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

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1 This cultural expression is used both as a safety-value of light , communal entertainment in situations which might otherwise be tense , boring and/or tedious , and also as a tool of protest in itself with which to unify and cement the groups ' sense of identity and purpose .
2 Infra-red may be regarded as a form of light to which the human eye is insensitive — that is , it can not be seen but otherwise behaves in practically the same way .
3 The white cat , presumably by direct contrast , was seen as a force of light against the darkness and was in this way converted into a symbol of good fortune .
4 There was a familiarity to it , but — Paige turned her head on the pillow as a band of light , growing wider , spread over the carpet .
5 As a pathway of light like a finger moved .
6 She would represent herself as an angel of light and make her kind master and benefactor a devil incarnate .
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