Example sentences of "be as the [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | He would come out with lines like , ‘ Let your words to God be as the noise of Esau ! ’ |
| 2 | But it must be as the result of Labour pressure — and clearly seen as such . |
| 3 | I would agree with you that if the if we have gone along and said to people , well er yo , we 've got alternative accommodation for you and they have n't wanted to go then , well I 'm sure that we hope not to give them that er er , alternative accommodation er , and it 's not in our interest at all to er , keep er , places empty , and further more we have n't really got er enough er , alternative places to put er , these er tenants in so I 'm that it 's as the result of the sort of dwellings that er we 've er we now find ourselves with as a result of the er initial buildings in the first place . |
| 4 | The sequence numbering of the met operator is as the description of the DNA fragment in the crystal , where bases 1–8 and 9–16 correspond to consensus met boxes |
| 5 | Significantly , as the only girl to have gained access to this den , Audrey 's source of influence is as the provider of food : |
| 6 | Her identity in the society is as the daughter of somebody , as the wife of somebody and finally as the mother of somebody . |
| 7 | One way of perceiving this progression is as the struggle of the poet to come to terms with the nature of creativity , drawing on all that he sees in the imagery of lines 12–22 until the attainment of maturity in the ‘ momently ’ of line 24 , when he reaches a state of oneness with his environment and is free to channel its flow into works of art . |
| 8 | When we come together for worship it is as the body of Christ , to be the body of Christ and to feed on the body of Christ . |
| 9 | ‘ My strength is as the strength of ten , because my heart is pure . ’ |
| 10 | Although the popular view of Summerson is as the historian of Georgian building ( his Georgian London , first published in 1945 is still in print ) , and although he was a founder member of the Georgian Society , conservation groups failed to enlist his automatic support . |
| 11 | Probably his greatest claim to fame is as the inventor of microphotography , his earliest successful results , based on the newly introduced wet collodion process , dating from February 1852 . |
| 12 | Taliesin said almost automatically , ‘ Wine is as the breath of life , Fribble , ’ and raised his own glass in salutation . |
| 13 | Indeed , one way of viewing the Newbolt Report is as the outcome of a bestowal by the state upon a civil association of the right to report and make recommendations on public policy . |
| 14 | One way of thinking about health is as the absence of disease . |
| 15 | Increasingly , the monarchy was involved in courtly display , and it was as the administrator of such functions that Cawarden was to win fame , providing costumes for men and horses and complicated scenic devices . |
| 16 | His founding of a town was as the by-product of his business . |
| 17 | ‘ The sunrise was as the opening of the gates of heaven itself and the glow it threw on the western hills transfigured the whole landscape for half an hour . |
| 18 | ‘ The sunlight was as the opening of the gates of heaven itself and the glow it threw on the western hills transfigured the whole landscape for half an hour . |
| 19 | Where the church impinged it was as the representative of property and coercion rather than as a meaningful organisation . |