Example sentences of "[be] [verb] as [noun pl] [unc] " in BNC.
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1 | For example , there was relatively little leisure-time involvement by husbands with their mates but considerable participation in what traditionally has been regarded as women 's work , especially child-rearing . |
2 | In the data there is some support for the notion that certain matters such as child care and support for elderly people are regarded as women 's business in families , while men 's business is money ; but it would be too crude to assume that this simple division of responsibilities could explain all the gender differences which occur in kin support . |
3 | It is therefore to be expected that where an animal had been classified as ferae naturae at common law it will be regarded as belonging to a dangerous species under the Act ( e.g . |
4 | Erm er also um I 've stuck in a note about the difficulty in interpreting the consequences of abuse erm because of the way in which um you may find , as did , looking at people who 've been abused as children er versus people who have n't . |
5 | Such cheques are known as bankers ' drafts . |
6 | By permission of the Queen and with the consent of the Cauldon Potteries Ltd. , Sir George Hayter Chubb had painted metal replicas of the house made , with a lock and key and a slit in the roof to be used as children 's money boxes . |
7 | Ian McGeechan , who stepped down as Scotland 's coach this month , had already been appointed as Lions ' coach against the All-Blacks . |
8 | Ian McGeechan , who stepped down as Scotland 's coach this month , had already been appointed as Lions ' coach against the All-Blacks . |
9 | It is likely that they will seek this support from other women rather than from men , even their husbands , because the tasks involved have been defined as women 's work . |
10 | But , if equity shares or rights to them are to be issued in other circumstances , they first have to be offered to all equity shareholders in proportion to their holdings whether or not these were acquired as subscribers ' shares , bonus shares or pursuant to an employees ' share scheme . |
11 | Consumption is seen as households ' spending on goods and services which yield utility in the current period , while saving is defined as that part of disposable income which is not spent . |
12 | Also it could be said that the role of Equality Officer is , by its name , more open to being filled by man or woman than it was when it was known as Women 's Special Representative . |