Example sentences of "as a [noun sg] [noun sg] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | But what is remarkable , is that this work confounds what other more contemporary commentators are wont to suggest — that the orchestra , as a performance mechanism is dead . |
| 2 | As a general rule , though , it is easier to cope with a dry site than a wet one : as long as a water supply is available , a dry site can be moistened to highlight the differences in soil colour and texture . |
| 3 | Well of course there is there is such a thing as a preservation order is n't there ? |
| 4 | In mid-November 1849 , as a cholera epidemic was in decline , Sunday services of thanksgiving were ordered to be held in churches . |
| 5 | Do you think that there is a disadvantage to being a woman at school , so far as a science subject 's concerned ? |
| 6 | Finstat 's figures are dragged down by that spread , as a market index is not . |
| 7 | A couple whose bungalow has been put in the same council tax band as a mansion next-door are appealing against the decision . |
| 8 | The bird 's flapping became as frantic as a wind-up toy 's for a few seconds , but this quickly petered out and its body became limp . |
| 9 | Running a national business as complicated as a railway network is in all circumstances a daunting task , but the challenge is even more difficult when the government of the day can effectively veto any major decision . |
| 10 | Mr d'Ancona says much of the monitoring work done in Glasgow is geared to identifying projects which could yield future orders for supply companies which officials will alert by phone as soon as a trade lead is spotted . |
| 11 | YOU FAT BASTAD ! ’ as a stage diver is thrown back on to the stage and Carl , who has removed his glasses in a rare moment of vanity , gets out of the way by blundering blindly into the snare drum . |
| 12 | Like other fellow scribblers whose squiggles seriously abuse the very title ‘ shorthand notebook ’ , I have nevertheless been generously given hours , sometimes even days , by sportsmen happy enough to rabbit on without so much as a penny piece being mentioned . |
| 13 | Like other fellow scribblers whose squiggles seriously abuse the very title ‘ shorthand notebook ’ , I have nevertheless been generously given hours , sometimes even days , by sportsmen happy enough to rabbit on without so much as a penny piece being mentioned . |
| 14 | For as soon as a news organization is established within a competitive economic system , it has to exercise choices about what sort of medium it is , what it does and for whom it does it . |
| 15 | The motivation and advantage of using such a method as a research tool is that it finds a middle way between idiosyncratic subjectivism and claims to objectivity that have been increasingly questioned in the past twenty or so years ( by writers from Derrida ( 1975 ) to Lakoff ( 1987 ) ) . |
| 16 | I remember dark , solemn and suspicious looks , as a travelling family was given tea in the back-garden of a house in the country . |