Example sentences of "consider [pers pn] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was very fond of these , and often wondered as a child why people did not consider them to be art . |
| 2 | There are , however , considerable problems with such approaches , however desirable radical adult educators may consider them to be . |
| 3 | You would consider them to be a sign of weakness ! ’ |
| 4 | Lotze 's sentence was , however , above the nine years requested by the prosecution ; the court did not consider his to be a true case of state 's evidence , since it had neither led to further arrests nor prevented a crime . |
| 5 | ‘ Well , yeah , but they do n't exactly consider you to be the greatest thing since sliced bread , now do they ? ’ she opined . |
| 6 | Ask the average person how much time they put into training their voice or obtaining feedback about the effect of their voice on others , and they will probably consider you to be a little mad . |
| 7 | If you are absent without prior approval we will consider you to be taking unauthorised absence unless you provide a satisfactory explanation of why it was not possible to obtain approval in advance . |
| 8 | We will consider you to be wasting ES time if you spend long or frequent periods of time talking about personal matters which have no relevance to you work for the ES . |
| 9 | We are introduced to Imamu in the first sentence of ‘ The Disappearance ’ seeing as he is one of the main characters of the book , but although Boo Radley plays a large part in ‘ To Kill a Mockingbird ’ , I would n't consider him to be one of the main characters and it is not until we are well into chapter one that Boo is first mentioned . |
| 10 | She was arranging to have an abortion when her father found out , and told her if she went through with this , he would no longer consider her to be part of his family . |
| 11 | Now he ( the Secretary ) may have considered it to be more of a ‘ bone headed ’ idea , but I would n't know because to date ( 18.09.91 ) I have not had the benefit of an acknowledgement . |
| 12 | considered it to be irrecoverable where the money was paid to close the transaction or was paid under a mistake of law . |
| 13 | Some critics have considered it to be too weak and idiosyncratic to carry responsibility for major public and social services . |
| 14 | ‘ But I do n't consider it to be adolescent . |
| 15 | Failure to talk about sexual needs may mean that the individual does not consider it to be a problem , or that he or she finds it embarrassing to discuss such matters . |
| 16 | A decision to the contrary in the British Columbia Court of Appeal , City of Prince George v. British Columbia Television System Ltd. , 95 D.L.R. ( 3d ) 577 , held that a municipality could sue for libel , but did not consider the argument of competing interests and the balancing exercise required under article 10 , and I do not consider it to be relevant to this appeal . |
| 17 | Is there a more useful distinction than that between single and collective executives , and if so what do you consider it to be ? |
| 18 | Is the person likely to feel coerced , even although you may consider it to be the best course of action for the individual ? |
| 19 | Most of these are n't signed , but if we look at them early and register our interest in the act , we hope the band will consider us to be their agent when they have a record deal . |
| 20 | Although people generally consider me to be a very tolerant person , my moody male boss at work is driving me to the end of my tether . |
| 21 | My father who was not conversant with your rituals , was judged by you to be common ; but you consider me to be your equal at the very moment that I am in a position to look down upon my father who was common , and to be ashamed of my grandfather who was working-class . |
| 22 | ‘ OK , answer me this ; do you , or do you not , still consider me to be a thief ? ’ |
| 23 | They show features once considered primitive , but many scientists now consider them to be highly specialised . |
| 24 | Nor can we think of the Christian God as three persons in the way that we normally consider them to be , or we would surely have to conclude that it was a religion committed to polytheism . |
| 25 | I try to take my youngsters to lots of little shows as soon as I consider them to be ‘ safe ’ . |
| 26 | They have been chosen for the posts in other parts of the country because their employers consider them to be the best people for these particular jobs . |
| 27 | There is a suspicion amongst the European aviation community that the US authorities and , to a slightly lesser extent , the US manufacturers either do not bother to take proper account of the findings and recommendations made by investigating authorities outside the USA or else consider them to be of little or no importance . |
| 28 | Why is it that we can look at organizations which we ourselves have worked in for most of our lives , where we have complained bitterly , where over drinks with our colleagues or at the Christmas pantomime or some other time we have given vent to our irritation at these bad organizational and behavioural characteristics ; and yet when we reach high positions in companies we consider them to be something which is beyond our capability to influence ? |
| 29 | I have made no secret of the fact that I consider you to be a boy with potential , a boy I might introduce to some of the wonderful things of this world . |
| 30 | I consider him to be an intellectual pygmy . ’ |