Example sentences of "as a [noun] [prep] [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | The vote was widely seen as a test of voters ' attitude to greater integration into western Europe . |
| 2 | What was significant about the Banstead strategy in this respect was that offering continued inpatient care to ‘ decantees ’ was presented by psychiatrists as a protection of patients ' rights , particularly the right to stay in hospital where , they argued , ‘ many resist any suggestion that they should leave the hospital and also become more ill when such suggestions are made … to press such a matter against the patients ’ will would certainly not be in their best interests ' . |
| 3 | In 1983 , at the time of the introduction of the new Mental Health Act , seen then and now as a breakthrough for patients ' rights , users were barely involved in the mental health debate . |
| 4 | I do believe he almost tried to catch them but I was too busy by then , swinging up the trumpet case and trying to use it as a battering-ram into Shifty-Eyes ' midriff , or private parts if I was lucky . |
| 5 | I thought of myself as a connoisseur of girls ' good looks ; and I knew that this was one to judge all others by . |
| 6 | It would not be surprising if there were ; if science courses tended to act as a brake on students ' intellectual formation . |
| 7 | NARAL is asking readers of the New York Times to see a loss of women 's rights as a loss of Americans ' rights , thus implying that this is a novel way to look at the matter . |
| 8 | It also approved the Democracy and the Individual review , proposing : To replace the House of Lords with an elected second chamber ; Devolved assemblies for Scotland , Wales , and the regions of England ; Unification of Ireland only by consent of the majority in the North ; A Freedom of Information Act ; A Ministry for Women ; A Department of Legal Administration to run the courts ; Extend legal aid ; A statutory duty on local councils to provide integrated child care services for the under-fives ; A Children 's Commissioner to act as an ombudsman on childrens ' rights ; Firm opposition to reform of the voting system for the House of Commons . |
| 9 | Bilingual children offer opportunities to explore language in a novel context , and a study of the different ways in which different languages convey and produce meanings should feature as an element of teachers ' schemes of work , wherever this is practicable . |
| 10 | Under U.S. GAAP accounting for goodwill as an offset against shareholders ' equity is not permitted ; rather goodwill must be amortized over the period of its expected useful life , subject to a maximum write-off period of 40 years , through the income statement . |
| 11 | The intention therefore is significantly different although both are concerned with presenting oneself as an object of others ' attention and finding a public language to do so . |