Example sentences of "[pos pn] [det] [noun sg] [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I needed my own role especially as the new MP would come along and put his own stamp on the constituency . ’ |
| 2 | Desert Island Discs has permeated the national psyche to such an extent , people start compiling their own list almost as soon as they 've bought their first LP … |
| 3 | try to redefine the way that the opposition sees its own position so as to enable it to shift away from that position to your benefit |
| 4 | Here , it is enough to note that the adoption , largely at Owen 's prompting , by the trade union movement of the strategic objective of organising manufacturing industry in industrial co-operatives , of adopting Co-operation for its own sake so as to make a revolutionary change in the constitutional structure of society , ended almost as soon as it had begun . |
| 5 | She managed to keep her own voice even as she smiled sympathetically at Jim . |
| 6 | Slowly , as if driven , and knowing full well what she was doing , Meredith pulled off her hat and released her own hair again as he neared the end of the duckboards , still gently guiding the old lady and chatting to her courteously . |
| 7 | Accordingly , he had restrained his own consumption just as Cunningham 's had begun to accelerate out of control . |
| 8 | Every manager has a responsibility towards the organisation as a whole , and must define the activities of his own unit so as to contribute towards achieving the organisation 's objectives . |
| 9 | Every manager has a responsibility towards the organisation as a whole , and must define the activities of his own unit so as to contribute towards achieving the organisation 's objectives . |
| 10 | The scum kid seemed about to fit the mask to his own face so as to hide his savage features … or to become , for a few moments , the reflexion of Lexandro who lived such an unimaginable , foreign life . |