Example sentences of "[vb past] [v-ing] [noun pl] as [art] " in BNC.
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1 | David Philip , chairman , described trading conditions as the ‘ poorest for many years . ’ |
2 | The Oxford Study reveals that of 169 people who reported receiving damages as a consequence of an accident suffered , only four received them as a result of a court order . |
3 | Appointed columnist on the Morning Leader , and financially stable , he left the Meteorological Office in 1899 , and also began accepting engagements as a paid circuit lecturer . |
4 | Sam took off his stained jacket , wiped his bloody nose , sucked his knuckles and began making jokes as a form of released tension . |
5 | Jeremy , who 's from Gloucester started making didgeridoos as a hobby . |
6 | The Stuarts liked using charters as a way to give royal encouragement of development and enterprise , as was shown by the large number of them they issued to trading companies and to colonies , including some like Rhode Island and Connecticut which they could not have found politically very sympathetic . |
7 | Compaq said operating expenses as a percentage of revenues were 13.4% for the first quarter , a record low . |