Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] [verb] [pron] as [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This view of physics sees it as a body of knowledge , or a system , which can explain all other bodies of knowledge . |
| 2 | There were signs , especially in 1988 , that the players appeared to be trying harder in the one-day internationals than in the Tests , and the traditionalists — who of course regard themselves as the real cricket lovers — feared for the future . |
| 3 | The social stigma of alcoholism sees it as a disgrace rather than a disease that is beyond the control of the sufferer and for this reason ( and their own " denial " — which will be explained later ) friends and family may be reluctant to accept the true nature of the diagnosis . |
| 4 | In 1939 appointment to the Disney chair of archaeology distinguished her as the first woman professor in the university . |
| 5 | These dues continued to be collected until 1901 when the Board of Trade abolished them as a hindrance to navigation . |
| 6 | Lovers of opera know it as the setting to Benatsky 's ‘ White Horse ’ operetta : you can still enjoy eating apple strudel and cream on the balcony of the 350 year old White Horse Inn . |
| 7 | Does the Secretary of State dismiss him as a dismal Jimmy , or does he agree with me that Mr. Watkin knows what he is talking about ? |
| 8 | A standard model of the progress of science sees it as a move from classificatory knowledge to knowledge which is more quantitative in character and able to express its laws in precise mathematical form . |
| 9 | While the stereotyped image of housework treats it as a single activity , women see it as consisting of many disparate ones . |
| 10 | Many have thus latched on to Oakeshott 's use of tradition to identify him as a Burkean conservative . |
| 11 | Those in favour of fundholding saw it as an opportunity for general practitioners to have a direct impact on access to and quality of secondary care , which they could now purchase on behalf of their patients . |
| 12 | The other view of English sees it as a means of enabling students to think in a critical and intelligent manner : |
| 13 | The Court of Appeal lifted it as a matter of principle , even though a hearing on the merits was set for the following day . |
| 14 | What Benjamin means by ‘ aura ’ or ‘ auratic art ’ is very much what Weber meant by the aesthetic in modernity constituting itself as a separate value sphere . |
| 15 | The EXAFS for Si in glass reveals itself as the ‘ wiggles ’ following the absorption threshold , seen clearly in Figure 2. the case for the application of EXAFS to glass is overwhelming . |
| 16 | She therefore engages in a diagnostic experiment of identifying historically distinct meanings of the concept in order to use them as a measure against contemporary political usage . |
| 17 | There is a difference between marrying someone while not loving them and marrying them in order to use them as a private bank . ’ |
| 18 | If an object is annexed to land in order to enjoy it as a chattel ( eg a carpet nailed to the floor ) it will not become a fixture but will remain a chattel . |
| 19 | In order to prove himself as an aggro leader , a fan has not only to prove his ability to lead charges but also the fact that he really means what he is doing . |
| 20 | The running yield is given by dividing the coupon by current market price and then multiplying the result by 100 in order to express it as a percentage . |
| 21 | He was so quick to forgive personal insults and injuries that it was said that you only had to injure him in order to have him as a friend for life . |
| 22 | Here the question is subjective : did the person hearing the words in fact interpret them as a dismissal or a resignation ? |
| 23 | When he heard about Daisy 's move he was now sufficiently informed about Casualty to welcome me as a fellow-member of his L.M.F. club . |
| 24 | The title of a recent book on structuralism describes it as a revolution — ; La révolution structurale ( Benoist 1976 ) — and it is in this perspective that the phenomenon is best approached . |