Example sentences of "to [pron] as a " in BNC.
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| 1 | They walked like robots until Doyle yelled , ‘ Stop ! ’ with half his voice whirled away by the wind so that it came to them as a little thread of sound . |
| 2 | These libraries , large and small , are organised on the assumption that people come to them as a knowledge materials distribution centre , knowing what they want . |
| 3 | Hugh , who had worn the uniform of a verderer for less than a twelvemonth , was no use to them as a guide and as the day grew on it became evident that his arm was causing him a great deal of pain . |
| 4 | Although children will already have had everyday experiences with water this may be the first time that water has been offered to them as a material to play and experiment with . |
| 5 | Many of them so often quite rightly describe what has happened to them as a deep wound resulting from the blow they have received . |
| 6 | In terms of their income , they are less dependent on the vagaries of the labour market , since the major part of their income today is guaranteed by the taxable capacity of the state , and is paid to them as a right . |
| 7 | When the industry 's senior engineers and managers met him , he appeared to them as a strong-willed , humourless , puritanical idealist , but he was sane , reasonable and had a strong sense of the practical realities of power . |
| 8 | When it was suggested to them as a possibility it was understood by them as an opportunity for a breathing space in the absence of any other alternative . |
| 9 | It is essential in a well-run company that in addition to the feeling of plenty of headroom and space to create and carry out one 's job , there should be absolute confidence that those above will support one and that one can always look to them as a resource or as a help . |
| 10 | They expressed their ‘ dissatisfaction … with the restricted powers available to them as a result of local government reorganisation . |
| 11 | It was presented to them as a detective game in which they were encouraged to help the Pink Panther to solve some mysteries . |
| 12 | There is a tendency for members of each stratum to develop their own ‘ subculture ’ , that is certain norms , attitudes and values which are distinctive to them as a social group . |
| 13 | ( ii ) The plaintiffs contend that variation should be refused on the ground that the information which led the Bank of England to issue the section 39 notice became available to them as a result of a serious contempt of court committed by the defendants in breach of the injunction . |
| 14 | Angel did not mind , because he was planning to introduce Tess to them as a d'Urberville as well as a dairymaid , some months later . |
| 15 | Lenin referred to them as a ‘ separate social stratum ’ , at least until the highest stage of development had been reached . |
| 16 | Erm try and where possible to use the individual communication with them as opposed to erm communicating to them as a member of a group preferably in a relaxed environment er rather than a sort of erm including any decision making pass on as much credit for that decision as possible |
| 17 | This is the case where the graphic monetarist image of governments printing or minting new money is quite literally accurate since no alternative source or finance is available to them as a result of the restrictive assumptions of the model . |
| 18 | To assess the damages it is necessary to form a view upon three matters each of which is in greater or lesser degree one of speculation : ( 1 ) the value of the material benefits for his dependants which the deceased would have provided out of his earnings for each year in the future during which he would have provided for them had he not been killed : ( 2 ) the value of any material benefits which the dependants will be able to obtain in each such year from sources ( other than insurance ) which would not have been available to them had the deceased lived but which will become available to them as a result of his death : ( 3 ) the amount of the capital sum which , with prudent management , will produce annual amounts equal to the difference between ( 1 ) and ( 2 ) ( that is " the dependency " ) for each of the years during which the deceased would have provided material benefits for the dependants had he not been killed . |
| 19 | It is common for bulk work providers to have a lawyer assigned to them as a contact point . |
| 20 | By fifty percent , but I certainly would n't be I certainly would n't be referring to them as a peripheral area . |
| 21 | I certainly would n't refer to them as a peripheral area , that was |
| 22 | It was given to me as a present so I 'd feel funny about selling it myself , but you could maybe buy a pair of shoes for Sonja with it or something . |
| 23 | She said , ‘ You see , before the war , this was given to me as a present , and it was full of chocolates . ’ |
| 24 | Tony Visconti : ‘ At that time , we had gone into the studio to record ‘ The Man Who Sold The World ’ , and the horrible thing that was happening to me as a producer , the nightmare of my life , was that David and Angela were becoming totally entwined and enraptured with each other . |
| 25 | SIR — Your agricultural correspondent 's report on the goats of Snowdonia and their origins ( April 2 ) is less exciting than the folklore related to me as a small boy by a Welsh shepherd . |
| 26 | ‘ To me as a Peruvian , ’ David said , his deep , brown eyes alive with the topic , ‘ nationalism means Manu , means biological diversity . |
| 27 | It has not often been given to me as a poet , it is perhaps not often given to human beings , to find such ready sympathy , such wit and judgment together . |
| 28 | Ben Alder has always seemed as impenetrable to me as a hi-fi magazine , but from up on the ridge it gives away its secrets and reveals a relatively simple ascent from the west up a long , inclining slope . |
| 29 | They were the only words ever spoken to me as a player that could remotely be termed coaching … nobody realized that a young player needed reassurance . ’ |
| 30 | They inter-linked into a plasma of enormous strength , and to me as a young man they formed a Mafia that made the Sicilian one look like choirboys . |