Example sentences of "as [verb] [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Shallis argues that this is hardly surprising , because its very terms of thought are such as to exclude it from the content of all discussion , at the very outset . |
| 2 | ( 3 ) Although some of the sung texts could be interpreted in a serious way , the dramatic situation is such as to cast them in a comic , or even burlesque , light . |
| 3 | This means that you can perform operations on it , such as scanning it for the particular information you want . |
| 4 | Presumably the library should at least have highlighted it in some way such as printing it in red , on the front of the delivery note , perhaps with a large red hand pointing to it . |
| 5 | I think you 're all being a bit heavy with all of this as treating her like a George Eliot heroine . |
| 6 | ‘ I have devised a number of exquisite tortures for little boys who break bottles ’ he wrote , ‘ such as circumcising them with the jagged fragments ’ . |
| 7 | Interviews with local people in the state of Tamil Nadu revealed increased incidences of unconsciousness , vomiting and other physical symptoms among people using pesticides ; a decrease in soil fertility and numbers of earthworms and insects ; and the prevalence of a range of unsafe practices in the use of pesticides ( such as mixing them with bare hands or using old containers for food storage ) . |
| 8 | * Analysing the structure of a text is useful only if you can make something of it , such as linking it with something else about the text in a correlation or causal relation ( see p. 53 ) . |
| 9 | The leader then proceeds to do a few activities around the table such as hitting it with both hands , scratching an ear , winking an eye or nodding backwards and forwards . |