Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [pron] as [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | I try to justify it in terms of training the intellect to think in an abstract and critical way , so I regard it as a general education . |
| 32 | Having seen some of what went on with secondary picketing in the 1970s , I regard it as the unacceptable face of socialism . |
| 33 | At the time I accepted it as a marvellous background for the all-important hunting , though too young really to appreciate this privileged glimpse of Indian court life . |
| 34 | It is therefore a matter which lies within my discretion as to whether or not I take it as a late objection . |
| 35 | I take it as a last question , comment . |
| 36 | ‘ My Lords , I have already disclaimed the intention of discussing the scope of the rule in O'Reilly v. Mackman but , even if I treat it as a general rule , there are many indications in favour of a liberal attitude towards the exceptions contemplated but not spelt out by Lord Diplock . |
| 37 | I see him as a servile little bugger ! |
| 38 | I thought he played well against England last week and I see him as a valuable member of our squad . ’ |
| 39 | On being asked by someone else whether she saw God as male or female , she replied ‘ Neither : I see him as an absolute supreme Being ! ’ . |
| 40 | I have a feeling its not too different from how Leeds play now , that s why I see him as an excellent ( joint ? ) |
| 41 | He is certainly all that , but I see him as the new Jasper Johns — that great transformer of icons — with sex , shopping and the detritus of the suburbs in place of Johns 's targets , beer cans and flags . |
| 42 | ‘ Now I see her as a potential suicide — the ultimate protest . |
| 43 | I see myself as a voluntary servant of the composer , not as his slave . |
| 44 | This degree is an exciting new venture , and I see myself as the first of many lay people who will benefit from the training here ’ . |
| 45 | I see it as a personal thing . ’ |
| 46 | I myself have no inclinations towards mysticism whatsoever : I see it as a conscious attempt to transcend the exigencies of the material world , including poverty , in the interest or pursuit of some higher mode of consciousness . |
| 47 | I see it as a silly gesture springing from her work in advertising , the promotion of appearance over substance . |
| 48 | The sunlight is falling like a gentle rain and I see it as a silent , unpolluting fuel ; which when it reaches the ground bursts forth in leaves and flowers and is the strength which upholds the trees , and if it failed , all life would fail . |
| 49 | His view of contemporary comedy as a whole is equally oblique : ‘ I see it as a very , very long trench with a worm and a piece of hot bacon nearby . ’ |
| 50 | In fact , as things stand I see it as the only course for you to take … |
| 51 | He said : ‘ I have been waiting for the last three years for an opportunity like this and I see it as the right time in my career to take it . |
| 52 | I see it as the ultimate gesture . ’ |
| 53 | And I 'll do mine so I had three sixty and I split it as a ten times thirty six and then I had two times five for that ten okay ca n't go any further there . |
| 54 | Mills Roberts was a stickler for discipline but everyone recognised him as a good soldier and therefore , for all his shouting , he was a popular figure . |
| 55 | It was nevertheless accepted for a number of years by the Trades Union Congress , which admitted it as an affiliated organisation until 1881 , when it was declared ineligible . |
| 56 | As a result of the infection , the small blood-vessels supplying the skin become blocked and the resulting diminution of the blood-supply leads to local death of tissue , which manifests itself as the primary chancre . |
| 57 | The intensified aerial bombardment and resulting civilian casualties came in for strong criticism , with all the opposition groups in parliament ( hitherto supportive of military action against the LTTE ) subscribing to a statement which described it as an inhuman action against the people . |
| 58 | She 's spent 6 years researching his life and she 's now written a book which describes him as a talented , but essentially ordinary man . |
| 59 | The geological availability of these is used by geographers and historians as a strong argument for why settlements are sited near them when engaged in mining them , or when a particular industry which uses them as a raw material has to be nearby . |
| 60 | But on a hummock by the road a starling-sized bird turned round to reveal a brilliant crimson front which identified it as a long-tailed meadowlark , locally called military starling . |