Example sentences of "as a [adj] [noun] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whether working in watercolours or oils we see him as a real painter 's painter , a technical wizard , but not a great imaginative talent . |
| 2 | A climb to savour , Moyer 's Buttress deserves its place as a classic gritstone E1 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | This had been floated in 1948 by the clothing establishment as a discreet gentleman 's fashion harking back to the golden days before ‘ socialism and formica ’ , but had been quickly coopted and camped up by the gay underground ; the more exaggerated aspects of this style caught the first Edwardians ' eye and , together with the Western Look that pervaded their favourite culture , American cowboy films , it formed the first youth style proper . |
| 5 | With hindsight , the Crowland chronicler goes further and sees Hastings ' death as a cynical move pour encourager les autres : ‘ with the rest of [ Edward IV 's ] faithful men expecting something similar these two dukes thereafter did what they wanted ’ . |
| 6 | It had been planned as a separate men 's and women 's race , with the latter being sent off 20 minutes earlier , but only Dorre managed to stick to the plan , winning in 2hr 29min 38sec . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | The new legislation , to be introduced to Parliament by Lord Perth as a private member 's bill , will address three areas that have concerned archaeologists . |
| 10 | The idealism which inspired this Act of Parliament was eloquently expressed in the House of Commons by Alfred Morris , MP for Manchester , Wythenshawe who had originally introduced this measure as a Private Member 's Bill : If we could bequeath one precious gift to posterity , I would choose a society in which there is genuine compassion for the chronically sick and disabled ; where understanding is unostentatious and sincere ; where needs come before means ; where if years can not be added to their lives , at least life can be added to their years ; … where the disabled have a fundamental right to participate in industry and society according to ability ; where socially preventable distress is unknown ; and where none has cause to be ill at ease because of disability . |
| 11 | ‘ The Civil Rights [ Disabled Persons ] Bill , introduced by Alf Morris MP as a Private Member 's Bill earlier this year , which receives its third reading in the House of Lords today , could form the basis of the new Act . |
| 12 | An almost identical Bill was introduced as a private member 's Bill in the 1973–74 session and successfully completed its passage through the House of Lords , when it fell at its Second Reading in the House of Commons on the dissolution of Parliament . |
| 13 | It was reintroduced in early 1974 , again as a private member 's Bill but with government backing . |
| 14 | This was introduced by the Civic Amenities Act 1967 ( promoted as a private member 's Bill by Duncan Sandys , President of the Civic Trust , and passed with government backing ) . |
| 15 | The Control of Pollution ( Amendment ) Act , introduced by Joan Ruddock as a private member 's bill in July 1989 , has not been effective in stopping the activities of the tippers . |
| 16 | The bill was initially suggested by Friends of the Earth , and introduced as a private member 's motion by Conservative MP Keith Mans. * Motor traffic in the UK grew by 3 per cent overall during 1991 . |
| 17 | While there existed a small women 's civil rights organization , the Liga Femenina Salvadorena , whose members were from the impatient middle classes , it could not be described as a broad women 's suffrage movement . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | During the same era of the early sixties , TV tough guy , Lewis Collins was earning a living as a junior ladies ' hairdresser at Andre Bernard 's salon in Liverpool . |
| 20 | Er are you saying that it is any part of the Council 's case that this land th it it 's it is er a possibility that having this land as a strategic reserve er can er is of assistance , or are you saying that it is simply er having included it in , it might form part of a strategic reserve ? |
| 21 | CLASSY CLASSIC : Catherine in her pop role as a Roman warrior 's love |
| 22 | In consequence , therefore , any one of these three procedures will be considered as a normal evening 's work . |
| 23 | Erm Nick has obviously talked about the er , the phasing of the estate erm , just to point out that the reason for it , perhaps seeming a bit of long drawn out er affair , it 's , it 's a , a minimum time as far as erm , all the people who have been negotiating feel it 's achievable in if we are to make sure that the estate does n't remain a building site as as a as a total entity fo , at any time , so this site here will not commence until this site is completed so that there will be some er , rest bite for the bungalow residents and of course , somewhere to park their cars in the in the interim . |
| 24 | But those who could speak English spoke no Welsh aloud in Shrewsbury in those days , for feeling was running all the higher because the two races bred and mingled so closely here , and it was well to be known as a loyal king 's man , and indulge other sympathies only in low voices round the hearth , or better still , in silence within the heart . |
| 25 | However , a Hallidayan linguist would analyse it as a fronted theme + rheme sequence , whereas a Prague linguist would analyse it as a rheme-theme sequence . |
| 26 | Representing a more traditional form of British cinema , John Schlesinger 's Madame Sousatzka ( Virgin ) has a stand-out performance by Shirley MacLaine and a keen eye for varied London locations , while A Time Of Destiny ( Vestron ) is a baroque romantic melodrama from Gregory Nava ( El Norte ) , which despite the miscasting of William Hurt as a Basque immigrant 's son seemed to me to have been unfairly downgraded . |
| 27 | We think that the er residents of a new settlement will still look to York as the natural centre for employment , for er provision of most employment , retailing and entertainment , and if you compare it with something like er Easingwold , erm which is of a similar size , erm this has achieved a degree a degree of self containment and balance , but this has occurred through erm a long period of development and a gradual growth of erm social linkages and economic linkages , however , even with such erm a gradual growth erm it 's not got a high degree of self containment , erm recent developments in er transport and changes in lifestyle have reduced this even further , and it 's difficult to believe that er a proposal , such as a new settlement er which is explicitly intended to cater for the development needs of York , located only ten miles from York can achieve the same level of self containment . |
| 28 | He said he had visited Sara Hart on 1 January as a New Year 's greeting . |
| 29 | CHANNEL 4 steals a march on GMTV 's debut tomorrow by serving up their own breakfast show tonight as a New Year 's Eve special . |
| 30 | As a recent Barnardo 's report on the plight of the young homeless states ‘ those young people who run away have been failed both by their families and by the society in which they live ’ ( O'Mahony , 1988 ) . |