Example sentences of "[verb] their [noun] as the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For 150 years , police have regarded their job as the control of crime and criminals , of coping with social deviancy . |
| 2 | Now canals slap on either side , brimming with garbage and dead wood , an old man sleeps in an oilcan next to a garishly decorated lorry , men in vests and wide trousers , grouped playing cards by the light of oil lamps , raise their heads as the car 's headlights sweep into their precarious privacy , and stare at her . |
| 3 | Natural philosophers of the seventeenth century would present their work as the search for order in a universe regulated by an intelligent Creator . |
| 4 | With Labour now likely to bury their tax madness in their charge to the right , the Tories have to stay well ahead of them and consolidate their position as the party committed to cutting public waste and bringing down tax rates . |
| 5 | At midnight on New Year 's Eve on the harbour , all the ships sound their foghorns as the Noon Day Gun booms . |
| 6 | The attack on the village along the road was still going on , wounded and dead Commandos were being placed against the walls of the cobbled farmyard , waiting their turn as the jeeps ferried to and fro through the village . |
| 7 | Bales ' ideas have been adapted by a number of British researchers , notably Rackham and Morgan ( 1977 ) , who have used their version as the basis for improving skills in inter-personal relationships . |
| 8 | They were respectable ; they and their like inherit and sustain their respectability as the aristocracy guard the family silver — an ultimate resource . |
| 9 | By twos the rest of their squad followed , stowing their gear as the Staff Sergeant followed them in . |
| 10 | The spear-shaped leaves of the gum tree were dappling their faces as the sun moved towards the Andes . |
| 11 | Supermodels are on top because of their metamorphic ability to bend their looks as the photographer demands . |
| 12 | Musicians will be sensitive to the mood of the congregation and adapt their material as the service proceeds . |
| 13 | They resumed their seats as the Lionisers retreated . |
| 14 | In Germany interest groups like to present their views as the product of exhaustive research rather than of a distinctive philosophy . |
| 15 | For example , Zambian government officials claimed that a story ( in the Times of Zambia , June 23rd 1970 ) to the effect that clothing factory workers believed they might lose their jobs as the result of a new duty on imported cloth , was the work of clever lobbying by clothing manufacturers and retailers . |
| 16 | All over Britain it was the same story — with shops re-stocking their shelves as the rush to read our stunning scoop continued . |
| 17 | At the same time they have kept their support tepid enough not to threaten their pose as the Palestinians ' champion . |
| 18 | A number of authors ( Akerlof and Yellen , 1985 ; Mankiw , 1985a ; Parkin , 1986 ) have argued that if firms have set optimum prices , a small change in the optimum may not persuade firms to change their price as the gain in profit is marginal . |
| 19 | However , insiders are convinced that Drummond and Cauty , who have previously released material as The Justified Ancients Of Mu Mu , The Timelords and The JAMS , are likely to end their term as The KLF , and return after their sabbatical in Mexico under an entirely new guise . |
| 20 | Patients reported about three times as many undesirable events in the six months preceding their illness as the comparison group over the same period . |
| 21 | Others shuffled and stamped their feet as the cold from the frosted pavement penetrated the thin soles of their shoes . |
| 22 | Indeed the kinds of arguments that are mustered ( Jesus did not ordain women and that is a fact , the church has not ordained women and that is a fact , women in all societies have been subordinate to men and that is a fact ) become no arguments at all when we realize the context in which Jesus did what he did , when we know that the biological views on which Thomas Aquinas ' views were founded were false , and live in a world in which ( in our western societies at least ) women are coming to take their place as the equals of men . |
| 23 | The troopers of the Kha-Khan 's guard who were detailed to line the processional route had been pressed into service to clear away the debris , and their facial expressions reflected their feelings as the dye from the cloth stained their hands and surcoats . |
| 24 | The editors proudly proclaim their effort as the birth of applied myrmecology , a subject that deals with the voluminous literature on pestiferous ants and attempts to bring together authorities on problem species in a modern forum . |
| 25 | Many of the sheriffships were also heritable offices , which again conferred powers of private patronage upon their holders where this had not been specifically reserved to the Crown , and a great magnate who had inherited a small empire of such judicial rights had considerable powers of influence in his region , both from the offices themselves and the opportunities which they gave to oblige friends , and from the powers of the courts , for regalian jurisdiction was extended over the possessions of landowners who held their estates as the vassals of the magnate . |
| 26 | Downing Street strategists planning their tactics as the battle for hearts and minds over monetary union enters a crucial phase would be wrong , therefore , to assume that Bonn is a natural ally . |