Example sentences of "[conj] [noun sg] as a " in BNC.
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| 1 | It seems rather grandiose to label a talk with a colleague in the same office or department as an ‘ interview ’ , but in some ways it could be considered to be one , especially if our colleague is an expert in the field in which we ourselves have become interested . |
| 2 | There is literally no social arena — from the strongest material relationship to the most subtle moral one — in which the possessing classes and a self-conscious proletariat could take one and the same position and figure as an undifferentiated whole . |
| 3 | She wore a short grey habit and behind her glasses , her eyes were as bright and dark as a robin 's . |
| 4 | It grew cold and dark as a winter night , and there was no Beruna to hold him , and no daughter to comfort him , only the rope 's cruel embrace , and the Whale 's anger . |
| 5 | Being a close friend of Legrand and Couvelaire , I was not surprised when I first flew the prototype two years ago : soft and light as a feather , brilliant as a refined piece of thinking on how an ideal aircraft should fly , powerful as a civilianised fighter . |
| 6 | Our guide was a dour-faced , taciturn , little man who had as much chatter and wit as a dumb-struck oaf though he knew the bridle paths and trackways of Leicestershire like the back of his hand . |
| 7 | The trainer 's task is to explore more deeply , by facilitating an exchange of views over what else might happen and what passes through the minds of the adviser and client as a result of particular approaches . |