Example sentences of "refer to them as " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the girl noticed that he did n't refer to them as her parents she gave no sign . |
| 2 | Several scholars today refer to them as Zadokite , a name which appears periodically in the teachings themselves . |
| 3 | Mr Pecksniff refers to them as ‘ those fabulous animals ( pagan , I regret to say ) who used to sing in the water ’ . |
| 4 | Some federal states are so centralised that it is doubtful whether one should continue to refer to them as federal . |
| 5 | Thus it is not their sex but their preponderance that moves me on the grounds of statistical fairness to refer to them as she . |
| 6 | Referring to them as she detracts from the clarity of my work , since the reader is brought up short by the unfamiliar , inappropriate form . |
| 7 | However , by taking the wholesale price of two common " low cost " items as a yardstick ( Yagcibedir and Afghan Belouch ) , we can fix the approximate prices of rugs from other groups by referring to them as either plus or minus x per cent . |