Example sentences of "to [pron] as [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Erm try and where possible to use the individual communication with them as opposed to erm communicating to them as a member of a group preferably in a relaxed environment er rather than a sort of erm including any decision making pass on as much credit for that decision as possible |
2 | When it was suggested to them as a possibility it was understood by them as an opportunity for a breathing space in the absence of any other alternative . |
3 | These libraries , large and small , are organised on the assumption that people come to them as a knowledge materials distribution centre , knowing what they want . |
4 | It is common for bulk work providers to have a lawyer assigned to them as a contact point . |
5 | It was presented to them as a detective game in which they were encouraged to help the Pink Panther to solve some mysteries . |
6 | It is essential in a well-run company that in addition to the feeling of plenty of headroom and space to create and carry out one 's job , there should be absolute confidence that those above will support one and that one can always look to them as a resource or as a help . |
7 | Although children will already have had everyday experiences with water this may be the first time that water has been offered to them as a material to play and experiment with . |
8 | Hugh , who had worn the uniform of a verderer for less than a twelvemonth , was no use to them as a guide and as the day grew on it became evident that his arm was causing him a great deal of pain . |
9 | In terms of their income , they are less dependent on the vagaries of the labour market , since the major part of their income today is guaranteed by the taxable capacity of the state , and is paid to them as a right . |
10 | They expressed their ‘ dissatisfaction … with the restricted powers available to them as a result of local government reorganisation . |
11 | ( ii ) The plaintiffs contend that variation should be refused on the ground that the information which led the Bank of England to issue the section 39 notice became available to them as a result of a serious contempt of court committed by the defendants in breach of the injunction . |
12 | This is the case where the graphic monetarist image of governments printing or minting new money is quite literally accurate since no alternative source or finance is available to them as a result of the restrictive assumptions of the model . |
13 | To assess the damages it is necessary to form a view upon three matters each of which is in greater or lesser degree one of speculation : ( 1 ) the value of the material benefits for his dependants which the deceased would have provided out of his earnings for each year in the future during which he would have provided for them had he not been killed : ( 2 ) the value of any material benefits which the dependants will be able to obtain in each such year from sources ( other than insurance ) which would not have been available to them had the deceased lived but which will become available to them as a result of his death : ( 3 ) the amount of the capital sum which , with prudent management , will produce annual amounts equal to the difference between ( 1 ) and ( 2 ) ( that is " the dependency " ) for each of the years during which the deceased would have provided material benefits for the dependants had he not been killed . |
14 | To talk about God to starving men is simply a waste of time for to them God is bread ; he can only appear to them as the bread of life . |
15 | Those social scientists who regard human actions as undetermined will look to them as the basis of counterfactual claims . |
16 | In the Cleggan every disappeared hillock and mound had a name that told and contained the kernel of its history and the people who knew the names , and why they were so called , were removed to another district as anonymous to them as the place they left behind had become anonymous ’ . |
17 | Will it all seem as quaint to them as the age of steam and the stovepipe hat now seems to us ? |
18 | As the prices of wireless guitar systems drop , more people are turning to them as an alternative to the shackles of the guitar lead . |
19 | ‘ It was important to respect the independence of older team members who had been used to me as a competitor and find the right balance between coaching and friendship . ’ |
20 | Please do not refer to me as a girlie , I demanded of Bob , it 's insulting . |
21 | What did that do to me as a person , to my sense of myself in the Christian church ? |
22 | Now frankly , an admiral who does n't pick his own bombing targets and a broker who ca n't choose his own investments do n't seem as oppressed to me as a clerk who is n't allowed to press her own return key . |
23 | A chubby young man called Laird Cregar appealed to me as a suspect , if only because he had the habit of being seen loitering around places where beautiful women had just been strangled . |
24 | Ben Alder has always seemed as impenetrable to me as a hi-fi magazine , but from up on the ridge it gives away its secrets and reveals a relatively simple ascent from the west up a long , inclining slope . |
25 | It was an extension — or so I thought — of the tact she had always shown to me as a child that she did n't impose . |
26 | I simply have n't a thing to wear and I wo n't have people pointing to me as a dowd . " |
27 | It was given to me as a present so I 'd feel funny about selling it myself , but you could maybe buy a pair of shoes for Sonja with it or something . |
28 | She said , ‘ You see , before the war , this was given to me as a present , and it was full of chocolates . ’ |
29 | ‘ They were given to me as a present . |
30 | Tony Visconti : ‘ At that time , we had gone into the studio to record ‘ The Man Who Sold The World ’ , and the horrible thing that was happening to me as a producer , the nightmare of my life , was that David and Angela were becoming totally entwined and enraptured with each other . |