Example sentences of "his [noun sg] as [art] [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | He sees his university as an embryo of the future . |
| 2 | He serrated the air with his sword and used his shield as a wall and a battering-ram . |
| 3 | You ca n't aspire to that degree of quality , but Peter Kirsten , who was my schoolboy hero , … well I think I can get to his level as a fieldsman and , perhaps , batsman . ’ |
| 4 | Ankara diplomats saw his resignation as a way of distancing himself from an unpopular government . |
| 5 | Georg Mautner Markhof , 65 , a leading industrialist , had announced his resignation as an FPÖ vice-president on Feb. 27 . |
| 6 | On June 5 the Minister for Education , Yoon Hyon Sup , submitted his resignation as an act of atonement for the manhandling of the Prime Minister , although this was rejected on June 7 by Roh . |
| 7 | There is no reason to think that Anselm would have thought there was any contradiction between personal humility and the display of the greatness of his office : quite the contrary , humility and grandeur met in the exercise of his function as a ruler . |
| 8 | It was too much , too soon because his development as a person could n't keep pace with his progress as a tennis player . |
| 9 | Averment that the plaintiff married Ellen Nicholl , relying on the said promise and so married while his income as a Chancery barrister did not amount to 600 guineas per annum . |
| 10 | He even played his part as a support bowler , whose right-arm leg-breaks or medium pace could be quite economical . |
| 11 | His entry described his part as a PR consultant to a firm of paper merchants in persuading designers and print buyers to specify 100 per cent recycled paper for colour publications . |
| 12 | Fernando gathered her into his arms and she buried her face in his shirt as a volley of them erupted overhead . |
| 13 | Laventhol , who makes most of his loot as a carpenter these days , explained Smeggy and Maggot would be the other former Kurt mainmen engaged at the Astoria soirée . |
| 14 | He had been visiting the island since 1935 and during his internment as a prisoner of war he worked up plans to establish an observatory on the island after the war . |
| 15 | A Scottish lord told King James that Andrewes ‘ did play with his text as a jackanapes does , who takes up a thing and tosses and plays with it and then takes up another and plays with it . |
| 16 | Rather than use his apartment as an extension of the office , Milton did things the other way round . |
| 17 | He saw his election as a mandate to move Civic Forum to the right of the political spectrum and to proceed rapidly to a market economy . |
| 18 | Hiorne 's antiquarian leanings are reflected in his election as a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries in 1784 ; and like his father , who had been an alderman of Warwick and served as mayor in 1765–6 , he was also a prominent figure in the public life of his home town . |
| 19 | Dawson also won a reputation in Sussex geology and archaeology , the latter indicated by his election as a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries in 1895 . |
| 20 | His insatiable curiosity and desire for experiment had led to his election as a Fellow of the Royal Society . |
| 21 | The prosecution say Mr Probyn was laying the ground for his defence as the search for his wife continued . |
| 22 | Hugh , meanwhile , loses his contract as a TV presenter , takes to the liquor then flees the soothing ministrations of his wife Julia and their small twins . |
| 23 | Moreover his style is pleasantly direct and his inclusion of occasional personal allusions will encourage the lay reader to trust his judgement as a person and not only as a philosopher of science . |
| 24 | The earliest record of Thomas is of his admission as a commoner at Brasenose College , Oxford , on 1 March 1653 ; he matriculated on 2 April 1653 , and was admitted to the degree of BA on 13 October 1656 , created MA on 6 November 1661 , and admitted BD on 11 December 1669 . |
| 25 | The only certain detail concerning his formal education is his admission as a pensioner at Trinity College , Dublin , in 1643 at the late age of twenty-five . |
| 26 | Few party members challenge his diligence as an MP , but they claim he has lost touch with the party and treats all critics as extremists . |
| 27 | As he explains : ‘ The Deity does not need my supplication , but I , a very imperfect human being , do need his protection as a child that of its father . ’ |
| 28 | His personal attention — ‘ rain , snow or frost never kept him in ’ — and his scrupulousness in the matter of estimates gradually secured country house clients , but his expertise as a house planner took time to develop . |
| 29 | His expertise as a children 's bookseller was highly valued by his colleagues , and he made a great contribution over a number of years to the work of the BA 's Children 's Executive , as a member and , more recently , as a vice-chairman . |
| 30 | Jonathan Webb ran some distance to offer his expertise as a surgeon . |