Example sentences of "[verb] their [noun] as the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Under new proposals expected to be brought in by the IAAF , starters are likely to lose their power as the final judges of what is a false start . |
| 2 | Imaging their amazement as the single peach on the tree grows to enormous proportions and James climbs aboard for the journey of a lifetime . |
| 3 | Industrialists exploited their workers , and western nations exploited the rest of the world — but those who succeeded in the struggle were only too willing to see their success as the driving force of progress . |
| 4 | The Montanist prophets required everyone to acknowledge their utterances as the true work of the Holy Spirit . |
| 5 | Weak or not , in her opinion men should be given their rights as the dominant sex . |
| 6 | The Springbok all-rounder of the 1960s and 1970s has been appointed coach of Transvaal in what can be seen as a determined bid by the lions of the north to regain their position as the top dogs of South African domestic cricket . |
| 7 | Had the Conservatives lost another general election they might have lost credibility as a potential party of government , and this could well have damaged their role as the integrating force of the political right . |
| 8 | At the outset , it was decided to use direct observation of how clients spent their time as the principal measure of effectiveness . |
| 9 | The Sadat crouched low , clasping their heads as the red carpet and the wooden poles holding red and blue ropes flew into the air around them . |
| 10 | Many had no time to save their possessions as the filthy , sewage contaminated water surged into their homes . |
| 11 | The relentless electro-beat of the charts only improved their status as the main alternative . |
| 12 | The screams reached their peak as the remaining males descended to the ground and started charging through the group . |
| 13 | It 's left to Nicky Henson ( who also does a mean pirate impersonation ) and Mark Tandy to have their moments as the unlucky actors attempting to portray the fictional brothers in the stage play . |
| 14 | In the early eighteenth century the West Indian islands had established their position as the overseas area that meant most to Britain , and had become completely dependent on sugar and on slaves to grow the sugar . |