Example sentences of "as [noun] [noun prp] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The idea that Israel is the final and true refuge of all Jews — ‘ the first and last line of defence of the Jewish people ’ , as Szymon Datner called it — is as credible to Israelis today as it was in 1948 . |
| 2 | As Gerald Thomas told me : ‘ Our success appeared to be based on the demise of the British music hall , the slightly lavatorial humour that appealed to father and son alike — and to the fact that people knew what they were getting , like Heinz baked beans or Lux toilet soap . ’ |
| 3 | It was as thoughtful and generous an invitation as King Hussein sending us down to Petra and Aqaba . |
| 4 | Whether Dixon J. 's analysis is right or wrong , the authorities certainly demonstrate that , as Cussen J. put it in Bank of Victoria Ltd. v. Mueller [ 1925 ] V.L.R. 642 , 651 : |
| 5 | As Ania Loomba puts it , in relation to colonialist studies , ‘ the neglect of histories surrounding native insubordination either devalues or romanticises the latter , or worse , tends to read colonised subjects through linguistic or psychoanalytic theories which , for some of us at least , remain suspiciously and problematically shot through with ethnocentric assumptions whose transfer to all subalterns is unacceptable ’ ( ‘ Overworlding ’ , cited from manuscript ) . |
| 6 | John trained frantically hard with press-ups to increase his strength and , as Pamela Chrimes described it , ‘ used me as a dumbbell until he could cope ’ . |
| 7 | As Michel Foucault reminds us , though : |
| 8 | The role of the station was , as ever , crucial in this process , as Roger Price reminds us : |
| 9 | The Royal Institution had just moved its laboratories up from the basement where they were no longer valuable in ‘ our struggle for existence ’ , as William Spottiswoode put it in January 1873 . |
| 10 | But in 1900 these uncertainties were still in the future ; there were clouds , as William Thomson described them , hanging over some classical theories , but as yet no thunder and lightning . |
| 11 | The third perspective is Kao yuan , in which the viewer is looking up towards a mountain scene , as William Willetts puts it , ‘ through successively receding heights represented by flat parallel planes , each with its own horizon ’ . |
| 12 | The loyalty which Anglicans professed to the Stuart monarchy was quite specifically " a church of England-Loyalty " , as William Sherlock put it in his sermon to James II 's first Parliament on 29 May 1685 . |
| 13 | The brave tot , who has been battling leukaemia since he was six weeks old , was bouncing with life yesterday as mum Michelle took him out for a treat . |
| 14 | But as Kenneth Connor told me , ‘ What she actually saw was the first full frontals ever on view during the making of a British film . |
| 15 | As Ward J. put it in his judgment , English law does not accept the transatlantic concept of ‘ informed consent ’ and it follows that it would reject any concept of ‘ informed refusal . ’ |
| 16 | Johnny Byrne in 1960 , as Jim Mercer saw him , and receiving the appreciation of Palace fans on his return to Selhurst Park in December 1990 . |
| 17 | Leaning away slightly as Ibn Fayoud enveloped her in his gowns and aftershave , Kelly found herself looking at a smiling Annie . |
| 18 | As Patrick Forbes put it in Champagne , ‘ The news of his appointment was received with a certain relief by most people , for , if you were going to be shoved around , it was better to be shoved around by a wine-maker than by some beer-drinking Nazi lout . ’ |
| 19 | The true situation is as Patrick Wilson put it so well in another seminal work : |
| 20 | MacArthur deemed it vital that ‘ if and when the Japanese are permitted an army that it not be run by the ‘ old crowd ’ and in the old way but that , as Colonel Babcock put it , be a ‘ democratic army ’ . |
| 21 | Or , as Bernard Mandeville put it , in his usual ambivalent , ironic manner : " it is manifest , that in a Free Nation , where Slaves are not allowed of , the surest wealth consists in a multitude of laborious poor … " |
| 22 | As Slade LJ put it in Harlingdon Ltd : … the fact that a description has been attributed to the goods , either during the course of negotiations or even in the contract ( if written ) itself , does not necessarily and by itself render the contract one for 'sale by description " . |
| 23 | But the new ‘ consciousness of sin ’ as Beatrice Webb called it , still affected relatively few of the sinful classes . |
| 24 | As Ian Michael puts it in his admirable history of English grammar , This function of pronouns , as John Wilkins saw in 1668 , is to ‘ represent things … |
| 25 | The Mobile Moustache — as Ian Chappell calls him — was the bowler who won the match for Australia . |
| 26 | As Dotun Adebayo puts it : ‘ The fact is that , offscreen , Arsenio Hall is not so black . |
| 27 | If they are ‘ mediators between clients and the wider state apparatus ’ , as Neil Thompson puts it , then it is vital their prejudices are challenged . |
| 28 | This inscription must be roughly contemporary with Kohelet — that is , not later than 250 B.C. " The first Greek Jew " , as David Lewis called him ( Journ . |
| 29 | As David Nicholson said he 'll be taking orders from the jockey today instead of the other way around . |
| 30 | She glanced up briefly as David Ryker passed her , his leather jacket undone . |