Example sentences of "[noun] and [noun pl] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many of us indeed see the arts and sciences as pulling in different directions , ‘ different ways of knowing the world ’ , we might say . |
| 2 | Avoid aluminium saucepans , kettles and teapots as this metal may be linked to Alzeimer 's disease . |
| 3 | Certainly too much of it in a service ( and there are Mass settings , songs and hymns as well as chants ) can wear thin . |
| 4 | In the short text the account of the Crucifixion and the meditator 's awareness of his own sin come to a climax in an outpouring of lyrical prose which has been printed as verse though it seems more effective if the surge of the rhymes and the alliterative cadences rise within the very structure of the prose like great waves to break in the bitter realisation that it is the meditator 's sin which both nails Christ to the cross and blocks the free expression of love in himself : All the internal rhyme , play on words ( ) and alliteration , which intensify the sense of the meditator 's awareness of both the creative power of God " king of " and the impotence of all his own functions , are lost in the long version which omits much of the intense self-disgust present in the short : The emphasis on Christ as the source of life and creativity is similarly highlighted in the short version in the skilful use made of rhyme , cadence and monosyllabic , strong-stressed ends of sentences to graphically convey the moment when he dies and the created cosmos fails : These effects are lost in the prosaic longer version : In both versions the meditator contemplates the appalling inversion of the created order with its lord suffering greater deprivation than the foxes and birds as he hangs " in eyre " ( 88. cf.101 ) with nowhere to lay his head — a reference to Matthew 8:20 traditionally used to emphasise the poverty of God embraced at the Incarnation . |
| 5 | These are gentle enough to use on your back , legs and arms as well as your hips . |
| 6 | For someone who is only 24 Charlie Swan has had a lot of falls and has broken both legs and arms as well as his nose . |
| 7 | However , the Committee did emphasize the need for a much wider range of accommodation than had been provided before the war , and so they were drawn into the sharp debate about densities and preferences as between flats and houses — and this is where the link with the Ministry of Town and Country Planning proved so important . |
| 8 | According to the House of Commons Environment Committee our waste control regulations are a ‘ shambles ’ , and nothing has been done about nitrates and excessive use of pesticides and fertilizers as requested by the EC . |
| 9 | ‘ Predators ’ can include fungi and vertebrates as well as invertebrates . |
| 10 | The product is a convenient reference standard for demulsifier manufacturers and users as it overcomes the drawbacks of variability , opacity and flammability encountered with crude oil . |
| 11 | The CA began in 1957 as a small group publishing a magazine with the results of the comparative testing of aspirins and kettles and has since then become a multi-million pound operation with influence over manufacturers and retailers as well as those responsible for the formulation of consumer policy . |
| 12 | UK new cars sales plunged by nearly 26 per cent in February in what was described by a spokesman for the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders as ‘ the biggest month-on-month February drop I can remember . ’ |
| 13 | What the , President and colleagues as well as presenting himself as a great European leader , a demand which is not seen as be particularly , although at the moment , John Major and his government have sought to present themselves as green . |
| 14 | After this , West Riding Luddism entered a phase when machine breaking became a focus for wider grievances and tensions as disturbances spread out beyond the clothing districts into Rotherham and Sheffield , with raids in search of arms , bullets and money marking its final stages . |
| 15 | She stopped to catch a child by the hand and whisper some word which was rewarded with a kiss , then caught the corner of her veil to cover her already masked face as the chief driver came towards her for a quick answer to a query , always given and received after the words of greeting and queries as to health had been exchanged . |
| 16 | Certainly he heard the knob turn , which considering the battering of cranes and donkey-engines as the ship was emptied of her cargo was phenomenon enough . |
| 17 | Such rigidities can be observed in organizations and institutions as well as whole cultures : the small , traditional engineering or textile firm which fails to adapt to the market and goes out of business ; the political party caught between renewal and betrayal ; the institution so deeply set in its ways that it is hardly aware of them . |
| 18 | The famous Protestant clans of Mulhouse relied on one another : André Koechlin , son-in-law of the Dollfus who founded Dollfus-Mieg ( both he and his father had married into the Miegs ) , took over the firm until his four brothers-in-law were old enough to manage it , while his uncle Nicholas ran the Koechlin family firm ‘ with which he associated exclusive ] y his brothers and brothers-in-law as well as his old father ’ . |
| 19 | Ever since his ‘ Eat Dem ‘ Taters ’ spoof of Van Gogh 's devout miserables he has been busy chiding the foibles not only of white folks but of his own brothers and sisters as well . |
| 20 | Should not that include brothers and sisters as well ? |
| 21 | The merits of districts and GPs as purchasers |
| 22 | Difficulties with districts and GPs as purchasers |
| 23 | Cyclists and the Forestry Commission have come up with a special scheme , policed by rangers on mountgain bikes , cyclists are allowed anywhere in the forest , apart from 3 nature reserves which are out of bounds and families as well , as the more energetic are catered for with an 11 mile trail along disused railway tracks . |
| 24 | After 5 days in Rotorua we went south to Taupo , a disappointing touristy place except for a lovely walk to the Huka Falls beside the crystal-clear , swirling waters of the Waikato River , and a visit to Cherry Island ( in the river ) where you are warmly greeted by numerous tame animals and birds as you roam around . |
| 25 | Their incursion was therefore seen as materialistic ; biochemists saw animals and plants as natural laboratories , and not as goal-seeking creatures interacting with their environment . |
| 26 | For a long while , Spain included Jews and Moors as well as Christians ; then it no longer tolerated them . |
| 27 | Judaism and Islam could be called polytheistic religions in the sense that they do contain traditions that represent Jews and Moslems as called upon to choose one of several gods and follow Him to the exclusion of others . |
| 28 | There are some unusually good things to see inside the church of Saint-Savin : a ‘ Eucharist tower ’ twenty feet and three storeys high , Gothic in style , and made of gilded wood ; two primitive fifteenth-century panels , each containing nine scenes from the life of the church 's name-saint ; a Renaissance organ carried on what is left of a wooden gallery that once ran right across the church , from transept to transept — on the front of the instrument are three articulated mascarons , which moved their eyes and tongues as the organ played , in representation of wretched earthly sinners , grimacing at the intolerable sound of joyful , heavenly music . |
| 29 | And secondly , he wanted the public to be the RUC 's eyes and ears as the police ‘ could not provide 100 per cent security ’ or post a policeman ‘ on every street corner . ’ |
| 30 | By thirteen , I had become his eyes and ears as I already knew the name of every worthwhile trader of fruit and vegetables in Covent Garden . |