Example sentences of "[pn reflx] up as " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whether we ought to set ourselves up as molders of it is another question . ’ |
| 2 | Then he raised his wings and lifted himself up as Slorne had done to the very top of his cage . |
| 3 | A man — any man — can buy such a place , set himself up as headmaster , and run it as he likes . |
| 4 | To do this he has to set himself up as one of the scared people of the modern world , a textbook example of homo neuroticus . |
| 5 | The bear began picking itself up as the train came into St John 's Wood . |
| 6 | ‘ Order froze the world , Ari , and those who set themselves up as leaders of society used everything they could to control people around them . |
| 7 | In St Albans last year two IRA terrorists blew themselves up as they were planting a 5lbs to 7lbs Semtex bomb destined for Royal Marines bandsmen . |
| 8 | Whereas in the past there have been various pressure groups setting themselves up as having a special reason for being heard thanks to their scientific credentials , perhaps the wisest comment on this came from the professor who , while urging scientists to make their voices heard , also urged them not to make any special claims to knowledge or understanding of the issues just because they were scientists . |
| 9 | It is no surprise that Tanzania is the first country in Africa to introduce a less centralised and examination-oriented system of selection for secondary schools and that Zambia intends soon to follow suit , nor that Kenya and Ghana are much concerned with giving primary leavers the skill and the incentive to set themselves up as entrepreneurs when they leave school . |
| 10 | This is not to set themselves up as nutritionists or as medical experts — but to use the knowledge available to them from every quarter sensibly , and to ensure that others are using their knowledge and expertise in the best interests of the counsellee . |
| 11 | Or maybe they have forgotten that they are involved in a relationship , and that the consequence of setting themselves up as ‘ professionals ’ automatically cast us in the role of ‘ client ’ . |
| 12 | Like legislators , doctors set themselves up as women 's protectors and the preoccupation with women 's reproductive systems as the source of their illness and weakness led them to assume the role of moral guardian . |
| 13 | Politicians , accountants , television producers , newspaper editors and all such mandarins who have set themselves up as authorities with power to say yea or nay to us , to sift right from wrong , good from bad , lawful from criminal , and to decide what the rest of us may know and what we may not ( ‘ All the News that 's Fit to Print ’ ) exploit this wondrous paradoxical nature of language with uncanny skill to attain and retain their hegemony over others . |
| 14 | ‘ We made a terrible mistake when the Time Lords set themselves up as guardians of all space and time , ’ Kopyion replied . |