Example sentences of "[noun prp] as [be] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indonesia 's ambassador to Malaysia , Sunarso Djajusman , observed : " Perhaps Singapore sees Indonesia as being less of a danger compared with Malaysia … |
| 2 | Wales and Ireland also have their share of young talent and I would highlight Raymond Burns of Ireland as being particularly exciting . |
| 3 | Bars 1–4 are based on the E minor pentatonic scale : E , G , A , B , D. As is often the case in a blues style song , though the underlying chord may be major and frequently dominant ( in this case E7 : root E , major 3rd G&sharp ; , 5th B , ♭7th D ) , the melody or soloist will often make use of a flattened 3rd interval ( here a G ) to help create a bluesy mood . |
| 4 | Shame on the Ordnance Survey for giving it the name of Ingleborough Hill on some of their maps : it is every inch a mountain and , although not the highest in England as was once thought and is overtopped by many others , one of the grandest . |
| 5 | Am I to believe from that that you regard the characteristics of the open countryside around Skelton as being more important for greenbelt purposes and the contribution to York than the land within the boundary you now propose ? |
| 6 | Deep down I would regard a draw at both Coventry and Ipswich as being better than a win and a defeat . |
| 7 | The truth was , of course , that hard-nosed journalist though she was , Margie was as attracted to Hugo as was almost every other woman who met him and she actually wanted him to like her . |
| 8 | Cos in a very profound sense this is true , and I was so glad that it was I think a very serious part of the flow of Dr Stuart 's report that he mentioned that the er s sense of the ministry of the whole people of God as being much more than a distant objective for us , but something of absolutely essential , vital importance to the whole life and service and outreach of the church . |
| 9 | All these responses are based on a seriously inadequate concept of God as being literally like a man , best denoted by a small g : a god who is visible ; a god who has physical properties like anything else in the world ; a god who inhabits certain places and not others ; a god who acts and behaves just like another person . |
| 10 | Sir Charles Coote , over 30 years earlier , had spoken of the large brick houses and well assorted shops , though he clearly regarded Richhill as being more important . |
| 11 | ‘ It is one of the fastest growing sports in Europe , but if we do not act now we will see the same kind of draconian measures becoming necessary in Britain as are already being undertaken in Europe . |
| 12 | Whilst there may well be every justification for such developments , which have been growing steadily since the 1950s but with increasing rapidity over the last decade , these emphases do undermine the notion of RBs as being wholly concerned with liberal adult education . |
| 13 | When DUP spokesmen give their view of the conflict , which is that the rioters were clearly in the wrong but their actions were understandable , and that the fault really lay with the leadership of the RUC , the loyalists seem to hear only those parts which marked the DUP as being more supportive of their acts than was the OUP . |
| 14 | But also the party system itself is credited by MacPherson as being chiefly responsible for the preservation of the institution of private property and the market mechanism , notwithstanding the extension of the franchise which took place during the nineteenth century . |
| 15 | He remembered the emphasis at Merchiston as being more on sport than academic achievement , with pupils playing rugby every afternoon . |
| 16 | Under the archway one of a pair of glass doors led to a room , estimated ( wrongly ? ) by MRCVS as being about 10 feet long and six feet wide ; this was the combined consulting room for the Professor and the College library . |