Example sentences of "as [adj] [noun] [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Adeane 's function as private secretary appeared to be little more than the job of arranging the Prince 's schedule around polo and the children 's bath times . |
| 2 | In addition , it became clear that there was a substantial restructuring of population as regional migration occurred to the expanding light industry areas of the Midlands and the South East and from the declining industrial areas of Scotland , Wales and the North . |
| 3 | If enzyme deficiencies are at the root of the problem in chemical-sensitive patients then one might expect them to show the same sort of reaction to small amounts of a chemical as normal people show to large amounts of that chemical . |
| 4 | Persil washed whiter , in one form or another , for at least 60 years , taking on new angles of development as a campaign as technical developments led to product improvements and new competitive situations . |
| 5 | Titles which are identified as possible purchases need to be noted down during the course of the stock revision . |
| 6 | However , there are fears that transport congestion , environmental damage and other symptoms of over-development in the south east may prove a positive disincentive to growth once the Tunnel is opened , and that the main beneficiary will be the Nord Pas de Calais region , especially as French companies seem to be ahead of their British counterparts in planning for the future . |
| 7 | Fighting worsened from April 14 on the Bosnian-Serb border and on the northern border with Croatia few days later , as Serbian forces appeared to be attempting to create a corridor from Bosanska Krajina ( a Serb enclave in western Bosnia-Hercegovina ) to Serbia . |
| 8 | As commercial disputants look to other means of settling disputes — tribunal , arbitration , alternative dispute resolution — it is hard enough that law firms are having to set themselves up in competition with non-lawyers to provide these services . |
| 9 | Literary critics began to see themselves in part as cultural historians responding to new processes advanced for the understanding of culture by anthropologists , themselves using interdisciplinary methods to describe cultural phenomena . |
| 10 | Answer : by turning in a record with echoes of Bob Dylan and Van Morrison , which must be as close as popular music comes to high seriousness and sainthood , to being untrammelled by earthly concerns like chart success . |
| 11 | In Bournemouth yesterday the beach was deserted as rain-soaked families trudged to shops and cinemas . |
| 12 | Foreign scholars as well as foreign diplomats found to their surprise that where they had been led to expect barbarity , they found civilization and love of learning ; for Giovanni Ferreri , who settled in the abbey of Kinloss , close to the university of Aberdeen , Girolamo Aleandro , teacher of Greek and Hebrew at Paris , and Girolamo Cardano , physician of Milan , Scottish scholars were welcome members of the academic community of Europe . |
| 13 | Her eyes dropped once more to the boxer shorts as embarrassed colour rose to her cheeks . |
| 14 | It does not follow that the relationships with each of these figures is the same as different satisfactions seem to be derived from each . |
| 15 | The quality of the schools as social institutions appeared to be more important than their size , administration , or the age of the buildings . |
| 16 | As sound principles come to be reflected in legal phrases and in parliamentary orders , and as good intentions begin to generate a huge superstructure of bureaucracy , there are many causes for concern . |
| 17 | Thus , it is not a uniform state ( as standard English appears to be in handbook descriptions ) , but a highly variable state , with many complex patterns observable within it . |
| 18 | What I did not expect to find — and what I did find — was a strong Roman impact on the intellectual relations between Greeks and Jews or Celts or Iranians as soon as Roman power began to be felt outside Italy in the second century B.C. The influence of Rome on the minds of those who came into contact with it was quick and strong . |
| 19 | As individual cities look to their own government the mercantile Burgomeisters gain in power . |
| 20 | ‘ Accounting for Capital Instruments ’ ( the [ draft ] FRS requires that capital instruments are presented in financial statements as separate classes according to their legal status and the issuer 's obligations in respect of them . |
| 21 | That there are no such things as natural rights … no such things as natural rights opposed to , in contradistinction to , legal : that the expression is merely figurative … |
| 22 | Such ideas as natural rights belong to the metaphysical age and progress is to be found in positive laws . |
| 23 | As parliamentary counsel continue to be harried to express meaning in a clear and accessible manner , perhaps the judiciary should be encouraged to do the same . |
| 24 | The results , especially the dooming 6-0 defeat at Swindon last Saturday , tell their own story , even if Ball 's arrival at the Victoria Ground from Colchester as first-team coach pointed to his promotion . |
| 25 | As Outdoor Action goes to press , the details of the scheme have not all been made public . |
| 26 | The unwary climber is dive-bombed by irate parent birds as speckled chicks freeze to stillness behind clumps of raffia-like moor grass . |
| 27 | It sounds promising to say that these sentences stand to wonderings and wishes very much as factual statements stand to beliefs . |
| 28 | As Black women dedicated to the ordinary masses we believed we should attend the WFS initiative in order to both hear and contribute to the agenda . |
| 29 | Even with his skills and influence at the Prime Minister 's disposal , however , by the end of January Miyazawa 's future tenure as Prime Minister appeared to be distinctly uncertain . |
| 30 | Questions raised are concerned with the nature of writers ' inspiration , the link between form and content , as well as personalised questions suited to the individual . |