Example sentences of "[noun prp] as [num] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Devoy would surely count her match against Jackman as one of the most demanding she has experienced during her long reign as the world 's leading player , while Jackman , who was unlucky not to win the second game , pronounced herself happy with her performance . |
| 2 | ‘ He rates Richard as one of the best central defenders in the world after his performances in the European Championship finals . ’ |
| 3 | In ‘ 87 , Nick had been in Athens as one of the team that lured Fawaz Younis to a boat out of territorial waters , and put the handcuffs on him , and read him the charges of Air Piracy and placing a destructive device aboard an aircraft and committing violence aboard an aircraft and aiding and abetting a hijacking . |
| 4 | In fact , it was not as bad as some correspondents — and the Sunday Telegraph , which described NSS as one of the ‘ election losers ’ — seemed to think . |
| 5 | In February , the Stuttgart Classic takes its place along with Hamburg as one of the $1m ( £625,000 ) stops on the ATP Tour , adding to a growing list of reasons why West Germany is rapidly becoming the focal point of world tennis . |
| 6 | Coventry was chosen by Lord Reith as one of a handful of cities to be used as a prototype of large-scale urban planning . |
| 7 | This time round they were told they would not be able to enter the National Federation of Meat Traders bi-annual sausage competition at Harrogate as one of the sponsors , the Meat and Livestock Commission , held that they only provided sponsorship for mainland competitors . |
| 8 | The Middle East Economic Digest of Feb. 15 reported that the European Communities ( EC ) had also allocated a grant of ECU150,000,000 ( about US$207,000,000 ) to Jordan as one of the countries most affected by the Gulf War , and during a visit by Foreign Minister Hans-Dietrich Genscher on Feb. 14 [ see p. 37989 ] Germany agreed to provide further aid . |
| 9 | In June Prince Sihanouk replaced Chausen Kosal as one of the two Sihanoukist representatives [ see p. 38293 ] . |
| 10 | In the following year , the Institute was formally inaugurated on 15th June , with Donaldson as one of the Honorary Secretaries , and Earl de Grey as the President . |
| 11 | But are we left with a view of God as one of the actors on the world stage in the manner of the pagan gods , a benign Zeus who ‘ comes down ’ from Olympus to perform what is morally uplifting on earth ? |
| 12 | PIETER MULLER from South Africa — mentioned in those pages by John Robbie as one of the future ‘ hopes ’ when the Springboks are back on the international scene — is starring in the centre for GREYSTONES , Robbie 's former Irish club , in the AIL second division . |
| 13 | The Geordie who moved from Newcastle to Nottingham so he could regularly fish the Trent is rated by Frank Barlow as one of the country 's best float anglers — and accolades do n't come much higher than that ! |
| 14 | ‘ Greetings , ’ Lexandro addressed Tezla as one of the apish customized Servitors licked the Blood Drinker with its long tongue . |
| 15 | Richard Elliott , the Headmaster , chose Francis as one of the first pupil teachers , and in due course promoted him to the position of junior teacher at the Margate branch of the Asylum . |
| 16 | Deaths : General Albert Wedemeyer who died on Sunday aged 92 was described by John Keegan as one of the most intellectual and farsighted military minds America produced . |
| 17 | By selecting Tadchester as one of the new Development Zones the government plans to encourage new industry in the area . |
| 18 | Colman 's film credits are a roll-call of Hollywood movies at their prewar and most Anglophile best : Bulldog Drummond ( 1929 ) , Raffles ( 1930 ) , Cynara ( 1932 ) , Clive of India ( 1935 ) , A Tale of Two Cities ( 1935 ) , Under Two Flags ( 1936 ) , Lost Horizon ( 1937 ) , and The Prisoner of Zenda ( 1937 ) , all establishing Colman as one of the richest and most reliable of the Hollywood raj , the man on whom a whole later generation of expatriates , led by David Niven [ q.v. ] , modelled themselves and their officer-and-gentlemanly acting careers . |
| 19 | The role of the City of London as one of the world 's three leading financial centres is widely acknowledged . |
| 20 | He established Swindon as one of the most skilful sides outside the top flight before a frustrating switch to Tyneside . |
| 21 | IAN BOTHAM yesterday blamed the dropping of David Gower as one of the main reasons why England have lost the Test series against India . |
| 22 | Carling said : ‘ I admired Gerber as one of the world 's great centres long before I ever dreamed I would pull on an England shirt . |
| 23 | And he added to the problems confronting new Welsh Secretary John Redwood by referring to Wales as one of the ‘ isolated fortresses ’ held by the Tory Right in the Government . |
| 24 | M&S will join Texaco as one of the big-name occupiers of Canary Wharf , and Olympia&York says it expects to announce several other tenants shortly . |
| 25 | M&S will join Texaco as one of the big-name occupiers of Canary Wharf , and Olympia&York says it expects to announce several other tenants shortly . |