Example sentences of "[to-vb] as [art] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such an objective involved establishing what , in practice , were to stand as the proper constituents of the new English , and their relation to each other . |
| 2 | Nina had no time to answer as the main doors opened and Julie Weatherstone , one of the personnel officers , came into the centre accompanied by a tall man . |
| 3 | Too early for the ballet , Gina wandered around giving herself up to the magic of the gardens , walking round the lake where large metal dragon-flies appeared to hover as the flickering lights in their wings simulated movement . |
| 4 | It took a year to train a group of people to function as the general managers . |
| 5 | Elsewhere in Asia , stations were to emerge as the prime symbols of European power only at the end of the century . |
| 6 | As the Metropolitan Police took exception to cars with reversed stairs , these had the new Milnes ‘ Exhibition ’ staircases , which were almost half-turn in the normal spiral direction , but took a wide sweep and were almost as easy to climb as the reversed stairs . |
| 7 | As autumn comes into it 's own , the number of visitors is expected to double as the pale leaves of summer change colour . |
| 8 | Erm they 're in no hurry to join but with this second period er from September or was it October and erm once again there is this idea that , you know , the tide is turning and they , they will now join erm they wo n't find it so hard to join as the rich peasants but once again they 're not as enthusiastic and maybe they should be but they are , they are helping more but er er and this is the key er for which you know Mao talked about later is that we 've got to get the middle peasant actually actively involved |
| 9 | It was essential to provide an identifiable core of people with professional training skills to act as the standard bearers for the future ; to attract , sustain and develop the specific skills and to lay the foundation of the new profession . |
| 10 | To the mass of Americans , he remained " Ike " — a friendly and unpretentious man , who " incorporated in personality , manner and appearance all that Americans liked to picture as the national virtues " . |