Example sentences of "[noun sg] as [noun] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Conversely , a German anthropologist , Georg Elwert , reminds us that the concept of the Volksdeutsche , the ethnic German who , by the constitution of the Federal Republic , has a ‘ right of return ’ to his homeland as Jews have in Israel , is an ideological construct . |
| 2 | A full-scale evacuation operation swung into action as panic swept through Saturday morning shoppers . |
| 3 | Also useful was the continuous shooting mode ensuring that I did n't miss any of the action as surfers sped past me . |
| 4 | She sat without protest in the passenger seat as Donaldson clambered into the back to sit on a narrow sideways bench , thinking to himself this is n't real , it is n't happening . |
| 5 | The Prince and Princess put on a show by travelling in the same car as Harry starts at his new school . |
| 6 | A police marksman shot Pringle through the neck as fears grew for Leanne , 21 , the mother of his two children . |
| 7 | Philip , 36 , ran into the house clutching his neck as blood pumped from the wound . |
| 8 | Illinois outfit The Poster Children are rumoured to be supporting the band on all dates , although there was no official confirmation as NME went to press . |
| 9 | A glimmer of silver as moonlight snagged on the serrated blade . |
| 10 | It 's at such times , as you sit eating a damp sandwich as water drips from your nose , as you scour the map for all the things you ca n't see , that you wonder why the hell you do it . |
| 11 | I explained how I 'd attempted to fire at the Corporal as Kaptan lay on the ground and how the gun had malfunctioned ; it would be more accurate to say I 'd been first to aim but the Corporal had got his shots off first . |
| 12 | Seesaws and swingboats both lead to estimation of weight as children look for a comfortable partner . |
| 13 | Our interpretation is that gas-phase HNO 3 has by that time been sequestered in the condensed phase by heterogeneous reactions on polar stratospheric cloud surfaces , forming nitric acid trihydrate as temperatures fell below 196K in winter It is probable that a substantial fraction of nitric acid has not only been lost from the gas phase , but also removed from the stratosphere by the growth and subsequent sedimentation of aerosol particles . |
| 14 | Cornelius chewed upon cold dry toast and watched in disgust as Tuppe tucked into a fry-up of suitably epic proportion . |
| 15 | Her passion leapt to meet his , and she clung to him , her mouth dragging on his in a meeting so inflamed that she almost lost consciousness as dizziness swept through her brain . |
| 16 | Zurich : Selected blue chips saw high turnover as shares firmed across the board . |
| 17 | Everyone in that gymnasium heard the break as Charlie staggered against the ropes . |
| 18 | Diplomatic missions and political initiatives do n't mean anything to these young people who have seen only more oppression as Israel speaks of peace . |
| 19 | To my mind it is as much of a prostitution of literary talent as Hemingway committed by his glorification of bullfighting , to read the likes of Allan Massie , lending his elegant prose to the description of pugilists , praising boxing as an art-form as if they were opera singers engaged in an aria celebrating physical courage in a coloratura of fists . |
| 20 | He watched in disbelief as water gushed from the fire hydrants and flowed down the road into the river , where the fish were dying . |
| 21 | Class boycotts and demonstrations in the preceding month had frequently degenerated into violence as students clashed with the police . |
| 22 | Lord Sterling is keen to maintain strong links with China and establish a strategic alliance with a major user of the terminal as P&O embarks upon expansion in the region . |
| 23 | They trailed 20–7 at half-time as Harlequins ran through their repertoire of slick back-line moves in preparation for their Cup final showdown with Bath . |
| 24 | However , Mr Jordan noted that staffing levels would not benefit in the short term as cutbacks continued across the board in all sectors . |
| 25 | The second part covers ‘ geometrical optical illusions ’ , a term as Wade says with ‘ a rather archaic ring to it , echoing the mid-19th century Teutonic desire for precision ’ . |
| 26 | I find them extremely depressing but I shall go on slogging away until my term as chairman ends in the early summer . ’ |
| 27 | His term as Mayor coincided with one of the most turbulent periods in English history . |
| 28 | McManus , who beat Jimmy White in the previous round , failed to bother the scorer as Parrott fired in runs of 48 and 31 for a 94–0 first frame win . |
| 29 | Let us note , too , that coming as Marx did to English economics after he had studied Hegel 's philosophy of history , he could come with a mind predisposed to fit the first into a grand dialectical scheme such as the second propounded . |
| 30 | Fighting occurs during the rut as males compete for dominance . |