Example sentences of "[to-vb] as [noun] of [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If he regards the inspectorate 's independence and integrity as humbug , he is not fit to serve as Minister of State . |
| 2 | Marais also continued to serve as Minister of Tourism , acquired the Administration portfolio from Piet Marais and relinquished the Trade and Industry portfolio . |
| 3 | Members of the House of Lords appear on the Electoral Register for local and European electoral purposes only : they are allowed neither to vote in parliamentary elections nor to serve as Members of Parliament . |
| 4 | Its practical underpinning is ‘ orthofunction ’ : a teaching method which involves the whole person physically and mentally and which instils ‘ the ability to function as members of society , to participate in normal social settings appropriate to their age ’ . |
| 5 | In these lower , drier areas the Samburu keep camels , introduced from neighbouring Somalia , to use as beasts of burden . |
| 6 | After several years as a regular contributor and recipient of the irascible Mahor 's voluminous correspondence , he was due to succeed as editor of Cricket Quarterly in 1970 , and was foiled by a change of mind : ‘ he decided that it was too personal a project , and he could n't let anyone else take it on , ’ he remembers . |
| 7 | There are no ready measures to display as indices of success . |
| 8 | It will consider whether it would be feasible for the courts to act as monitors of management standards on a scale significantly greater their current ( very low ) level of involvement . |
| 9 | Thereafter they were obliged to register as payers of fur-tribute ( for which the Russians used the Tatar term yasak ) . |
| 10 | A young Frenchman , when in 1896 he entered his country 's diplomatic service , found himself trained as in the past , largely by being made to copy as models of style despatches dating from the pre-revolutionary monarchy . |
| 11 | Farewell to picture as repository of meaning , welcome to picture as representation . |