Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb -s] the [noun sg] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I leave her nappy off she can stay dry for four hours , but then she wets the floor as she ca n't hold on any longer . |
| 2 | Thus she describes the role as including : |
| 3 | She sees the discipline as " once more under heavy fire " to an extent only comparable with the 1890s , and has no doubt as to the cause of this decline : the pernicious influence of the " new critics " . |
| 4 | to St John erm she hears the call as it were from somebody who really needs |
| 5 | If she was judged on her effort , then she regards the judgement as unfair since she tried as hard as she could . |
| 6 | She defines the practice as ’ … the use by an insider of price sensitive information ( known to him but not generally and which he has acquired by virtue of his position ) to trade to his advantage in the shares of a company . ’ |
| 7 | We should also reject ( Hegel 's ) idea that it represents the populace as against the aristocratic heroes of the drama proper : in origin and essence , tragedy is purely metaphysical and not sociopolitical . |
| 8 | The suggestion made there is that it is only equitable that the jurisdiction can not be exercised against a creditor unless the same conditions are applicable to him at the time he receives the payment as are applicable to jurisdiction over the debtor . |
| 9 | Using ‘ natural ’ units of behaviour is not without its problems as it begs the question as to what constitutes ‘ natural ’ as well as sidestepping the issue of why particular parts of the nervous system are important for particular behaviours . |
| 10 | And i i it magnifies the sound as it 's coming through so you 're lying there and you think , there 's somebody in the back ! |
| 11 | He describes the job as ‘ being in the dark room , mixing chemicals and coffee , though not together . ’ |
| 12 | It is left to Pandarus to end the play , on an infected note which is perfectly fitting ; he describes the audience as ‘ Brethren and sisters of the hold-door trade ’ , and implies his venereal diseases will kill him within months . |
| 13 | cos it seals the food as soon as you put it in |
| 14 | There 's no danger of the river rising so fast it floods the course as it sometimes does but sadly as you can see , rain overnight and it 's raining now . |
| 15 | He quotes the report as stating : ’ … it is reasonable for mankind to behave on the assumption that all vertebrates are capable of suffering to some degree or another . ’ |
| 16 | He quotes the mother as confirming that Dave is an infuriating boy , and quite different from his clever and hard-working sister . |
| 17 | A note in the Dialogue File provides a clue as to why Warner and Wallis were prepared to indulge Muni on this occasion , for it describes the film as being ‘ a red blooded drama of life in the raw , of men of primitive passions made desperate by hunger and deprivation ’ , ‘ a tale of strife and conflict , of greed and self sacrifice , of love and devotion ’ , and ‘ above all , a stirring plea for human justice ’ . |
| 18 | It describes the Polytechnic as dispirited , poorly led and understaffed . |
| 19 | He characterizes the phenomenon as follows : |
| 20 | It shows the artist as Harlequin , drinking in the Paris bar which gives its name to the picture . |
| 21 | Harris does appear to be ditching the Motorola 88000 RISC entirely in favour of the PowerPC : it sees the pact as ‘ a natural extension of our alliance with Motorola … |
| 22 | It sees the outlook as encouraging , thanks to expanding insurance business and repeat business that now makes up 65% of sales . |
| 23 | The local paper is also sensitive to the water authority … it sees the authority as inefficient and costly . |
| 24 | The SAC 's letter to the organisers says the grant will not be paid because it classes the festival as ‘ a local project ’ and can support only ‘ national and regional organisations and schemes ’ . |
| 25 | But in our present context , it raises the question as to whether the call of the Killer whaler is recognized instinctively by a new-born seal or porpoise or whether it is learnt during adolescence , while in the company of parents . |
| 26 | He sees the region as ‘ the original third world , long before the western media coined the term ’ . |
| 27 | He sees the Bible as containing a section of classic case studies of the ways God deals with humankind in a variety of situations across a considerable period of time . |
| 28 | Looking back , for all its glamour , he sees the period as yet another stage in a deprived childhood . |
| 29 | Typical of these is the Invective against France which survives in several manuscripts : it depicts the French as effeminate , combining the characteristics of the lynx , viper and wolf ; King Philip 's fraudulent claims to the French throne and his unworthiness for it are elaborately exposed with biblical and legal references ; by contrast Edward 's victories , secured by his virtuousness , serve only to prove that God was on his side . |
| 30 | If he recognises the word as wrong himself , then it is n't serious . |