Example sentences of "which [pers pn] [verb] as a " in BNC.
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| 1 | After supper the ladies sung Erse songs , to which I listened as an English audience to an Italian opera , delighted with the sound of words which I did not understand . ’ |
| 2 | Denise Harriman , the senator 's aide , uttered a barely audible sigh which I translated as an expression of relief that her responsibility for the twins was ending . |
| 3 | The theory which I commend as a guide to the fruitful development of international law in the control of force may be called ‘ ethical ’ or perhaps ‘ functional positivism ’ . |
| 4 | I shall certainly answer the question , because we have a policy to which I alluded as a result of an interruption made by the Government Whip . |
| 5 | My periods , which had always been topsy-turvy and which I saw as a real indicator of health and wellbeing , settled into a reliable pattern . |
| 6 | This does not extend to feeding a patient against his will , which I regard as a form of aggressive treatment . |
| 7 | On point d ) of this paper , which I regard as a separate issue , I have already made the point at Research Management that Library staff are receiving many more non-Library enquiries now , referred from Exhibition Hall staff , from Shop staff , and from new Support staff on the switchboard . |
| 8 | So much for the jerk-off theories put forward by the police , in which I figure as an adulterous version of George Joseph Smith — not the brides in the bath but the wittol in the water . |
| 9 | The next Christmas I received a present of a metal unbreakable flask from my friends , which I cherish as a reminder not to be a grumpy bag up hills . |
| 10 | The outcome of this process , which I indicated as a possible development in the first edition of this book , is the pre-eminence in the present-day labour movement of social democratic parties ; that is to say , of parties which are themselves coalitions of diverse groups and intellectual tendencies , rather than centralized , monolithic organizations held together by strict discipline and an authoritatively interpreted ideology . |
| 11 | Being a man myself , the similarity by which I recognize as a man must be not only to others previously classified as men but to myself ; I assume , and when close enough to read expression and gesture simulate , thought and emotion like mine , turning his observed behaviour inside out . |
| 12 | Yet to give instant opinions on the long term impact of the many educational reports , speeches , Parliamentary debates , learned researches , books , ideas and happenings which marked the years through which I worked as a teacher was quite impossible . |
| 13 | Q. I have two six-inch Temporales , which I bought as a pair when they were three inches long , and lately they have been showing signs of breeding , such as locking their jaws and tail slapping . |
| 14 | I had tied a three inch strip of webbing between the shafts , which I used as a harness . |
| 15 | I had another l pipe , piece of water pipe , which I used as a balancing device , but I found , with the watering pipe you are so stable you feel it 's a shame to be seen holding on . |
| 16 | Bed after regular bed shows a dark , laminated lower portion which I identify as an algal mat type deposit that has been ripped up and incorporated , in a graded fashion , in " cleaner " , paler sediment from offshore . |
| 17 | The President accepted his scrap of twisted limb with a gracious smile and said , on Susan 's advice , ‘ I am delighted to receive this gift which I see as a symbol of the cultural and commercial interdependence of the planets . |
| 18 | I feel would never wish to give up or reject feminism , which I see as an insistence on putting women first , an insistence on women 's autonomy and I think that the debates with National Liberation struggles , the debate in the Irish National Liberation struggle has seen the two things as going hand in hand . |
| 19 | The classrooms in which such learning takes place may look very different from those in which I sat as a child 50 years ago ( the walls are covered with paintings and there is a computer in the corner , the desks are informally arranged ) but the assumption that all learning is determined , ordered and mediated through the teacher is the common thread which links the schools of the 1980s with those of my pre-war childhood . |
| 20 | The first is the acceptable result ( see 5b above on page 51 ) which you see as a realistic one . |
| 21 | Two have since been found they were advertised for sale in Darlington but the third , which she had as a foal , is still missing . |
| 22 | A degree of light emanated from the silently hurtling water , which she felt as a force urging her forward , as though she were in its grip and swept along with it . |
| 23 | Pulling off the silky dress with trembling hands , then the slips of white lace which did service as bra and pants , she angrily kicked off the low-heeled white sandals , raked her long blonde hair out of its French plait , and then plunged gratefully for the privacy of the small en-suite bathroom , standing beneath the shower for a long , soothing soak before she climbed into bed in the baggy jade T-shirt which she wore as a nightshirt . |
| 24 | Elizabeth Blackwell , the pioneer woman doctor , in The Human Element in Sex ( 1885 ) , rejected Acton 's denial of female sexuality , which she saw as an ‘ immense spiritual force of attraction … |
| 25 | Lady Miriam said the princess will unveil a special plaque to mark the opening of the new hospice , which she describes as a vital addition to health care facilities in the area . |
| 26 | She runs the advertising for Phileas Fogg Snacks , Babycham and Shell which she describes as an interesting mixture . |
| 27 | Her looks were sufficiently unusual to attract a second glance in spite of an aloof and rather intimidating expression which she cultivated as a form of defence against being the recipient of too much male attention . |
| 28 | Situated on the western of Kensington Gardens , off the Broad Walk , Kensington Palace has its own fine gardens — the Sunken Gardens and The Orangery Gardens , with Queen Anne 's beautiful Orangery which she used as a ‘ Summer Supper House ’ . |
| 29 | She made a major contribution to Macmillan London , which she leaves as a profitable and successful part of the group . ’ |
| 30 | Looking for Ianthe and Penelope , Sophia saw that they were deep in conversation , which she welcomed as a good sign . |