Example sentences of "[vb infin] [det] [art] [noun sg] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | Let us consider such an ethnographer as an invisible witness to a particular speech event . |
| 2 | Harry turned quickly to Joe and cried excitedly , ‘ Did you ever know such a brother as mine , spending his money on something he hates ! ’ |
| 3 | We shall describe such an approach as deriving from a text-as-product view . |
| 4 | How , how could he explain such a dream as Katherine 's , do you think ? |
| 5 | Dot wished that the metal caps on Gloria 's high-heels would n't make such a tapping as they walked . |
| 6 | Equally , it must be ensured that other pupils do not see such a change as a precedent which they can then seek to exploit . |
| 7 | We can therefore see such a plasmid as a temporary alliance between genes which induce conjugation in the host bacterium ( and so make transmission of the plasmid itself possible ) , and genes which help the host to survive and multi ply . |
| 8 | They need not return all the way as they had come but could strike southwards up Jed Water and over to Hobkirk and so by the Note o' the Gate pass into Liddesdale . |
| 9 | The question then arises , how did these activists develop such a consciousness as waged workers and trade unionists ? |
| 10 | Next , if I were wise only to my own ends , I would certainly take such a subject as of itself might catch a clause , whereas this ’ — he is of course writing about the vexed question of erm Church government and the possible disappearance of episcopy — ‘ whereas this hath all the disadvantages on the contrary , and such a subject as the publishing whereof might be delayed at pleasure and time enough to pencil it over with the curious touches of art , even to the perfection of a faultless picture , whereas in this argument the not deferring it is of great moment to the good speeding . |
| 11 | You would would you have such a thing as a hand drill and some drill would you ? |
| 12 | ‘ A pear , ’ wrote Edward Bunyard , ‘ should have such a texture as leads to silent consumption . ’ |
| 13 | The man 's desires are immediately revealed : ( " That man would be well off indeed who might have such a maiden as his wife " ) |
| 14 | We shall characterise such a view as the sentence-as-object view , and note that such sentence-objects have no producers and no receivers . |
| 15 | Fortunately he is now fully recovered and will take all the beating as he is better than form figures indicate . |
| 16 | However , as the very existence of the catholic — nationalist alliance impedes progress towards such a solution , one should perhaps view such a possibility as unreal . |
| 17 | ] ) . The list notation does not make any function symbol explicit ; but in prolog , for instance , one can write such a list as . |
| 18 | Our sojourn here will raise such a city as Cadmus when he sowed the Theban field . |
| 19 | ‘ Do you rate such a farrago as splendour ? |
| 20 | It is highly unlikely that any individual patient will actually receive all the care as planned in this summary , as each individual is unique , so care will be planned to suit particular needs and will be changed according to the response of the patient to the plan . |
| 21 | Nobody can suggest that you can by any arithmetical calculation establish what is the exact sum of money which would represent such a thing as the pain and suffering which a person has undergone by reason of an accident … |
| 22 | ‘ Can you imagine such a place as Aurae Phiala existing without giving rise to its own legends ? |