Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] them as " in BNC.

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1 Marriage wo n't be a big change for them as they 'll be living in the same place , you know .
2 A SOLDIER who supplied transport for two younger youths intent on burglary , and kept watch for them as they carried out a theft , was fined over £300 by Alton magistrates on Tuesday .
3 She followed him over towards one of the big sofas , careful as she sat to leave as much of a gap between them as possible .
4 Thereafter , events had an almost predetermined ring about them as Soviet action was matched by Western reaction .
5 And so therefore if anybody has amendments that they wish to make to the deliverance as it is , we will take them if necessary one by one and vote for them as they are presented to us , and then we 'll come to any other counter motions that may be on hand .
6 It set him aside , he began to look at them with Barnett 's and Lewis 's eyes , thinking of them as unsuccessful because they did n't try .
7 Engels here , as elsewhere , is clearly influenced by the romantic nationalist tradition of nineteenth-century historians , and the praise which he lavishes on these groups , as well as the labelling of them as ‘ German ’ , is probably misplaces .
8 For Locke , however , they are ‘ whatsoever is the object of the understanding when a man thinks ’ ; and his conception of them as essentially mind-dependent things is derived from Descartes .
9 They have , after all , several centuries of established methodology behind them as virtually all the documents created up until very recently indeed were all hand assembled .
10 Excluding the creditors and debtors may cause confusion amongst them as they will be uncertain as to whether they are meant to be dealing with the vendor or the purchaser for particular debts and liabilities .
11 He goes on to remark that a few minutes later the same antlers could be in use with the animals full weight behind them as they slash and batter those of an opposing stag .
12 NORTH Down will put the memory of their Senior Cup final defeat behind them as they try to make amends by winning the Schweppes All Ireland trophy .
13 Our expectations of teachers have as significant an effect on them as their expectations have on pupils .
14 Yes , we had purchased the yellow polystyrene shampoo guard from Mothercare — that had the same effect on them as two crossed sticks had on Dracula .
15 Then put as much of a stretch on them as you can and move them apart and backwards , as if you were swimming . ’
16 Divide them into groups of the same number ( pencilling them out lightly or placing a dot beside them as you do so ) .
17 The most significant point here is that , whilst being ultimately sharp , quick-witted and astute , there is an alarmingly modest side to them as well ( maybe to be expected seeing as they 've barely put a distance between themselves and their former life in factory jobs and college courses ) .
18 He attended without wavering as she took him round to the head of the little dale , above the cottage , pointing out the hare 's field below them as they went .
19 ‘ 19A(1) In any criminal proceedings — ( a ) the Court of Appeal ; ( b ) the Crown Court ; or ( c ) a magistrates ' court may disallow , or ( as the case may be ) order the legal or other representative concerned to meet , the whole of any wasted costs or such part of them as may be determined in accordance with regulations .
20 First , in any proceedings the court may disallow , or ( as the case may be ) order the legal or other representative concerned to meet , the whole of any wasted costs or such part of them as may be determined in accordance with rules of court ( s 51(6) ) .
21 Where judgment is given for a sum which exceeds £200 and represents or includes damages in respect of personal injuries , or in respect of a person 's death , the court must include in that sum interest on those damages or on such part of them as the court considers appropriate , unless the court is satisfied that there are special reasons why no interest should be given ( ibid , s 69 ) .
22 I rest my head against the bars and gaze through them as into a cage .
23 She backed away , setting the width of the desk between them as she tried to work out what to say , although she doubted that he was in the mood to listen .
24 Policemen are not usually intellectuals and have as a rule a distrust of them as animals of a different breed .
25 He would no more have thought of behaving as Harold Macmillan did in 1962 , and dismissing nearly a half of them as though they were junior executives in an ailing company , than it would have occurred to him to divorce his wife and marry one of his walking companions .
26 Oh , Marks 's have got a whole range of them as well .
27 I 'd rather not er deal with them individually by name because many of them are comm , commercial products , but er there are a wide range of them as you know , that are used in commercial food production .
28 Erm well perhaps you , you wou would you er let me perhaps er well not let me but perhaps I could ring a few of erm those people just to have a chat with them and perhaps put , you know , talk about the er planning your future exercise with them as well , could you , would you give me some numbers please ?
29 In this study only 1 in 5 of the farms visited maintained they liked evening courses and received as much benefit from them as from day courses .
30 But Benedict 's eyes were on her , as compelling a question in them as had been in those of his godmother .
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