Example sentences of "as [prep] a [noun] ['s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Every hundred metres or so when we met the road zigzagging its six kilometres to the top we turned to the landscape : huge conical mountains with valleys that knit together as neatly as in a child 's drawing . |
| 2 | A slight deviation from the walking stance quickly puts a student into the taekwondo fighting stance , in which the body is slightly inclined to present less of an open target and the fists are held high as in a boxer 's pose . |
| 3 | The strong forces between the particles would correspond to pieces of string that went between other bits of string , as in a spider 's web . |
| 4 | An innkeeper , as we have seen , is under a duty to provide reasonable refreshment if so required and accommodation to a traveller ; hence , the innkeeper has a right of lien over a traveller 's property as well as over a guests ' to ensure that the traveller 's bill is duly paid . |
| 5 | Sexual dysfunction may arise from fear of pregnancy or parenthood , anxiety as to the possibility of venereal disease , guilt as to a child 's disability , or anger at the sex role thrust upon one by society . |
| 6 | Local authorities are expected to resolve any questions as to a child 's ordinary residence by agreement , failing which the Secretary of State will decide ( s30(2) ) . |
| 7 | A lending bank must concern itself as to a country 's political stability . |
| 8 | Currently influential acquisition theories provide two different sources for the acquisition of argument structure : a meaning-driven approach whereby cognitively available information as to a verb 's meaning predicts the number and type of elements involved in its syntactic complementation , and a syntax-driven approach whereby information as to verb 's complementation tells the learner about its meaning . |
| 9 | Wexford put the lights on and behind the streaming glass the sky looked black as on a winter 's night . |
| 10 | Beneath the bandages , you can just discern small buckles , as on a toddler 's harness . |