Example sentences of "[noun] they [verb] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such uncertainty they accept as the God-given climate within which they learn about life . |
| 2 | The lifestyles experienced by people who live in homes for the elderly are undoubtedly shaped by the nature of the physical setting they occupy as well as the social and organisational regimes which characterise such establishments . |
| 3 | In addition departments are beginning to see the data they hold as of commercial value , and asking why it should be sent to the PRO for people to view gratis when they can keep it and charge for access . |
| 4 | ‘ Matter is poured into our universe from some other and entirely extraneous spatial dimension so that to a denizen of our universe they appear as points at which matter is continually created . |
| 5 | The natural expression of this external point of view is not ‘ It is the law that … ’ but ‘ In England they recognize as law … whatever the Queen in Parliament enacts … ’ |
| 6 | But this reverses the order of argument most of us would endorse : we share an understanding that our officials must treat all members of the community they govern as equals because we believe they should behave that way , not the other way around . " |
| 7 | Erm and at the very worst I 've got you know an hour of recording from their meeting , and their going to let me record the next meeting they have as well . |
| 8 | Even the balloons they released as they gambolled about seemed to have a sleek , benevolent look as they rose , passing a shower of confetti as dense and continuous as the applause on its way down . |
| 9 | It is thus that ‘ national liberation ’ , or the breakaway movements , so often take on the colour and rhetoric of the group they see as dominating them . |
| 10 | On the wall they watched as Tig circled the village again , running and weaving between the torches , his body like red-veined porcelain , almost translucent , almost fragile . |
| 11 | Biologists try to interpret the structures they see as performing some function , subject to the constraints set by the materials of which they are made , and the conditions under which they must operate . |
| 12 | This is achieved by centralising control over fuel consumption , through extending managerial control by withdrawing from individuals customary freedoms to vary the environmental conditions they experience as , when and if they deem fit . |
| 13 | For a long minute they seemed as one , then , abruptly , the spell was broken . |
| 14 | The intention was that the electors should choose to be governed by persons they recognized as better and wiser than themselves , who might well understand better than the people themselves what their real interests were , and whose decisions the people would therefore accept . |
| 15 | But cutting this benefit will throw up hard cases , what worries a Tory elder is the way younger MP s approach the decision whether to support the Government on a pick and mix principle , he says , they no longer see the need to take the rough with smooth , to vote for the things they detest as well as those they like . |
| 16 | ‘ Even clothes washing and bed making were frequently mentioned by husbands as things they did as well . ’ |
| 17 | Even clothes washing and bed-making , still ordinarily thought of as women 's jobs , were frequently mentioned by husbands as things they did as well . |
| 18 | It is probably her presence that encourages the children to compare the size of the dolls and to talk about things they notice as they play . |
| 19 | ‘ Most people are possessive of the things they see as being their competitive advantage , but Philip would share it with anybody . ’ |
| 20 | Both Fawcett and Frances Power Cobbe argued that women 's virtue , tenderness and eye for detail — in short the special qualities they developed as wives and mothers — were necessary to complete man-made legislation and male-supervised charitable endeavours . |
| 21 | What opulence they met as they settled into their private salons : Spanish leather armchairs embossed with gold , mahogany panelling inlaid with rosewood marquetry , damask curtains held by silk cords with gold tassels , thickly-carpeted floors , and each compartment was heated . |
| 22 | In this paper they took as seed metric the Kasner solution ( 10.26 ) which is equivalent to the Stoyanov solution ( 10.29 ) . |
| 23 | In the biblical narratives they appear as singers and dancers ( see for example , Exod. |
| 24 | Thus individuals ' social backgrounds will affect their performance in an IQ test , and in particular the deprivations they experience as members of a low social stratum will reduce their IQ score . |
| 25 | Their coverage of an injured player was very much in keeping with live sports coverage the world over , and players realise that media exposure they receive as Test cricketers may not always be positive . |
| 26 | Simmo , who has become a favourite of pupils of Hurworth Primary School , near Darlington , described the slow build up to the conflict and the dangers they encountered as they came within four miles of the Kuwaiti coast . |
| 27 | In the past they worked as long as they were able : it was illness rather than age as such which placed them in need . |
| 28 | Gloucester City Football Club have done an about turn too … they 've got Brian Godfrey the man they sacked as manager three months ago back in charge … the chairman says he made a mistake … three cheers for him … |
| 29 | In this sense they function as ‘ banks ’ even though , as we shall see later in this section , they differ in numerous respects . |
| 30 | Then you are criticised for not winning in a style they regard as appropriate . |