tent 's main support pole — the open bellend is draped over the crossbar and pegged to the ground using four pegs . |
| 12 | The manager advises committees and working parties on the recognition of qualifications , guides management development work , acts as the Association 's spokesman on education matters and is secretary to the Education and Development Committee . |
| 13 | The Council for the Protection of Rural England ( CPRE ) acts as the nation 's independent guard dog on such matters and has major doubts as to the benefit of these proposals should they become law . |
| 14 | Gregor Fisher , who stars as the ship 's wily West Highland master , Para Handy , is joined by Rikki Fulton as the glum engineer Dan Macphail , Sean Scanlon as Dougie , the Mate , and Andrew Fairlie as the ship 's boy , Sunny Jim . |
| 15 | The novelist , V.S. Naipaul , becomes one of 30 new knights , and Maggie Smith emerges as the theatre 's latest Dame . |
| 16 | At 0900 hours the weekly production conference is being brought to order by Major Rod Paul , who runs the civilian labour force and doubles as the workshop 's Production Officer . |
| 17 | Search and retrieval software loaded into the computer serves as the user 's ‘ electronic hands ’ to sift and access the data on the disc which is then displayed on the computer screen . |
| 18 | Newall was flanked by two officers armed with semi-automatic rifles as he left the Moorish castle that serves as the Rock 's jail for the opening of extradition proceedings . |
| 19 | Ernst & Young is acting as investigating accoutants for the merchant bank and , for the time being at least , Coopers & Lybrand Deloitte , continues as the company 's accountants . |
| 20 | Ernst & Young is acting as investigating accountants for the merchant bank and , for the time being at least , Coopers & Lybrand Deloitte , continues as the company 's accountants . |
| 21 | Since the beginning of the twentieth century , Chiswick was one of the homes of Sir Oswald Stoll 's ‘ Empire ’ theatres — another was at Shepherds Bush Green , which still remains as the B.B.C. 's television theatre — and although the Chiswick Empire was not always used for ‘ live ’ entertainment ( it became a cinema during the 1930s ) , it was one of the principle variety theatres in the Country and saw performances by all the principle artists from George Robey to Morecambe & Wise ; Petula Clark and Cliff Richards . |
| 22 | The campaign comes as the government 's community care policy seeks to persuade more frail elderly people to stay in their own homes rather than go into residential care . |
| 23 | The award comes as the museum 's other two Manhattan off-site sponsors , IBM and The Equitable , have terminated the museum 's lease ( see The Art Newspaper No. 16 , March 1992 , p. 5 ) . |