Example sentences of "as doing [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The irony of murder as doing a lot — doing anything — bears the stamp of Svidrigailov . |
| 2 | In this Europe there is a Benetton in every high street , Badoit and Czech Budweiser in every fridge , an Armani jacket in every wardrobe , Beaujolais Nouveau on every table , cable and satellite television channels in many languages in every living room , an Umberto Eco novel on every bookshelf , a Volvo in every garage , where CDs of The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment lie casually next to Eurythmics , and where nipping across to Paris for the day is as natural as doing a day 's business in London . |
| 3 | That 's a really fine line right there because some bands tend to come across as doing a speed metal/jazz fusion . |
| 4 | But I reckon that 's tiring myself , well , not tiring , it 's just as hard as doing a job — I do n't care what any man says … |
| 5 | Teachers view themselves as doing a good job by educating ‘ these immigrants ’ in the ‘ best education system in the world ’ … |
| 6 | If account is to be taken of what has been described as concern with the well-being of the system , then " the best way of earning public confidence is the most direct : to be clearly seen as doing a good job " ( Becher et al 1981:156 ) . |
| 7 | My father is an educated man , and he passed a lot of what he already knew on to me , as well as doing a fair bit of study himself into areas he did n't know all that much about just so that he could teach me . |
| 8 | these proposals we regard as doing no more than initiating a programme of family welfare which will have to be kept under continuous review and modified and expanded in the light of experience and deeper knowledge . |
| 9 | We work a one-in-three rota , which means that we 're on duty every third night and weekend , as well as doing an ordinary working week . |
| 10 | Do they see their job as offering a service to children or do they see themselves as doing the children a favour by serving them ? |
| 11 | We can do a lot after planting , but in no way so fundamental as doing the job properly beforehand . |
| 12 | Despite the individual histories and contradictions of these relationships , women tend to represent themselves as doing the feeling and men the thinking . |
| 13 | The police , who routinely bend the rules in black areas , portray the youth of Brixton as doing the same , acting as if they were ‘ above the law ’ because of special measures designed to protect them from the consequences of their illegal actions — a fairly apt description of the police 's own position until very recently . |
| 14 | PC Tools has a front-end shell which , as well as doing the usual stuff , like allowing you to play with your files and format disks , has the added benefits of being able to repair corrupted drives and to recover lost , deleted or damaged files . |