Terms for subject Formal containing as a

English	Russian
as a convenience to me	из соображений собственного удобства (pelipejchenko)
as a matter of	для (Alex Lilo)
as a matter of	с целью (Alex Lilo)
as a public service	бесплатно (об оказании услуги igisheva)
as a result of the preceding steps	после выполнения вышеуказанных шагов (Alex_Odeychuk)
assert as a defense	утверждать в своё оправдание (ART Vancouver)
English as a Second Language	Английский язык для иностранцев (English as a Second Language Program – программа для иностранцев (иммигрантов, учащихся школ или поступающих в вузы) по изучению английского языка ART Vancouver)
English as a Second Language	английский язык для иностранных студентов (ART Vancouver)
gain a reputation as	зарекомендовать себя в качестве (Charlotte Musselberg has since gained a reputation as one of the country's pre-eminent low-brow artists. ART Vancouver)
not as much a... as it is a	не столько... сколько (This is not as much a recipe as it is a 'how to'; Perl is not as much a reflection of hot new technology as it is a manifestation of old ideas freshly applicable to today's problems Maria Klavdieva)
serve as a technical adviser to the committee	работать в качестве советника комитета по техническим вопросам (Alex_Odeychuk)
take a position as	занять должность (Philip returned to Regina in 2012 to take a position as Treasury Board analyst in the Ministry of Finance and Corporate Relations. ART Vancouver)
take up a position as a	занять должность (He took up a position as a professor of computer science / director of the school – занял должность ART Vancouver)