Example sentences of "[to-vb] their [noun] as the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Under new proposals expected to be brought in by the IAAF , starters are likely to lose their power as the final judges of what is a false start . |
| 2 | Industrialists exploited their workers , and western nations exploited the rest of the world — but those who succeeded in the struggle were only too willing to see their success as the driving force of progress . |
| 3 | The Montanist prophets required everyone to acknowledge their utterances as the true work of the Holy Spirit . |
| 4 | The Springbok all-rounder of the 1960s and 1970s has been appointed coach of Transvaal in what can be seen as a determined bid by the lions of the north to regain their position as the top dogs of South African domestic cricket . |
| 5 | Supermodels are on top because of their metamorphic ability to bend their looks as the photographer demands . |
| 6 | Many had no time to save their possessions as the filthy , sewage contaminated water surged into their homes . |
| 7 | In Germany interest groups like to present their views as the product of exhaustive research rather than of a distinctive philosophy . |
| 8 | At the same time they have kept their support tepid enough not to threaten their pose as the Palestinians ' champion . |
| 9 | A number of authors ( Akerlof and Yellen , 1985 ; Mankiw , 1985a ; Parkin , 1986 ) have argued that if firms have set optimum prices , a small change in the optimum may not persuade firms to change their price as the gain in profit is marginal . |
| 10 | However , insiders are convinced that Drummond and Cauty , who have previously released material as The Justified Ancients Of Mu Mu , The Timelords and The JAMS , are likely to end their term as The KLF , and return after their sabbatical in Mexico under an entirely new guise . |
| 11 | It 's left to Nicky Henson ( who also does a mean pirate impersonation ) and Mark Tandy to have their moments as the unlucky actors attempting to portray the fictional brothers in the stage play . |
| 12 | Such occurrences have been rare at the Masters but we must eliminate them entirely if our patrons are to continue to merit their reputation as the most knowledgeable and considerate in the world . ’ |
| 13 | Indeed the kinds of arguments that are mustered ( Jesus did not ordain women and that is a fact , the church has not ordained women and that is a fact , women in all societies have been subordinate to men and that is a fact ) become no arguments at all when we realize the context in which Jesus did what he did , when we know that the biological views on which Thomas Aquinas ' views were founded were false , and live in a world in which ( in our western societies at least ) women are coming to take their place as the equals of men . |