Example sentences of "[det] as the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I read that as the dependants . |
| 2 | I can not express to you the charm that hangs about a mountain like Ben Each as the mists swathe its rocky sides ; they rise , they fall , they whirl , they soar as on wings of light , they cast shadows , they give grand mystery , and anon reveal some hidden dell , some great bare precipice , or perhaps display a glowing patch of verdure . |
| 3 | In Sunset 's case you are acutely aware of this as the moves into the upper groove are made — definitely not a place to part company with the rock ! |
| 4 | Screw to this as the sides of the box four pieces of wood of thickness about 9mm ( ⅜″ ) to give a depth of about 51mm ( 2″ ) . |
| 5 | It was by no means uncommon for teachers to switch from one type of grouping to another as the activities of individuals and groups of children changed . |
| 6 | The farming bills do n't amount to much as the ones who do call me in always think they 're doing me a favour and consequently should n't be charged much . |
| 7 | It was equally hostile at the beginning of the 1977 one , but when no dramatic evidence of success materialised , such as the lights going out across Belfast , it continued hostile . |
| 8 | Those with very small buccal capsules , like the trichostrongyloids , or simple oral openings , like the ascaridoids , generally feed on mucosal fluid and cell debris , while others , such as the oxyuroids , appear to scavenge on the contents of the lower gut . |
| 9 | As Hill demonstrated , Miltonic ideas which scholars can trace back to antiquity were commonplaces to seventeenth-century radical groups such as the Levellers and Ranters . |
| 10 | In cases like newspaper delivery , they are most probably undesirable , except perhaps along the lines of occasional forays by bodies such as the Monopolies Commission . |
| 11 | The king initially , and later other high-status landowners such as the bishops and major abbots , controlled the movement of goods between and within their estates , developing a number of markets and fairs . |
| 12 | This is partly because of the purposes which it now serves ; it is the expected language in the education system , in other social institutions ( such as the courts and business ) and in almost all published writing , and it has also spread far beyond its historical base in Britain and is used as an international language in many parts of the world . |
| 13 | Caution against dealings provides that a third party claiming an interest such as the courts would enforce , shall be notified of any proposed dealing with the land so that he or she might challenge it . |
| 14 | Worms living in the bloodstream or tissue spaces , such as the filarioids , feed exclusively on fluids . |
| 15 | But in more stagnant areas , such as the lagoons , where there 's very little water movement , plants grow in abundance . |
| 16 | By and large the British Isles , Germany and Scandinavia provided the international migrants , except for specially footloose minorities such as the Galicians and Basques , ubiquitous in the Hispanic world . |
| 17 | Many people spend this on the leisure industries of the towns , such as the races and football . |
| 18 | Drying time : wearable within the hour after drying in a warm room — if you do n't mind a few minutes of clamminess at the obvious places where the material is thicker such as the pockets and waistband . |
| 19 | Given the objections of interested parties , such as the lords known as the privilegiati in the three dioceses , this was unlikely to be a speedy process . |
| 20 | The presence of contemporary amphibians , such as the labyrinthodonts , shows that temperatures must have been moderate and water bodies present year-round , as migration would not have been an option . |
| 21 | Gothic was chosen ‘ as a sort of advertisement ’ in some cases , and in other cases such as the Houses of Parliament , because of tradition . |
| 22 | 7.5.1.1 the Premises or the Retained Parts or any part of either of them are damaged or any part of them are damaged or destroyed by any of the [ Insured Risks or Insured Risks except one against which insurance may not ordinarily be arranged with an insurer of repute for properties such as the Premises unless the Landlord has in fact insured against that risk ] so that the Premises or any part of them are unfit for occupation or use and |
| 23 | 7.6.1.1 the Premises the Retained Parts or any part of either of them are damaged or destroyed by any of the [ Insured Risks or Insured Risks except one against which insurance may not ordinarily be arranged with an insurer of repute for properties such as the Premises unless the Landlord has in fact insured against that risk ] and |
| 24 | The holy men , whose heirs , such as the Carmelites on the Derwent Ings , now venerate God 's wilderness which washes up to their walls , began to compete with each other as to who could plunder it the most . |
| 25 | Freeth usually sang about feats of war , national emergencies , and affairs of state , such as the victories of Earl Howe and Lord Nelson [ qq.v. ] , and the activities of Charles James Fox , Lord North , and William Pitt [ qq.v . ] . |
| 26 | Synchrotron radiation , such as the X-rays available from the Science and Engineering Research Council 's Synchrotron Radiation Source ( SRS ) at Daresbury , can provide researchers with a whole range of structural information , including both absorption spectra and diffraction patterns . |
| 27 | As today , people liked the idea of weird beliefs about dreaming , but imputed them to foreigners ( such as the Assassins ) or the ancients . |
| 28 | Some are caverns , but most of them are tiny pores — such as the spaces between grains of sand in a sandstone , or networks of equally fine cracks . |
| 29 | Some groups , such as the farmers and the labor unions , now gained a greater share in power and its benefits . |
| 30 | In the museum display of these materials ( such as the treasures of Tutankhamun 's tomb ) , stress may be laid on the objects ' discovery by British archaeologists , thereby helping to legitimize the implicit pseudo-evolutionary claims of historical advance as civilization ( Gidri 1974 ) . |