Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] their [noun] as [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Today the three main candidates give their answers AS an international trading nation suffering from a consistently declining balance of trade , which must be paid for , exports are vital to our prosperity . |
| 2 | Because speakers view their voices as an important part of their self-images in this way , they are often unhappy about being recorded without their knowledge . |
| 3 | At the outset , it was decided to use direct observation of how clients spent their time as the principal measure of effectiveness . |
| 4 | The girl 's eyes lost their sparkle as the faintest of rumbles came to her ears , and Mr Beckenham was sorry he had drawn her attention to it . |
| 5 | The screams reached their peak as the remaining males descended to the ground and started charging through the group . |
| 6 | Patients reported about three times as many undesirable events in the six months preceding their illness as the comparison group over the same period . |
| 7 | All over Britain it was the same story — with shops re-stocking their shelves as the rush to read our stunning scoop continued . |
| 8 | Table 3.23 below shows that the unskilled and the semi-skilled manual workers made up a higher proportion of those receiving sickness or invalidity benefit than their size as a population group warranted ; the opposite was the case for the non-manual workers ; while the skilled manual workers ’ position as beneficiaries reflected their size as a group among the general population . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Such are the rigours of their adulthood ( working in bons , never eating till 11pm ) that many Hoorays remember their schooldays as the happiest time of their lives ; their schoolfriends are those they feel most at ease with , even if at the time they could n't stand them . |
| 11 | According to his findings , 53% of buyers made their purchases as a result of instore promotions . |
| 12 | This is not a new idea , but what will be said here differs from the version of radical deviance theory which informed , for example , attempts by radical social workers to mobilize their clients as a self-sustaining force for social change . |
| 13 | The large German consulate building in the Mendoubita had also become a depository where high Nazi officials cached their wealth as a hedge against the future . |
| 14 | While the Conservative Political Centre later referred to the Councils as ‘ wet and windy ’ , and consumerists felt they were inadequate , the Boards saw their work as a solidly realistic achievement . |
| 15 | Nomatodes use their body-fluid as a transport medium and depend upon contractions of the body wall for its movement ; while in insects blood is pumped round the haemocoel by a dorsal heart . |
| 16 | SCOTVEC is taking an active role in discussions with other bodies , to ensure that general SVQs take their place as a recognised part of the vocational education and training system . |
| 17 | Observers held their breath as the former Derry City and Shelbourne star took to the pitch for his first game but the thunderous greeting that cascaded down from the Windsor stands proved it was unnecessary caution . |
| 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 | Twenty six ( 46% ) of the 56 respondents described their pain as a minor nuisance , 23 ( 41% ) as moderately severe , and six ( 11% ) as interfering with their activities . |
| 20 | At midnight on New Year 's Eve on the harbour , all the ships sound their foghorns as the Noon Day Gun booms . |
| 21 | There are also some important questions here , which are very hard to resolve , about the way to link together professional autonomy in dealing with an individual relationship with a clients and a policy-based concern ( or ‘ public concern ’ ) about the way in which professionals allocate their services as a whole . |
| 22 | While the Germans presented their situation as a disaster , they overlooked the fact that one of Danzig s major and continual problems had been that it could not grow or thrive purely on the traffic of its immediate Prussian hinterland . |
| 23 | One old couple who were village publicans used their house as a shelter for ‘ a very composite family ’ which included a daughter who did the pub cooking , a brother , and a son who used two rooms as his tailor 's shop . |
| 24 | As far as we can tell , babies regard their mothers as an extension of themselves , yet not quite connected , rather like those fingers and toes which , although attached , are happened upon in surprise . |
| 25 | Secondly , the workbook encourages the students to understand their patient as a complex person whose health and wellbeing depend on more than biomedical considerations . |
| 26 | These women saw their tears as an important source of release from tension , yet they had been unable to persuade husbands or partners to be comfortable when they were crying , just to be there and let them cry . |
| 27 | The difference in meaning between the two coincides therefore with the distinction already made between to infinitives evoking their event as a " subsequent potentiality " and those evoking it as a " subsequent actualization " . |
| 28 | 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 . |