Example sentences of "[noun pl] as [art] [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Italian capital was experiencing , even by its own standards , a heatwave , and the two hotels that were provided by the authorities as the Athletes ' Village were of a mediocre calibre . |
| 2 | The Giants ' starting pitcher , Rick Reuschel , was driven from the game after only 18 pitches as the Cubs ' lead-off man , Jerome Walton , had two first-inning hits and Mark Grace three hits and four runs batted in . |
| 3 | Secondly , the Bank of England functions as the bankers ' bank . |
| 4 | In 50 years as a vets ' surgery The Grange has had to tend to many waif birds and animals brought for treatment . |
| 5 | He had not been well early in the previous year , and decided to resign as Chairman , though he did remain on the Board for five more years as the Goldsmiths ' nominee . |
| 6 | For years the result has been frequent power blackouts for Orcadians as the birds ' elaborate home-making habits — incorporating everything from barbed wire and steel mesh to tin cans and nails — caused the electricity supply to short-circuit . |
| 7 | No targets have been set to reduce air pollution , despite the enormous increase that will inevitably result from greater car and lorry mileages as the governments ' huge road-building programme is implemented . |