Example sentences of "and be [verb] [prep] as the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The skin and all body orifices are colonised with microorganisms shortly after birth ; indeed , the body acts as ‘ host ’ to these microorganisms which are called commensals , and are referred to as the body 's natural or resident flora . |
| 2 | The other explanation put forward for Allende 's defeat was the role of the ‘ privileged ’ , the ‘ bosses ’ and the ruling elite — the transport workers ' strikes which inflicted serious damage on the economy and are referred to as the ‘ bosses ’ strikes ' . |
| 3 | Typically in the open ocean situation sea water contains thirty fives parts per thousand of salt , usually expressed as that symbol , sometimes you 'll see it written as parts per thousand P P T and what that means is that there are thirty five grams of salt per kilogram of water and that 's usually given the symbol S and is referred to as the salinity . |
| 4 | The radioactive decay , through which a radionuclide loses half its radioactivity , is a fixed length of time for each element , and is referred to as the half-life of a substance . |
| 5 | He used to be in the board meeting with us , and was referred to as the ‘ sleeping partner ’ by the directors ! ’ |