Example sentences of "as a [noun sg] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 It is enough to say here that slag should be used sparingly as a soil conditioner from time to time , and not as a routine crop food .
2 Bark chippings can also be used as a mowing strip against the wall .
3 We have had a good year with minor upsets , such as a cataract operation for me which was no trouble at all , and has resulted in a dramatic improvement in my eyesight .
4 ‘ There 's only one blind tee shot ; everything is in view , ’ said Johnny , who drew on his recollection of memorable holes he faced as a Tour player in the 1960s .
5 The sandy-haired , handsome French-Canadian , Gilles , worked as a tour guide in Rio .
6 In 1925 Gow returned to Cambridge as a teaching fellow of Trinity .
7 When articulated as a teaching programme for English one of the most interesting features of this urge to develop a " common touch " , or an affective bond between teachers and taught , is the centrality to be accorded to popular tastes , however " crude and unformed " they might be considered to be .
8 Walsall Museum and Art Gallery has developed an energetic and lively educational programme around the collection , encouraging primary school teachers to use it as a teaching aid for the national curriculum , starting up a printmaking course inspired by the works in the collection and offering prizes for the best short description of one of the works .
9 It was purchased with part of Wimpey 's donation and will be used as a teaching aid for nurses when explaining the causes of osteoporosis — the fragile bone disease — to patients .
10 Like the natural system in botany , Mendeleev 's Table seemed to show how the elements really were related ; and as a teaching aid in a part of chemistry which had previously seemed to depend simply on memory , it was a boon .
11 On the 23rd , he began his postgraduate studies as a teaching assistant at Auburn University , and on 2 October , also on schedule , Mary-Claude presented him with a daughter , Sarah .
12 He was educated at Ratoath National School , county Meath , and trained as a teaching monitor at the Central Model Schools of the Board of National Education , Marlborough Street , Dublin .
13 His first recorded appearance is at Longleat House , Wiltshire , where he went to work for Sir John Thynne [ q.v. ] as a master mason in March 1568 .
14 David 's decision to become female has already cost him £20,000 most saved from his wages as a master chef in hotels throughout the North-East and in Europe .
15 SIR — As a master mariner of nearly 40 years ' standing , I am continually upset by the criticism of Captain Lord ( report , April 3 ) .
16 On the one hand we can see it as a master stroke of the Devil : Christians and humans everywhere have been forced into private enclaves cut off from the public world and each other .
17 The Tharos , which had been acting as a support vessel to the Piper Alpha platform was anchored close by .
18 Izvestiya of Nov. 17 pointed out that the leaders of local administrations often had " more real power than the heads of Russian Federation constituent republics " and that they acted as a support base for Yeltsin .
19 It is now possible to have eight or nine merely average international players functioning as a support unit for the one or two stars who will be expected to win the games with a decisive intervention .
20 He suggested that Hungary may act as a support centre for Data General 's entire Eastern European operations , while a local manufacturing site could help the company secure more of the large projects currently being financed under the European Community 's PHARE scheme — European-based suppliers are favoured under PHARE criteria .
21 ‘ We discuss the benefits of greyness as it relates to our lives , ’ we explained , ‘ and also act as a support network for those who feel embarrassed at going grey .
22 Inexperienced as I was in counselling , I nevertheless felt it essential that the school should offer itself as a support agency through which parents could find their way into the numerous services provided by the state , by the local authority and by voluntary organisations .
23 And if there 's no work and if there 's no means by which people can get themselves you know those sorts of basic things but you know I 'm not gon na si I I could n't say that the whole structure is going to ch change becau but I think erm I hope anyway and I do believe really that er I mean I hope that we 're going to stay together as a support group in some sort of form and Yes and there 's no way that we 're not going to support other causes in the way that we 've been supported .
24 VisionWare , based in Leeds , was formed recently as a management buy-out from Systime ( tel. : 0532 529292 ) .
25 This is how one school has used a formula-based system as a management response to a resource distribution problem .
26 Andrew joined Wimpey Group Accounts as a management accountant in 1987 .
27 Average milk yields of 6,000–6,500 litres per lactation were common with fairly detailed recording being used as a management aid at two of the farms .
28 His career started with Templetons in 1951 as a Management Trainee in the Despatch Department .
29 Networked organisations operate as a fluid inter-relationship of different teams .
30 As a bronze medallist at the last two World Championships , Brown was everybody 's favourite , but Stephen hit harder and more often .
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