Example sentences of "as a [noun] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Boulestin 's writing still seems so fresh and original that it comes as a shock to realize that these happenings occurred over forty years ago , and that his first cookery book Simple French Cooking for English Homes appeared in 1923 . |
| 2 | It came almost as a shock to realize that her night had been peaceful — there had been no dreams , no nightmares , and the bottle by her bed remained untouched . |
| 3 | It came as a shock to see the fervour the group inspired in fans . |
| 4 | It has come as a shock to realise that your magazine can no longer be relied on to present the relevant information in a straightforward factual manner . |
| 5 | It came as a shock to realise that nearly 20 years had passed since an enthusiastic young couple in Capel Curig told me they were going to ‘ do ’ Snowdonia that afternoon . |
| 6 | In 1913 , Mrs. Pember Reeves commented that it came as a shock to realise that working class wives in Lambeth who looked as it they were ‘ in the dull middle of middle age ’ in the 1950s , Viola Klein remarked that women generally looked old at 40 , which may indicate some improvement . |
| 7 | It came as a shock to find that the Englishman 's home did not necessarily have a spare bedroom or a bath or inside lavatory . |
| 8 | In her heart , Tallis had known that Scathach would not wait for her , but it still came as a shock to find that he had betrayed his word to her . |
| 9 | Somehow she 'd been expecting resistance , something she had frequently encountered with Graham Rowell whenever she had attempted anything new , and it came as a shock to find that she and David Markham were on the same wavelength . |
| 10 | It came as a shock to discover , when she stepped outside , that it was dark . |
| 11 | It can come as a shock to have to buy every stamp , tube of toothpaste or bar of soap as well as to wash and press favourite clothes before going out , and to change and launder their own bed linen . |
| 12 | At the extreme it was seen as a plot to sabotage the projected EEC . |
| 13 | A phrase like " the second novel Dickens produced " is not itself a statement of fact , but can be rewritten as a sentence to show its presupposition ( " Dickens produced a second novel " ) . |
| 14 | By contrast , community spirit in the valleys which were once associated with mining is seen as a threat to smooth , harmonious and profitable working conditions . |
| 15 | This was taken by the Londoners as a threat to extend the Marshal 's jurisdiction to the City itself , and intensified rumours that Gaunt was intent upon curtailing the City 's liberties and replacing the Lord Mayor with a captain appointed by the crown . |
| 16 | As Stoker argues above , contracting out has largely been used as a threat to achieve other forms of change , often by senior bureaucrats to gain concessions from and changes in work practices by staff at lower levels of the hierarchy . |
| 17 | Evans did admit buying a can of petrol on the way to Birdlip , but he thought White would only use it as a threat to rob Mr Stokle , nothing too serious . |
| 18 | Please use them as you think appropriate — as a vein to mime for The Graduate , as props for Reunions , to archive , or junk . |
| 19 | At the same time the defender raises his knee and pulls the attacker 's extended punch aim , using that arm as a support to strike behind the attacker 's kneecap with his foot . |
| 20 | This method is adequate as a system of nationally consistent statistical recording but as a feeder to influence social policy legislation from the experience of clients , the recording system has sometimes been inadequate . |
| 21 | At last she wrote to Sir John Merchiston , who was a remote cousin , but whom she had known when she came as a débutante to visit here with her family for the hunting . ’ |
| 22 | An immigrant labour force would always be needed as a buffer to absorb the shocks of alternating booms and recessions . |
| 23 | The child in such an environment is given maximum protection from exposure to his or her real self , or from those who will act as a mirror to reflect the child 's racial image . |
| 24 | In daylight he could have used a shop window as a mirror to watch the pharmacist 's across the road but lit windows were no use and who stands staring into dark ones ? |
| 25 | As far as these cats were concerned , I have little doubt that nothing but positive r reinforcement would have been given because if they had been punished they simply would n't have done it , and they would have run away and it 's very much more difficult as a as a performer to have an animal w is n't going to want to do the act . |
| 26 | The creative team took this new insight and used it as a spring-board to create a very successful campaign based on sprouting leaves and the headline : " Refreshes the parts other beers can not reach " , thus demonstrating the imaginative leap creative people make from research findings to effect communication messages . |
| 27 | The fibrepile is either used as a liner to uprate existing sleeping bags or on its own as single or double layer bags . |
| 28 | Serve the sauce as a dip to complement the fruit kebabs . |
| 29 | It is detracting nothing from his ability as a driver to say that his first championship , in I972 , he owed to a markedly superior car . |
| 30 | The review was accepted as a compromise to break the deadlock over a linked EC proposal to cut butter support prices by five per cent . |