Example sentences of "animals [det] as [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Other small animals such as birds and amphibians may be associated with the small mammal assemblages , and these are considered briefly in their place . |
| 2 | It is also the case that the tests use animals such as rats , not human beings . |
| 3 | It is present in standard experimental animals such as rats and rabbits which psychology and neurophysiology laboratories were familiar with , and did not require more exotic facilities like seawater tanks for Aplysia or a knowledge of a novel neuroanatomy like the chick ; and the techniques for investigation , such as recording electrodes and drugs , were all to hand . |
| 4 | Methane is produced naturally from anaerobic decay in marshes , in the breath of ruminant animals such as cattle and antelope , and from the rear ends of termites . |
| 5 | Methane , the hydrocarbon commonly known as marsh or swamp gas , is produced by bacteria which live in an oxygen-free environment such as at the bottom of swamps and rice paddies and in the guts of ruminant or cud-chewing animals such as cattle , sheep and camels where the bacteria help to break down food into a digestible form ( enteric fermentation ) . |
| 6 | The company itself admits that the activity will cause " residual pollution " and will drive away from the area large animals such as chimpanzees , leopards and pygmy hippopotamuses . |
| 7 | In China , poachers of rare animals such as pandas are often sentenced to death . |
| 8 | Adapting data from known insulin resistant states such as obesity and non-insulin dependent diabetes , O'Dea has recently theorised on the nature of metabolic adaptations which might have favoured survival in Australian Aborigines in the context of their traditional hunter-gatherer diet , where ‘ feasts ’ on wild animals such as kangaroos were characteristically high in protein and relatively low in fat and carbohydrate . |
| 9 | Born in Canada , but now spending most of his time charging around the world getting into trouble , Watson is a young radical determined to stop animals such as whales and seals being hunted to extinction . |
| 10 | An advanced system of emotional equilibration has thus developed which , on the one hand , resembles that of other sociable animals such as dogs and wolves among carnivores and , on the other , has a clear primate character . |
| 11 | It is important to remove carnivorous animals such as centipedes as soon as you see them , otherwise they will rapidly eat the remainder of your catch . |
| 12 | They need a home where they will be safe from hunting animals such as bears or lynx and they also need a place to store food for the winter when the land is snow-bound . |
| 13 | From 1850 to 1900 , as European immigrants settled much of Australia they introduced millions of cattle and sheep to what was often very marginal country and left behind a woeful legacy of rabbits and feral animals such as donkeys , camels , goats and pigs . |
| 14 | Again , the behaviour of predators may affect the pollinating activities of animals such as bats , encouraging them to make short visits repeatedly , rather than long ones . |
| 15 | Unfortunately small animals such as hedgehogs can get entangled in the net , and removing it to pick the fruit can be tricky . |
| 16 | Filter-feeding animals such as mussels benefit from the movement of the tides , which brings their food to them . |
| 17 | Animals such as mussels would not be spread so liberally around the world — indeed they could not have evolved at all — unless they had a phase as mobile plankton . |
| 18 | A further study testing the effects of sediment dwelling animals such as mussels , shrimps and crabs is due to start next April . |
| 19 | Some animals such as primates which are closely related with humans are apt to catch human types of diseases , for instance colds or the flu , and for this reason humans should not be allowed to get too close . |
| 20 | By comparing levels of stable isotopes upstream and downstream of the dumping site , the researchers showed that traces of human sewage had entered the foodchain through animals such as urchins and sea cucumbers , which feed on material on the seabed , some 8,000 feet below the surface . |
| 21 | This is employed by animals such as frogs and grasshoppers that can not sustain a prolonged bout of fleeing . |
| 22 | River animals such as kingfishers , water shrews , voles and otters are also disappearing as is plantlife such as the orchid and sedge . |
| 23 | Most dogs live for about 10 years on average , and during their lives they will come into contact with possibly hundreds of people and other dogs , as well as other animals such as cats and horses . |