Example sentences of "[noun sg] to them as " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 ) . |
| 2 | Stephen Scobie , in emphasising the motif of sainthood in Leonard 's writing , completely omits reference to this key Jewish emphasis , which would have prevented him from some of his more questionable comments , such as the reference to them as ‘ social outcasts ’ . |
| 3 | He does n't attach the same importance to them as I do . |
| 4 | Hambledon District Council believes that insufficient regard has been payed erm to these issues erm in the structure plan alteration , in paragraph thirty three the P P G sets down a list of criteria erm to which local authorities er should refer erm , I 'll erm refer specifically to er to three of them and I and and comeback to them as I go through erm erm what I want to say , erm the first one I draw that I would draw the panel 's attention to is erm that the alternative of the expansion of existing towns or villages should represent a less satisfactory method at providing the land for housing that is needed , and it 's a rhetorical question really here , erm and w we would ask that erm if there has n't been a comparative appraisal erm of the two options , and how could there be , there 's no erm district or areas been identified , how can we be certain that one option is better than another under the terms of that er criterion , erm the oth second point we would draw the panel 's attention is that the proposal is a clear expression of local preference supported by the local planning authorities , and again I would emphasize there that Hambledon District Council objects , and the third one is the option of a new settlement in preference to the alternative would result in positive environmental improvements , and I 'll return to that erm briefly in relation to er to Hambledon , P P G twelve erm paragraph six one four that 's been referred to it , includes a check list of issues against which areas in for new development in general er need to be er considered , with particular reference for reducing the need for travel , erm amongst these issues that the P P G asked the Councils to take into account erm are that development should make full and effective use of land within existing urban areas , that developments er should consider development patterns that are closely related to public transport net networks , and in relation to housing , and that housing is located in such a way as to minimize car use for journeys to work , school , and other local facilities , P P G thirteen , and I would expect erm I would agree with what Mr Donson has said here , is that it it 's draft and obviously one has to put the appropriate weight on it , but erm this reinforces and expands upon erm established government policy , reducing the need for travel , erm I do n't think it 's necessary for me to go into er the quotes in detail , I think that those have been er been touched on , erm , however , I would say erm that Hambledon District Council believes that the advice in draft P P G thirteen is much less supportive of new settlements , it suggests that greater weight must be given to the environmental implications of the additional traffic generated by new settlements erm this is , erm we believe , particularly important in view of the fact that a new settlement for York is unlikely to be self contained , and by its nature many of the residents will still look to York for essential services , social links , and employment , turning to the residual requirement , erm we have a concern over this , erm clearly a new settlement is intended to mop up any residual requirement which the er policy sets at fourteen hundred dwellings , we 've heard evidence from York today that er the city can accommodate erm more erm houses than was originally envisaged , which brings the residual requirement to erm about the minimum size specified by the County Council as being erm about the right level erm to make a s a new settlement self supporting , however , we would point out that there is still the possibility of erm further peripheral development around York , the greenbelt local plan and Southern Ryedale local plan er have not yet been statutory adopted , the inspector has n't reported on those , we do n't know what he 's going to say about sites er which were at issue , or on the need for flexibility between the inner erm boundary of the greenbelt and the city , irrespective of course of what the inspector says , erm being not yet statutory adopted the County and Ryedale will still have the opportunity to consider , reconsider there policies there , but putting that aside for the present , erm even if it is established that er the requirement for nine thousand seven hundred houses erm ca n't a occupied by er can be accommodated by er peripheral development , erm this does n't it does n't necessarily follow that the answer has to be a new settlement , we heard yesterday in erm great detail that erm environmental considerations have justified a reduction in the rate of development in other districts , erm in the county , I would point out that a relatively modest reduction erm in the inward migration to Ryedale , Selby , and York , could mop up the residual requirement , if one looks at erm the reasons for the greenbelt it is perhaps surprising that given the importance attached to maintaining its historic form and character that this is not an issue erm that 's been considered . |
| 5 | Yet when viewed from the ‘ outside ’ , the ‘ deviance ’ that such acts are deemed to possess is assured only by virtue of a community 's orientation to them as wrong , immoral , evil , etc . |
| 6 | For instance , if a couple opted for a full surrogacy arrangement , they could have a baby that bears the same genetic relationship to them as do children conceived in the normal way , while someone else copes with the inconvenience of pregnancy and birth . |
| 7 | The poor Christian settlers in the mountains view the Buid as standing in the same relationship to them as they stand to their own patrons . |
| 8 | The fools , not to see that what they madly desire would be such a calamity to them as no hands but their own could bring upon them . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ ( 2 ) Where an unpaid seller who has exercised his right of lien or retention or stoppage in transit re-sells the goods , the buyer acquires a good title to them as against the original buyer . ’ |
| 10 | A basic curiosity towards diverse traditions ( a ) to appreciate and delight in diversity and know enough about different religions not to offend the susceptibilities of people , and to be able to give respect to them as persons without marginalizing their religious commitment — to be able therefore to contribute towards a harmonious society ; ( b ) to perceive the crucial area of common-ground between almost all major religious traditions , and that differences and disagreements are only meaningful against that background of what is held in common . |
| 11 | It is vitally important to us in France that our customers do not see Courtelle 's commitment to them as in any way secondary . ’ |
| 12 | I think they go for more sorts of jobs , it 's difficult to list them , but a lot are going into computing and electronics today , but we have people — we had one student who 's gone into accountancy , Royal Navy , weapons research , gas board , chemical side as opposed to physical side , video discs , hospital physics , where I would have thought the chemical aspects would be of use to them as well as the physics . |
| 13 | Though at this point I paid little notice to them as he did not emphasise them . |
| 14 | He bared her breasts ; put his tongue to them as his hands went down to the belt of her skirt , to find that she 'd changed for the trip , and was wearing jeans . |
| 15 | Mind you well going , going erm getting her best friend 's husband and lived next door to them as well ! |
| 16 | The honour and status of the realm was a matter of concern to the nobility , and Edward 's military humiliations in Scotland were as much an affront to them as his lavishness towards Gaveston and the Despensers . |
| 17 | Wimbledon was as much a mystery to them as was the Orinoco to Henry . |
| 18 | There is , however , a possible external cause to them as well as , or instead of , the internal cause . |
| 19 | Oh I 'm sure it would mean an awful lot to them and the fact that you 're so successful coming out of Ireland would mean a lot to them as well you know and er er it 's nice to be able to er you know to do that for them if they 've been over here living for you know some of them have never been back maybe and some of them have never seen Ireland because maybe their their parents or their grandparents came from there . |
| 20 | Another strand of our present voluntary sector are the self-help groups which of course are also going to be extremely individual , and one third point , Madam Chairman , the development of not for profit companies and things like that could also have a very individual strand to them as well since they sound a little bit like our existing small business sector under a community name . |
| 21 | He was just saying goodbye to them as she drew up . |
| 22 | Well , the story was that Arnold Thomas was the ambitious one , while the old man was content to live on the money he got from leasing the land to them as paid the price , usually folk who wanted a storage area or distribution centre . |
| 23 | In other words , they attached about as much value to them as to the drinks . |