Example sentences of "it as a [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1	Boulestin 's idea was that while you were at it you made — as in a great many of his recipes — enough of this mixture ( he treats smoked cod 's roe and anchovy fillets in precisely the same manner ) for two meals : you serve it as a first course , with toast , for two very differently composed lunches .
2	We regard it as a first step , good though not big , towards equal treatment for all alcoholic products .
3	in the studies described earlier , those who were most proficient in BSL were those learning it as a first language ( albeit with English as another first language ) .
4	Erm tt whether that 's appropriate , you know , I 'm thinking of it as a first appointment just to get a general picture whereas you might be coming back to stir his memory for referrals by saying er , you know , er you mentioned here you 're a member of the squash club , do you remember I said I 'd be looking for introductions , maybe we 'll learn whether at the beginning of the second appointment you jog the memory there er you know in other words what I 'm do doing is keeping that in my mind , that you are remembering the squash club or whatever club it may be and use that later , although I did n't er elaborate on it at that , that er because I think you can go off at a tangent
5	Perhaps they saw it as a last call for help to come to a failing Britain .
6	I take it as a last question , comment .
7	‘ I only use it as a last resort , when the dog is impeding my progress .
8	Tom Poole suggested it as a last resort , and Coleridge , who remembered the cottage , immediately asked him to take it for a year .
9	Certain spiders also use it as a last resort .
10	‘ But now I only use it as a last resort . ’
11	Gain-up does tend to make the picture look rather grainy , though , so it is best to look on it as a last resort and reserve it for those times when a grainy picture is better than no picture at all .

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