Example sentences of "[det] as houses " in BNC.
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| 1 | Something like a third of the increase has been taken up in higher prices , with the prices of some capital goods , such as houses , actually doubling . |
| 2 | Money may , for example , be used as a measure of value enabling comparisons of value to be made between different objects such as houses or cattle . |
| 3 | Apart from the obvious tax charge on company profits , it appears that VAT must be levied on the sale of usage of holiday accommodation such as houses , flats , chalets , etc. , whether the accommodation is sold freehold , by lease or licence , or by club membership ( in this last case VAT is levied on the joining fee ) . |
| 4 | Friedman argues that money is just one form in which wealth can be held , other forms including bonds , equities , and physical goods such as houses , property , and even consumer durables . |
| 5 | It is possible that a domain such as Estate Agents will be adequately covered by the LOB corpus , due to its nature as a concrete , well-understood domain that is concerned with ’ everyday ’ words and concepts such as houses , towns , rooms , etc . |
| 6 | They can hold it as money , or as financial assets such as bills , bonds and shares , or as physical assets such as houses , cars and televisions . |
| 7 | Again , it can be used to purchase other assets such as houses . |
| 8 | As the real value of falls , wealth-holders are induced to switch to real assets , such as houses , cars and other consumer durables : this will exert upward pressure on prices of real assets and so make inflationary conditions worse . |