Example sentences of "[to-vb] its [noun] as the " in BNC.
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| 1 | On May 13 Don W. Wilson — who , as the head of the National Archives and Records Administration , was generally accepted as the custodian of the Constitution — declared his support for the validity of the measure and stated that he was preparing to certify its adoption as the 27th Amendment . |
| 2 | Throughout the black ‘ homelands ’ and adjacent African territories of modern Southern Africa the station continues to bear its reputation as the beginning of the migrant trail to labour in the ‘ white ’ economy . |
| 3 | The nineteenth century was to see its status as the language of diplomacy grow still further as it became even more a symbol of some underlying European unity which , however vague , was genuinely felt to exist by most of those who decided the continent 's destinies . |
| 4 | Around this time , the scalp 's sebaceous glands start producing less of the oil that provides healthy shine , and hair begins to lose its hue as the production of melanin ( the pigment that also colours skin and eyes ) slows down . |
| 5 | Latin began to regain its status as the medium for elegant communication , science was being relegated to ‘ a small , odd , insignificant band of professionals ’ , while the Royal Society , abandoning the rather splendid hope that scientific language could provide a model for cultural discourse , was becoming influenced by dilettantism , and correspondingly less practical in its aims . |
| 6 | It is that the Fund , through lack of accountability , has failed over the past year to fulfil its function as the main conduit for aid to Russia . |
| 7 | At the time , Sydney was essentially a centre created around a convict population , yet eager to assert its status as the commercial and cultural capital of the continent . |
| 8 | ‘ The BBC must therefore have a clear vision if it is to retain its role as the cornerstone of British broadcasting and continue to command respect and admiration in Britain and throughout the world . |
| 9 | The BBC must therefore have a clear vision if it is to retain its role as the cornerstone of British broadcasting and continue to command respect and admiration in Britain and throughout the world . |
| 10 | It therefore refused to cede its authority as the recognised providing body to the Board . |
| 11 | The failure of the Democratic Party of the Left ( PDS — formerly the Communist Party — PCI ) to hold its position as the second electoral force was unprecedented in any post-war elections of comparable scope . |
| 12 | ( The US government avoided using the word " blockade " at this time , preferring to describe its intention as the " interdiction " of sanctions-breaking . ) |
| 13 | The museum has two objectives now : to display costumes from its collection of 50,000 objects throughout the year ; and to reclaim its role as the preeminent institution of costume scholarship . |
| 14 | By broadening our view of quality from the early days , we 've come to realise its importance as the framework for everything we do . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ By broadening our view of quality from the early days , we 've come to realise its importance as the framework for everything we do . ’ |
| 16 | Undismayed , Aarau carried on with the building of the Laurenzenvorstadt to house its responsibilities as the capital of the canton . |
| 17 | In September 1964 a special meeting of the corporation finance committee , which included all councillors , adopted an amended motion which gave the boundary extension subcommittee the power to include in its remit the progressive expansion of Derry , so as to maintain its position as the second city in Northern Ireland . |
| 18 | AMNESTY International has much to do in the '90s to maintain its role as the world 's leading human rights movement , Peter Benenson , the organisation 's founder , told the annual Amnesty International Youth Conference last year . |
| 19 | Santa Cruz Operation Inc has won an OEM contract with Xerox Corp to supply its Unix as the standard operating system component of the Xerox DocuTech Publishing Series Extended Storage product : it will run on a Compaq Computer Corp Systempro/LT 486/33 with 8Mb internal memory and two 1Gb disk drives . |
| 20 | DIESEL fuel needs a new PR agent to clean up its image in the minds of the public if it is to take its place as the efficient , environmental fuel of the future that many would like it to be . |
| 21 | He believed that it was the official Opposition and had an undoubted right to take its place as the next in line . |