Example sentences of "[to-vb] as a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Suddenly her throat was tight ; a pressure seemed to be constricting her lungs , making it difficult to breathe as a tiny alarm bell began to ring in her brain . |
| 2 | Unable to summon the courage to enter the cold dark of the river the man , a lawyer by profession , finds himself at odd moments thereafter , and even in the courtroom , increasingly assailed by a laugh at the back of his mind , a laugh that mocks his whole posture in the world , a laugh that progressively exposes in him what he chooses to see as a guilty pretence . |
| 3 | Allen had crept under a bush and even asleep was as difficult to see as a wild creature . |
| 4 | It was from this base that Marian was invited in 1976 to apply to sit as an Assistant Recorder on the North-Eastern Circuit . |
| 5 | He was taken under the paternal wing of MGM who launched him in 1942 in tiny roles in prestige films like Mrs Miniver and Random Harvest , finally allowing him his first major role in 1945 in Son of Lassie , and to blossom as a leading man opposite leading ladies such as Judy Garland ( Easter Parade ) , June Allyson ( Two Sisters from Boston ) , and Elizabeth Taylor ( Little Women ) . |
| 6 | Washington had first seen the attractions of open land when working as a surveyor along a line running north-west to the Ohio valley and Lake Erie , and he could reckon that his survey was not going to remain as a simple tribute to the government 's desire for information . |
| 7 | There has been considerable rumour and conjecture about its future , although recently I have heard once again that it has been purchased but whether to remain as a public house I ‘ m not sure . |
| 8 | The experiment that Dr Himes and Dr Jelley seem to acknowledge as a potential make-or-break is one being planned by another Oxford physicist , David Wark , who will use a particularly well-understood and trusted magnetic spectrometer at Britain 's national physical laboratory . |
| 9 | It would be entirely wrong that A should be allowed to treat as a legal wrong that to which he has consented . |
| 10 | Why are we so ready to treat as a minor operation an alteration which involves a major transformation in the cat 's lifestyle and personality ? |
| 11 | The going concern ED proposed that auditors should obtain a statement from the directors confirming their considered view that the company is a going concern ; that , in forming an opinion on whether the company is a going concern , the auditors should look ahead one year from the date of the directors ' approval of the accounts ; and that , even if disclosures in the accounts of any matters giving rise to an uncertainty that could affect the company 's ability to continue as a going concern are adequate , the auditors should draw attention to the matters in their report . |
| 12 | The most significant are that the proposed SAS requires auditors to be active , rather than passive , and to perform procedures specifically designed to identify circumstances which might call into question the appropriateness of the going concern basis ; that the future period which should be considered by both the directors and auditors in assessing the validity of the going concern basis should be extended to one year from the date the accounts are approved by the directors ; and that emphasis is now placed on the need for adequate disclosures in accounts of matters giving rise to inherent uncertainties that affect a company 's ability to continue as a going concern . |
| 13 | It is therefore also important that the final SAS makes clear the degree of assurance that a clean auditors ' report will be expected to provide , with regard to a company 's ability to continue as a going concern . |
| 14 | On February 24 , company borrowings under the credit agreement totalled $4.3m and the chip designer says that as a result of getting this new credit agreement , restructuring of key equipment leases , and the company 's return to profitability in the first fiscal quarter to December 31 , it believes substantial progress has been made toward killing doubt about its ability to continue as a going concern . |
| 15 | Rolls Royce Motors was able to continue as a successful company when the parent company went bankrupt ( restructuring had to take place at this point with government help ) . |
| 16 | He named a sum , adding ‘ I can not hope that you will agree to continue as a mere reader here . ’ |
| 17 | Mr Moore said he intended to continue as a regular football match commentator for London 's Capital Radio . |
| 18 | Interpharma , representing pharmaceutical groups , described the vote as a " clear indication of the commitment of the Swiss people to continue as a leading country in medical and bio-medical research " . |
| 19 | Diana went on to demand that she should be allowed to continue as a full member of the Royal Household , free to accept or reject her own official engagements and free to pursue her own special charity interests . |
| 20 | We wish to continue as a Direct Grant school in friendly co-operation with the local authorities , and we are prepared to be flexible in any new arrangements that we may be able to make together , but we feel that we must preserve the quality , traditions , and record of this School and keep faith with the benefactions of the past and present . |
| 21 | We apologise for the outspokenness of this letter , but it is felt that if we are to continue as a national organisation of good standing , we must put our house in order before it is too late . |
| 22 | In July , McGovern , supported by Campbell Stephen , had openly stated the necessity of such a return if the ILP were to continue as a significant organization . |
| 23 | In other words , how far can the distinction between ‘ public ’ and ‘ private ’ be said to continue as a valid principle in which to base the notion of individual rights ? |
| 24 | Reporting a rape remains a strenuous and harrowing experience , however , and it is likely to continue as an underreported offence . |
| 25 | The republican CP left the CPSU on Aug. 29 , intending to continue as an independent party . |
| 26 | ‘ of a qualified driver ’ The supervisor must be a ‘ qualified driver ’ as defined in regulation 9(6) of the Motor Vehicles ( Driving Licences ) Regulations 1987 , namely , a person who holds a full licence authorising him to drive as a full licence holder a motor vehicle of the same class or description as the vehicle being driven by the holder of the provisional licence . |
| 27 | But still her anger continued to bubble as a new suspicion came into her mind . |
| 28 | So I decided that in order not to appear as a bad-tempered harpy , I would agree with everything Shirl said and then add : ‘ But … ’ |
| 29 | Chilperic 's wish to appear as a cultivated monarch is not in question ; he wrote poetry , however badly , and he showed some interest in such issues as the alphabet , to which he wished to add four letters , and in theology , where he came close to heresy , when he decided to abolish the distinctions between the persons of the Trinity . |
| 30 | Although both groups tend to appear as a limited disease , most cases being in stage I-IIE , the morphohistological subtype seems to be a decisive factor in dissemination , as only one case ( 5% ) of low grade/mixed grade compared with 20% of the patients with high grade were classified as stage IV . |