Example sentences of "as a professional " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a professional carver I thought it only natural to get my hands on one of those new Arbortech Woodcarvers to add to my compendium of tools last year . |
| 2 | As a professional campaigner I found its elitism deeply disturbing . |
| 3 | The measure is not only the first full-scale law passed by the Supreme Soviet in its new incarnation as a professional legislature . |
| 4 | The programme began with Danses Concertantes of 1955 , with which MacMillan made his debut as a professional choreographer . |
| 5 | It was one of her many advantages that as a professional civil servant herself she understood the constraints of his career . |
| 6 | Whereas in Northamptonshire the tutor-organiser saw himself as a professional liaising with other professionals in areas where voluntary participation was barely appropriate , his colleague in Essex was apparently expected to spend a lot of time in routine organising work which voluntary members could readily take over when she eventually resigned . |
| 7 | A tutor-organiser ( or equivalent ) who as a professional employee is susceptible to discipline if he or she proves negligent or misguided , can help to ensure that the voluntary movement lives up to its obligations — through advice and encouragement as far as possible , through seizing the initiative himself if there is no alternative . |
| 8 | His only response to my comments as a professional sculptor was a pleased laugh … |
| 9 | Some of these types who went in for murder as a professional thing would probably take you to the cleaners as soon as look at you . |
| 10 | When he became known as the composer of marches and was about to take up his first bandmaster post , his wife suggested he use the letters on his case , S.O.U.S.A. as a professional name , and he took the names of his sons as his Christian names . |
| 11 | During his first ten seasons as a professional , Bremner lost almost half a season through misconduct . |
| 12 | The latter had been widowed very early in life — her husband Ernest , a member of a footballing family had played for Salisbury City , then Southampton as a professional goalkeeper . |
| 13 | has moved to a position as a professional assistant in a local-authority education department . |
| 14 | Herschel started life as a professional musician , Hubble embarked upon the legal profession . |
| 15 | In my years as a professional warrener , in the days when gin traps were permissible , I used to expect an almost daily kill of ground predators while trapping burrow systems . |
| 16 | It took a fall at thirty-five miles an hour , a night in Addenbrooke 's Hospital in Cambridge , and a broken collarbone to remind Kelly of the life she was missing as a professional jockey . |
| 17 | A few days later I did question Shadwell about the possibility of not being covered in shit for my debut as a professional actor . |
| 18 | However , I 've played the guitar for over 25 years , I 've worked as a professional guitar repairer for the top companies , and if you were to say , ‘ These frets are 2.1mm high , ’ it would still mean nothing to me ! |
| 19 | Anyone wanting to make a successful career as a professional musician must have an eternal sense of optimism tinged with gilt-edged charm and a business sense which would put Richard Branson in the shade . |
| 20 | Angel was now desperately trying to make his way as a professional polo player . |
| 21 | ‘ He talked about his work and it immediately struck me that , as a professional doctor , he had an almost unhealthy interest in the more sordid side of sex , ’ she says . |
| 22 | As a professional cook , Caroline finds the Christmas meal plain sailing — but she knows it 's a task which sends many people into a flap . |
| 23 | He had a brief career as a professional footballer , making eight appearances for Charlton in the early 1950s . |
| 24 | The 33-year-old 's personal life floundered after his US Masters triumph last April but as a professional golfer , he was second only to Nick Faldo . |
| 25 | The Commissioners awarded a further penalty of £1,080 , finding that the taxpayer was prevaricating and that as a professional man he had failed to give proper priority to disclosing building society information in full and in good time . |
| 26 | The artist Jacqueline Black has led a career that shows , perhaps more radically than many , the necessity and capacity to adapt in order to raise a family and work as a professional artist . |
| 27 | Ministers as a professional group tend to be averse to data-gathering because they are more people focused than organisation orientated . |
| 28 | As a professional courtesy , you may now receive Microsoft Systems Journal at a saving of 30% off the regular price . |
| 29 | After 25 years as a professional negotiator and four best-selling books on the subject — Dr Karrass ' best testimonial is still his client list . |
| 30 | As a professional organization we have a lot to offer any potential sponsor . |