Example sentences of "as a [noun] [noun] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a temperance organisation it was particularly stunned to discover that some its missing money has been invested in drinking and gambling establishments . |
| 2 | erm If you take a novel like Dorothy Sayers ' Gaudy Night , which is offered as an example of a classic detective story which really is also a novel about academic life , it 's a love story , I think as a love story and as a novel of academic life it 's in many ways very good indeed , but I think as a detective story it 's completely uninteresting you know because one part has to fade in order that the , the other should come into focus . |
| 3 | The final point which needs to be made about ethnicity is that as a speaker variable it can not usually be isolated from social class . |
| 4 | As a solo instrument it is admirable for the expression of poignant melodies or short expressive phrases , and is , of course , a sine qua non in music of a pastoral nature . |
| 5 | As a story line it 's not all because it does n't say anything about the girl , it does n't say where she 's going , where she 's come from and what 's happening on the way . |
| 6 | As a foundation material it is only used by nomadic and some village weavers . |
| 7 | As a foundation material it has numerous advantages : it is strong , does not lose its shape and can be spun into strands sufficiently thin to allow fine weaving . |
| 8 | As a seduction suite it had its shortcomings , he reflected as he unzipped his jeans , stepped out of them , and slung them onto the sofa with the rest of the day 's rubbish . |
| 9 | ‘ I suppose as a holiday house it is a bit far from Sydney . ’ |
| 10 | As a dive computer it logs depth , temperature and cylinder pressure as functions of time , but by using different sensors it can also log up to eight other parameters simultaneously , and control 12 external devices like switches and relays . |
| 11 | Used as a revision book it can prompt and encourage some self-questioning but it is too brief to use as a teaching document . |
| 12 | First , the complete omission of ‘ When I have often heard young maids complaining ’ ( This may seem surprising , given that the text managed to get into the quarto , even if late ; but as a continuo song it could , at a pinch , have been accompanied by the harpsichordist from a separate sheet , with a gamba player reading over his shoulder . |
| 13 | As a seaside resort it was always likely to develop , but never did . |
| 14 | As a stunt kite it excels in smooth , sweeping manoeuvres and when ‘ stacked ’ in train they make a spectacular sight , as well as offering a considerable physical challenge for the operator . |
| 15 | Thus , provided that the court categorises the issue as a collateral question it will substitute judgment on the point , whether that be one of fact or law . |
| 16 | ‘ I do n't know what it is about the ‘ 68 but as a Fender Jag it 's got a real thin sound . |
| 17 | And as a television sport it 's also hard because all you see is a ball flying through the air and you have no sense of scale or depth . |
| 18 | Well my Lord as a time saver it would quite er how my er learned friend went through the documents , i it in the contents she would otherwise make and one suspects that it would take a great deal longer . |
| 19 | I think in certain aspects as as a team member it could be me er low in dominance I mean that that certainly is me |
| 20 | The problem here is that as a $4,300 box it 's fitted with only 207Mb external disk and 16Mb internal memory , barely enough to handle the Solaris 2.1 operating system that eats up 200Mb of disk space and prefers 24Mb minimum . |
| 21 | Styal Mill , Cheshire , was begun in 1784 by Samuel Greg of Belfast as a silk mill It was later much enlarged and here the 1810 additions lie against the stream which provided its power . |
| 22 | The ‘ Second ’ Prokofiev Sonata comes first on the disc — in its original guide as a flute sonata it dies predate the First Sonata — and it is here that Hardy and Devos really distinguish themselves . |
| 23 | But er no as a as a safety bakery it was as good as any . |
| 24 | For example , if you have ambitions to work as a district nurse it may help to have worked in the care of elderly or disabled people . |
| 25 | In practice the price obtained will be less than the generating cost , so as a business proposition it is a non-starter . |
| 26 | As a tourist spectacle it welcomed over 3.5 million visitors in 1988 alone and now ranks as the North West 's premier tourist attraction . |
| 27 | As a design project it is perhaps the most exploited . |
| 28 | As a specimen plant it can be grown on its own . |
| 29 | Developed in this country as an applications generator it has been used to create a data base publishing system of exceptional power . |