Example sentences of "the [noun pl] [to-vb] as [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | It will consider whether it would be feasible for the courts to act as monitors of management standards on a scale significantly greater their current ( very low ) level of involvement . |
2 | He 's borrowed one of the warehouses to use as stables . |
3 | The 'dogs ran in 10 tries to 2 by the Sharks to finish as winners by 52 points to 12 . |
4 | If two adults are playing roles they can adopt quite a confrontational stance , challenging the children to act as mediators . |
5 | These are spaced on the spars to act as bridle stops , so that the bridle connection on , say , a leading edge is retained and the tendency to slip is controlled . |
6 | On Martin , where I was , someone would go to the washroom which looks over the pathways to act as lookout , so hardly anyone did stay in bed once the screw had gone off . |
7 | ( The asbestos had been built into the carriages to act as sound and heat insulation , but had of course later been found to be a health hazard . ) |
8 | In reply to a question of law for the opinion of the court , namely ‘ Was it necessary on the part of the appellants to prove as part of their case , not only that a nuisance was caused by the effluvium but also it was injurious to the health of the inhabitants of the district ? ’ he said , ‘ I answer that it was sufficient to prove that , the manufacture being one causing effluvium , such effluvium was a nuisance , injury or not ’ . |