Example sentences of "saw it [prep] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not surprisingly Teetotalism at first ran into opposition from some Nonconformists who saw it as a rival pseudo-religion . |
| 2 | By 1920 the English Channel Tunnel Company 's scheme for a rail tunnel between Shakespeare Cliff and Sangatte was at an advanced stage of development and had attracted the support of MPs , businessmen and engineers who saw it as a major work of postwar reconstruction which would provide badly needed employment at a time of recession . |
| 3 | IN BRITAIN , the wrangle was blasted by critics who saw it as a possible blow to Manchester 's hopes of hosting the Olympics in the year 2000 . |
| 4 | Charles and Louis saw it as a divine Judgement , confirming their claims to a share in the Frankish heartlands . |
| 5 | We saw it as a tremendous opportunity to secure the future of our Elderslie factory by introducing more volume and generating more profit for our group — particularly at a time when I know everyone is aware that business is very tight in all our trading divisions . |
| 6 | Blackburn has been associated with the New Left Review 's analysis of the Labour Party , which saw it as a Labourist trend in politics with no connection to socialism . |
| 7 | John presumably saw it as a figurative event which symbolised the purpose of Jesus ' ministry . |
| 8 | ‘ I actually saw it as a great challenge . |
| 9 | The Legion was formed on 10 March 1831 by royal decree of Prince Louis-Philippe , who saw it as a good way of clearing Paris of undesirable elements and at the same time providing free labour to defend and build France 's new colonial empire . |
| 10 | Erm but it w saw it as a useful experience in a clearance exercise , which |
| 11 | Congress was founded with the blessing of the then viceroy , Lord Dufferin , an unpassionate liberal who saw it as a useful forum for articulate Indian opinion . |
| 12 | ‘ He heard there was someone senior in the neighbourhood and saw it as a golden opportunity to pass on the responsibility . ’ |
| 13 | The whole incident had been exaggerated with talk of a threat to the institutions of government , and many saw it as a further example of the insensitivity of the Republican administration to the human sufferings of the period . |
| 14 | When the Knights first took over the island on their expulsion from the eastern Mediterranean , they saw it as a penitential desert exile . |
| 15 | He saw it as a tough hurdle , for Huddersfield were still going strong and his knowledge of their methods was matched by their familiarity with Arsenal 's . |
| 16 | He saw it as a deliberate insult to the Church , a kind of Satanic Cross on the hill . |
| 17 | Although O'Neill tried to present the case as one of the law simply taking its natural course to deal with illegal disorder , the Free Presbyterians saw it as a deliberate attempt to use the apparatus of the state to suppress true Bible Protestantism . |
| 18 | It was a grandiose theme so radical and ridiculous that it naturally appealed to many intelligence officers living in their secret world of fantasies who saw it as a convenient excuse for all their previous problems and disasters . |
| 19 | The Tories saw it as a constitutional disaster without parallel , the Whigs as a famous and hard-won victory for a bold and far-reaching measure against the reactionary defence of an out-dated and corrupt constitution . |
| 20 | Perhaps they saw it as a last call for help to come to a failing Britain . |
| 21 | Some nationalists saw it as a cosmetic measure , to end the talks on a high note for Unionists . |
| 22 | He admired Kaas ' lack of fear , saw it as a formidable weapon in such a cool-thinking operative . |
| 23 | A similar point was made by the seventeenth-century philosopher John Locke , who saw it as an insoluble mystery . |
| 24 | Whatever it was , the Regent saw it as an unlooked-for opportunity . |
| 25 | He saw it as an economic drain and realised its damaging effect on Moscow 's international relations . |
| 26 | Many saw it as an ideal opportunity for the Prince and Princess to put on a united front , quashing speculation over their marriage . |
| 27 | While O'Neill and his supporters represented that visit as the Republic s de facto recognition that the North did exist as a separate entity and that doing necessary economic business with the North meant the Republic attenuating its claims to the territory of Ulster , the conservative Protestants saw it as an horrendous betrayal of the history and sacrifice of Ulster Protestants . |
| 28 | ‘ I saw it as an exciting challenge and a chance to be nearer the business . |
| 29 | Craig proposed an emergency voluntary coalition with the SDLP because he saw it as the only way in which some sort of devolved government could be maintained . |
| 30 | And these opportunities were very considerable ; later generations might see the eighteenth-century empire as a monument to the constrictions of mercantilism , but at the time people saw it as the largest area of unrestricted trade in the world and it offered excellent prospects for men like the sugar and tobacco merchants of Glasgow . |