Example sentences of "and [prep] an [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But in this important early phase , the social position of this kind of cultural producer was instituted as such , and as an integral part of general social organization . |
| 2 | And as an experienced tellee himself , he knows that Pooh will only believe what he says if Pooh believes that he believes it too . |
| 3 | As a parent , and as an experienced teacher , I sympathized with teachers , and recognized similar attitudes in myself . |
| 4 | And as an extra treat , Annellie Clyde is coming to stay for a week to teach you the rudiments . ’ |
| 5 | They would still like to have some toddler swings for the playing field and as an interim measure it was suggested that one of the existing swings should be fitted with a suitable toddler seat . |
| 6 | For example , Standard English does not distinguish between do as a main verb and as an auxiliary verb : He did it , did he ? |
| 7 | Dialogue is deftly used in Sercambi 's novella , as sometimes in the French fabliaux , but , as has been noted , none of the French fabliaux are suited to performance in the way that Dame Sirith is , and as an inferrable source for the Shipman 's Tale may have been . |
| 8 | Thus the new Shah began his reign in the shadow of his fathers humiliation , and as an Anglo-Soviet puppet . |
| 9 | ‘ Dylan as an actor and as an explosive performing force was a dangerous rival for other actors , as I know , for I worked with him a few times or several , and once for instance a director [ Douglas Cleverdon ] said to him — we were rehearsing a radio play at the time — Dylan , will you take the words ‘ Mam ! |
| 10 | Their case would have been vastly more plausible ; and a decisive electoral victory for the Labour Party might have been seen as a mandate for the promotion of industrial democracy in the trade unions ' model of it , and as an implicit declaration of public opinion in favour of the consequential abridgement or even abrogation of the rights of ownership . |
| 11 | Pluralism , in the context of the community power debate , can be regarded as an alternative description of the distribution of political power and as an alternative methodology for analysing the distribution of power . |
| 12 | It later saw service in the Napoleonic wars and as an anti-aircraft point in this century . |
| 13 | Eventually these ideas coalesced into the belief that Germany 's rise as a new state and as an industrial power was being hampered by uncertainty over the unreliable national loyalties of the Slav peoples in the east , by the back-stabbing machinations of the Jews inside Germany , and by the threat of communism that came in both Slav and Jewish forms . |
| 14 | Competition between male mountain goats is rather less than in some other species and as an evolutionary result the sexes are very similar in size and appearance . |
| 15 | Yet for all her passionate dedication to public service she also knew how to enjoy herself and as an elderly lady was often seen at the gaming tables of Monte Carlo in the late 1920s , savouring to the full the social pleasures made possible by her unique commercial success . |
| 16 | Margery , in her swift change of attitude abandoning her loyalty to her absent husband in favour of a sexual liaison with Wilekin , is a parallel to the woman in Cele qui se fist foutre sur la fosse de son mari ; and as an elderly procuress , operating through feigning grief and gaining sympathy , Dame Sirith finds a parallel in Auberee , " " la vieille maquerel " " , " the old bawd " , in the fabliau of the same name . |
| 17 | Diatomite is now being extracted for use as a filter aid and as an anti-caking agent for coating fertiliser pellets . |
| 18 | An enclosing windshield is advisable to conserve heat and fuel and as an additional safety feature . |
| 19 | REAR-ADMIRAL GARTH WATSON , who has died aged 78 , had three distinguished careers : as an Admiralty engineer ; as one of the first officers of the newly formed Naval Electrical Branch ; and as an outstanding secretary of the Institution of Civil Engineers . |
| 20 | There were a number of small battles in Labourd and eventually , in February 1814 , one large one , further to the east , at Orthez , recorded as one of Wellington 's deftest victories , and as an ultimate defeat for Marshal Soult and his army from Spain . |
| 21 | Both psychologically and as an actual threat it weighs heavily on the minds of the South Koreans . |
| 22 | Fresh cheeses are used both as table cheeses and as an invaluable ingredient for cooking . |
| 23 | A third , more general topic , is an assessment of Lord Balogh 's impact on economic policy both as an unofficial adviser to the Labour Party in the immediate postwar years and as an official adviser in the 1960s . |
| 24 | She travelled to the United States in 1893 , to the world fair in Chicago , the Columbian exposition , as a foreign correspondent for the Echo , and as an official delegate to the World 's Congress of Representative Women . |
| 25 | As just one example , beer might be seen as a soft drink in some countries ( around the Mediterranean ) and as an alcoholic drink in others . |
| 26 | Bibliographic provision is an element of this review , and as an important contributor of this , BBN will come under the microscope . |
| 27 | The election , the first for the legislature since 1988 [ see pp. 36019-21 ] , was seen as a test of popular support for President Roh Tae Woo , and as an important indicator of the likely result of the presidential elections due later in 1992 . |
| 28 | And as an added incentive you could receive a gift of your choice absolutely free regardless of which savings option you select , if you apply before the 26th July , 1991 . |
| 29 | Now is the time to prove them right by entering our Christmas literary quiz — and as an added incentive we are offering a bottle of Glenmorangie for the first correct entry drawn out of the hat . |
| 30 | " Englishing " sets store by faithfulness to the content and general structure of the poem ; does not oblige the translator to reproduce the prosody of the original , but does require the choice of something considered to be a metrical equivalent ; allows the translator some licence in supplying figures , metaphors , etc. , in compensation for those too deeply rooted for transplantation from the original language ; relates the translation to current notions of poetic language and form ( as , for example , Dr Johnson chose to put Horace into rhymed couplets , but C.S. Calverley , a contemporary of Tennyson , considered the " In Memoriam " stanza the most effective equivalent ) ; offers , consequently , something to be considered both as a poem from the original and as an original poem ; and attempts , in the widest sense , to place the adopted poem in the nurturing environment of the adoptive culture . |