Example sentences of "[adj] treat [pron] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | Can I come with you ? ’ by people who were keen to see what happened and who were prepared to treat it as a spectator sport . |
| 2 | Where a defendant was charged with committing an act of gross indecency with a co-defendant who had pleaded guilty to a charge of gross indecency with the appellant , evidence of the co-defendant 's plea of guilty , although relevant , should have been excluded from the jury , since such evidence would have an adverse effect on the fairness of the proceedings against the defendant as the jury was likely to treat it as going to prove the defendant 's guilt . |
| 3 | Despite the fact that the sale agreement will treat income arising after the transfer date as belonging to the purchaser , the Inland Revenue are likely to treat it as income of the vendor . |
| 4 | Since this became a standard feature of trusts it is not helpful to treat it as if it were dependent solely on an especially close regard for the testator 's intention . |
| 5 | When the Green party was formed 20 years ago , many treated it as a political joke and dismissed its members as a bunch of idealistic hippies . |
| 6 | On present thinking , it would be more logical to treat it as revision and to do it at the later stage . |
| 7 | Why were they all treating him as if he was five years old . |
| 8 | They all treated him as a golden idol , and he 'd obviously begun to believe it himself . |
| 9 | It will only happen if we all treat it as a priority . |
| 10 | ‘ People tend at first to treat you as if you 're a journalist looking for Guinness connections . ’ |
| 11 | Thus it is often convenient to treat it as the claim that no complex synonym can be provided which brings out the meaning of ‘ good ’ as say ‘ parent 's brother ’ brings out the meaning of ‘ uncle ’ . |
| 12 | Until more material of O. nodosa is available it would be best to treat them as distinct specimens . |
| 13 | Since the Paris Opéra was such an exceptional institution , and its orchestra and chorus so numerous , all French writers felt obliged to treat it as a special case . |
| 14 | But they do not prove that NICRA was a front for the preparation of such a campaign or that it was reasonable or wise to treat it as such . |