Example sentences of "[verb] as [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We 'd like to see them remain as houses . |
| 2 | In many ways , the issue of knowledge acquisition has been one that has separated the practicable representations of natural language semantics from those that can only remain as theories in textbooks . |
| 3 | But George Bartlett , QC , for the NGC , said : ‘ The inquiry 's time and cost would not be saved , because whether or not we express a preference for one of them , they will remain as alternatives before the secretary of State . |
| 4 | The parliament , designed to promote political and economic integration in the region , was formally established on Oct. 28 by Honduras , Guatemala , and El Salvador , but its credibility was immediately in question as neither Costa Rica nor Nicaragua had joined , for domestic constitutional reasons , and would remain as observers . |
| 5 | The only other alternative was to start an original act but after years of ‘ dancing as one , ’ most Girls could rarely think as individuals . |
| 6 | May it sometimes be better , from a utilitarian point of view , that people should not think as utilitarians ? perhaps it is best for the general happiness that people should believe that a certain obligation to keep promises holds independently of its effects on happiness ? |
| 7 | We pray for those who suffer as prisoners without trial ; for hostages , for deported people , for all victims of violence in this land and in the countries from which we come ; may they be comforted and delivered ; |
| 8 | Lastly , it must always be kept in mind that there will be no need to register financing devices which the law of personal property does not treat as charges ; for example , title reservation . |
| 9 | For ‘ prodigies ’ ( ‘ Mr Binyon 's young prodigies ’ ) surely we ought to read ‘ protégés ’ ; and then it becomes possible to wonder whether the jocularity about bulldogs does n't mark a wistful or resentful sense that Binyon and Sturge Moore ( ‘ old Neptune ’ ) might have done more with their respective protégés than merely set them to sniff and snarl at each other 's heels ; to question whether the two senior writers could not have established themselves — at least for some purposes — as masters of ateliers in which the two young hopefuls might have enrolled as apprentices . |
| 10 | Kangaroos can sustain speeds of up to 25 km/h for long periods ; but what they gain in the springs , they lose as pendulums . |
| 11 | All work within the group is assigned as projects , and for each project a project coordinator is appointed . |
| 12 | Are they the thirty-nine per cent of the total population who are baptised as infants ? |
| 13 | His three spinster daughters , whom he had not registered at the parish church in any way , were all baptised as adults at Badcox . |
| 14 | If possible , ladders should have a number of exits , particularly important on high slides disguised as playhouses or dens , for toddlers who bottle out ! |
| 15 | The Iraqi government has accused Iran of arming the mujaheddin and sending Iranian Revolutionary Guards , disguised as Iraqis , across the frontier to fight . |
| 16 | By people disguised as waitresses or RAC recruiting officers ? ’ |
| 17 | Detectives believe the IRA was transporting deadly cargoes to various locations in the city — disguised as goods . |
| 18 | At the Gardner ten years later , two robbers disguised as police overpowered guards , handcuffed them , bound them with tape , and cut canvases from frames before escaping with thirteen works . |
| 19 | Moths , caterpillars , spiders , long-nosed bugs , luminous beetles , harmless butterflies disguised as wasps , wasps shaped like ants , sticks that walk , leaves that open wings and fly — the variety will be enormous and one of these creatures will almost certainly be undescribed by science . |
| 20 | A bank of video monitors cunningly disguised as sacks of cargo show films of interviews with living Indians , maps of the regions covered and other backup material . |
| 21 | Rangoon radio said the airliner was 20 minutes into its flight when it was taken over by what it called ‘ terrorists disguised as passengers ’ . |
| 22 | The drug squad launched a massive operation costing £17,000 and resulting in 112 arrests — some made by ‘ rozzers ’ disguised as hippies ! — while the manager of the nearby Caversham Bridge Hotel barricaded his premises with 12-foot-high chain fencing . |
| 23 | There are not going to be agents of the DES disguised as pupils planted in every classroom , and teachers , renowned for their creativity , can exercise some of it on discovering creative interpretations of the law . |
| 24 | There were no tanks , no Fifth Columnists disguised as Sisters of Charity . |
| 25 | One night in 1962 Kurdish rebels entered a Kirkuk cinema disguised as policemen and silently surrounded an officer known to be torturing opponents of the government . |
| 26 | Trade sanctions had to remain as promoters of environmental protection , he argued . |
| 27 | the Board considers the B R employe employees who transfer involuntary involuntarily to the private sector should return an indefensible right to remain as members of the joint industry |
| 28 | So compared with the commercial clout of the continental magnums , they 'll just have to be satisfied to remain as miniatures . |
| 29 | Randomisation therefore resulted in 89 eligible patients allocated to prompted care and 92 allocated to remain as controls ( fig 3 ) . |
| 30 | Labour will establish mortgage rescue schemes throughout the country , enabling home buyers to remain as tenants or part-owners . |