Example sentences of "object [det] as a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She then tested his creativity by asking him to write down all the things he could do with various objects such as a brick or a shoe , and all the things that would happen if certain events suddenly occurred , such as everyone in the world losing their sight or having to walk on all fours . |
| 2 | Most of them were named after mythological characters , though there were also a few everyday objects such as a Triangle and an Altar . |
| 3 | Recent works isolate and enlarge single objects such as a spoon , a fingernail , and the bubble from a carpenter 's level , transforming them into meditations on space , form and texture . |
| 4 | Every day when he left for work , he would leave objects such as a scroll or a limestone flake , or his kohl-pot , a certain measured distance from the edge of the table on which they lay , and from each other . |
| 5 | Objects such as a shoe or slipper can also evoke this response if the dog was hit in the past . |
| 6 | Important pieces include nearly thirty Guild of Handicraft objects such as a brooch by Charles Ashbee in the form of a jewelled cockerel set in yellow and white metal with pearls and moonstones ( est. £7,000–9,000 ; $13,580–17,450 ) . |
| 7 | If we found an object such as a watch upon a heath , even if we did n't know how it had come into existence , its own precision and intricacy of design would force us to conclude that the watch must have had a maker : that there must have existed , at some time , and at some place or other , an artificer or artificers , who formed it for the purpose which we find it actually to answer ; who comprehended its construction , and designed its use . |
| 8 | A more common description of potential energy is of an object such as a ball resting precariously on a ledge . |
| 9 | Although one may talk of the ‘ total or partial destruction ’ of an object such as a building or a railway yard which may be a military objective , it is quite different , and unacceptable , to speak of the destruction of an area of land . |
| 10 | Consider using an object such as a bag or briefcase or a chair to fend off the attacker ( bear in mind the potential difference between fending off and striking with a weapon ) . |
| 11 | Even when an object such as a picture frame or set of clothes is highly ornate and may be the topic of conversation , it is usually intended to pall before the glory or that which it encloses : the work of art or the person . |
| 12 | Surveyors use exactly the same principle when measuring the distance of an inaccessible object such as a mountain-top , though of course the base-line between the two observing points must be much greater than that between your eyes . |
| 13 | Like most twiners , dodder exhibits either equal growth all around its cylindrical axis , which yields a relatively straight vine , or grows unequally , which allows it to coil around and climb up a linear object such as a host plant . |
| 14 | Later child psychologists have noted how older children find and hang on to a favoured object such as a rag . |