Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [pn reflx] as the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the 1930s , Mr Justice Stone declared that the United States Supreme Court ought not to see itself as the sole guardian of the constitution . |
| 2 | Metrogel received marketing authorisation in Britain in December 1991 and was launched by Sandoz Pharmaceuticals , Bioglan 's licensee , in April 1992 ; it has already established itself as the leading topical treatment for rosacea in Britain . |
| 3 | He never ever thought that he might live in one of these houses ; he always cast himself as the honoured young guest . |
| 4 | In searching for publications this will give a skewed result for those supervisors who always name themselves as the first author in multi-authored works . |
| 5 | He always presented himself as the redeemed bad boy , but it was a lie , she says . |
| 6 | England … … … 0 Australia … … .. 0 STEVE TAYLOR probably established himself as the rightful successor to his more famous namesake , Ian , when he gave an outstanding performance of goalkeeping in England 's final game in the Lada Classic at Luton yesterday - a goalless draw with the world champions . |
| 7 | In other words , the document is a statement of a problem from which the writers clearly regard themselves as the innocent sufferers . |
| 8 | Unlike their predecessors they were at home in French , now establishing itself as the pre-eminent diplomatic language , and cultivated contacts with foreigners . |
| 9 | This area — even if he had been a total stranger to the city , and know nothing of its history , would have immediately advertised itself as the red-light district — even the very air seemed tainted by the smells of cheap perfume and sex . |
| 10 | Siblings fight , they 're mean , they bully and pinch , and know how to paint themselves as the innocent victim . |
| 11 | Nichetti once again casts himself as the noble little guy in a bewildering universe — more Buster Keaton than Woody Allen — this time dubbing sound effects on to animated features which gradually stray from their screens and absorb his entire body . |
| 12 | CMEAD widened its membership and subsequently reconstituted itself as the National Forum for Management Education and Development ( NFMEAD ) . |