Example sentences of "[noun pl] consider [pn reflx] " in BNC.

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1 By the " permanence " of true-kin relationships in both models I refer to the fact that if two individuals consider themselves to be true kinsmen their kinship will persist in latent form even if they do not interact with one another at all for years on end .
2 For too many of its members consider themselves to be over-mighty .
3 And a large number of cellular users consider themselves trapped by ‘ unfair ’ contracts that ca n't be changed without penalty .
4 Many Central Asian men consider themselves to be helpful around the house ; fewer women agree with them .
5 Consequently , they 're always coming in a bit behind the boys because the boys have been playing for a bit longer , and I think it 's very important that if girls are being offered the opportunity that the opportunity is good for them , and that it 's not going to put them off the game of football because they 're always in the position where the boys consider themselves a bit better .
6 Not all women consider themselves to be beautiful , or indeed wish to be so in conventional terms .
7 Furthermore , most migrants defined themselves as English speakers : it must be said that Jamaicans consider themselves speakers of English , and are offended when ignorant English people inquire what their mother tongue might be .
8 This applies especially to the area in which anthropologists consider themselves especially expert — the field of kinship relationships .
9 Both the Citadel and VMI consider themselves to be repositories of the southern chivalry and military prowess tested so harshly during the Civil War .
10 In contrast , the new novelists consider themselves first and foremost to be creative artists whose main obligation is to produce a well-crafted work of art that stands up in its own right as an autonomous reality .
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