Example sentences of "to them as " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is proving useful to them as well as to mothers with push-chairs , who are perhaps more frequent users . |
| 2 | Stephen Scobie , in emphasising the motif of sainthood in Leonard 's writing , completely omits reference to this key Jewish emphasis , which would have prevented him from some of his more questionable comments , such as the reference to them as ‘ social outcasts ’ . |
| 3 | Lower Manhattan must have looked confusing to them as several different neighbourhoods met at the end of the island , at Coenties Slip . |
| 4 | He should have talked to them as reasonable people , not shouted at them . ’ |
| 5 | Understandably , the great issue in members ' minds is what will the changes due in 1997 mean to them as individuals and to the Branch as an organisation . |
| 6 | He talked to them as equals , criticized their essays , and was liked . |
| 7 | If the girl noticed that he did n't refer to them as her parents she gave no sign . |
| 8 | There is , however , a possible external cause to them as well as , or instead of , the internal cause . |
| 9 | There is a relentless derision of Mr Kinnock among some young apparatchiks and if that reflects voices higher up it adds to the sense that , like bad generals , the Tories may be underestimating the enemy , as dangerous to them as hubris for Labour . |
| 10 | Some federal states are so centralised that it is doubtful whether one should continue to refer to them as federal . |
| 11 | Some time before his entrance , campesinos had rushed and squabbled like geese when another confession box was opened , but now they stood or sat in silence holding their children to them as the liturgy was gone through . |
| 12 | Wimbledon was as much a mystery to them as was the Orinoco to Henry . |
| 13 | They are invisible paths along the bottom of a fishery which the bream have chosen as their feeding routes , and they adhere to them as though every other area of the water was barren . |
| 14 | Mr Pecksniff refers to them as ‘ those fabulous animals ( pagan , I regret to say ) who used to sing in the water ’ . |
| 15 | An extremely ‘ permissive ’ parent , on the other hand , attempts to behave in a non-punitive , accepting and affirmative manner towards children 's impulses , desires and actions ; always to consult with them about policy decisions and give explanations for family rules ; to make few demands for household responsibility and orderly behaviour ; to present himself/herself to them as someone to call upon for help and company as they wish , rather than as an active ‘ disciplinary agent ’ responsible for shaping or altering behaviour . |
| 16 | Thus it is not their sex but their preponderance that moves me on the grounds of statistical fairness to refer to them as she . |
| 17 | T. D. There were men on the opposite beat and sometimes you could spend a little time talking to them as long as you were n't caught . |
| 18 | ‘ For to obviate the inconveniencies that might result from the too frequent communication with the out pupils the Professor will demonstrate to the latter only what might be useful to them as Surgeons and Physicians to the human body , such as the most important demonstrations of comparative anatomy as likewise experiences [ experiments ] on several animals , which could not be attempted on Man without imminent danger , and lastly , a comparison between epidemical and epizootic diseases — therefore the out pupils ought to be considered by the Society [ College ] as a separate Class : the consideration of which ought not to have any influence as to the situation of the establishments . |
| 19 | Before you start lifting someone , stand as close to them as possible . |
| 20 | For instance , if a couple opted for a full surrogacy arrangement , they could have a baby that bears the same genetic relationship to them as do children conceived in the normal way , while someone else copes with the inconvenience of pregnancy and birth . |
| 21 | With a sizeable French-speaking population something was needed that would appeal to them as well , and the direct translation ‘ Grand Jean ’ seemed a bit tame . |
| 22 | They moved warily , scuttling forward , overlapping each other , black wraith-like phantoms moving as a single entity , its rhythm known to them as ‘ house-laundering ’ — engaging the enemy at close quarters . |
| 23 | Even though they are no longer working or bringing up children , their time is as precious to them as ours is to us . |
| 24 | The complete absence of tension in their home and the privacy to talk in the evenings , just to each other , drove home to them as nothing else could have done , what a strain they had been under while Sarah and Ann Butler had lived with them , |
| 25 | ‘ That 's what happens to them as asks awkward questions , ’ he said grimly . |
| 26 | In other words , they attached about as much value to them as to the drinks . |
| 27 | Opportunities for problem-solving and self-expression become as open and readily accessible to them as to any other pupils . |
| 28 | But that is not a view held by those who lack the imagination to enter into the hearts and minds of others , and to do to them as they would be done by ; among them the then Home Secretary and the then Lord Chief Justice . |
| 29 | Furthermore they have met ‘ the Lord of the Dark ’ before they meet the Elves ; Morgoth went to them as soon as they were created , to ‘ corrupt or destroy ’ . |
| 30 | Albert was talking to them as they waited to leave , and the boy had a large rubber ball that he would insist on throwing about in the compartment . |