Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] a [noun] as a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The management of the large Alhambra Theatre agreed to put this on for a week as a curtain-raiser to a horror film starring Boris Karloff . |
| 2 | So Adam and Eve they go and hide , but it 's not just Adam and Eve , but it 's every one of us , they 're just pictures , they 're representatives of you and of me , they are the federal head of the human race , and Paul with his writing in Romans three , and verse twenty three reminds us , and J B Phillips in his translation , he puts it like this he says every one has sinned , every one falls short of the beauty of God 's plan , that plan , that purpose that God had , not just for creation , not just for humanity in general , but for you as an individual , that purpose that God had , that beautiful plan , far better than you can could work out , out for yourself falling short of it , we 've marred it , we have n't come up to it , if that circle represented just as a diagram as a picture , God 's plan God 's beautiful plan for you and for me still a circle , but dented here , bashed in there |
| 3 | According to this interpretation , the associability of each stimulus element might be expected to decline as it becomes associated with others , just as a CS as a whole is thought to lose associability as it becomes linked with a US . |
| 4 | His quiet rage about the papers , and the idiots who paid good money for them , grew more intense as he began to grind away in a job as a research assistant at the Financial Times . |
| 5 | But at worst , and far more likely , they would simply hand her over to a magistrate as a thief . |
| 6 | The first three instruments here are obviously not intended for the serious player but for the beginner , or to be strummed once in a while as a second or third instrument . |
| 7 | A convicted robber has come out of prison on parole … and walked straight into a job as a professional actor . |
| 8 | It is unique in the millipede world for its ability to roll up into a sphere as a means of protection . |
| 9 | The pressure built up in a system as a result of the intake of water by osmosis . |
| 10 | The company was prepared to continue using him for up to a year as a continuity announcer . |
| 11 | As I dangled in the middle of our first abseil there was a sound like a freight train out of a tunnel as a large section of mountainside decided to share our icefield . |
| 12 | He had not been seen much in recent years , and Peggy Pine — who was Mother Francis 's line of communication with the outer world — said that he was now in a wheelchair as a result of a stroke . |
| 13 | He thought they were old already in 991 ; he saw they could be said as well by a heathen as a Christian ; he thought the fierce spirit they expressed was one of the reasons for Beorhtnoth 's rash decision to let the Vikings cross the river and fight on level ground ; they had led to defeat and the death of the innocent . |
| 14 | For those who get involved with up-front lathe work , how about a smock as a New Years gift ? |
| 15 | After obtaining her degree , she decided against teaching , opting instead for a career as a freelance translator . |
| 16 | So convinced is Saab of the value of air conditioning in our climate that it intends offering it instead of a sun-roof as a no-cost option on other models . |
| 17 | In August 1746 Leapor looked forward to a career as a writer and perhaps she felt she now had less cause to protest . |