Example sentences of "as [art] [adj] man [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sport is seen as the black man 's second nature . |
| 2 | He flicked his own eyes towards the rear seat , and his heart leapt as the black man 's eyes narrowed slightly then glanced at the figure in the back . |
| 3 | If salmon is still the rich man 's herring , one can no longer think of herrings as the poor man 's salmon for they have become so expensive that one buys them by the troy ounce . |
| 4 | Last month he starred as the poor man 's hero in the film Robin Hood and now he 's playing a wealthy land agent in Granada TV 's new series , The Real Charlotte , which starts next Monday . |
| 5 | The scarlet pimpernel is so sensitive that it is often known as the Poor Man 's Weather Glass . |
| 6 | Philpott surprised many of his team by appointing him , and not Kolchinsky , as the dead man 's successor . |
| 7 | They are essentially threatening or assaulting practices and , like silent or heavy-breathing telephone calls , may be thought of as the sexually-poor man 's rape ! |
| 8 | So that would make erm er five one six five as a married man 's or a married couple 's allowance as it 's now called , plus the three four four five . |
| 9 | New secretary Paul Birks of Mason 's Ironstone , who has taken over from Peter Masheter , said : ‘ Golf is no longer seen as a rich man 's sport and is accessible to all ages and pockets . |
| 10 | To that extent , the EC does not seem to have accepted the ramifications of the post-communist years and has not decided whether it wants to consolidate itself as a rich man 's club at the western end of the continent of Europe , to which the east Europeans can apply for associate membership , or to widen its institutions , starting with freer trade . |
| 11 | And at the same time , since Svidrigailov too has been brushed against in this reaching back which is also a reaching forward , the incident of the governor 's ear can be understood in all its matchless comedy as a desperate man 's recourse against boredom . |
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| 13 | Right now the trade union movement in Britain is functioning as a white man 's union and this must be challenged . |
| 14 | What I would find off-putting is the idea that people would see me as a divorced man 's bit of light relief . |
| 15 | This is not , however , intended as a guide for the connoisseur , but rather as a plain man 's helpmate to getting the best possible fish for the least outlay . |