Example sentences of "[modal v] [adv] [verb] it as [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I say this not because any holder of judicial office should ever regard it as an affront to be overruled by an appellate court but merely to emphasise that as a practical matter the chances are that the visitor probably will get it right . |
| 2 | In principle , though I think it 's very difficult , as I understand it right now , you 've got to go through a rather unfriendly session of training the computer to respond to your voice , and if you say something in a slightly different way later on it may not recognize it as the word that you had previously trained it on . |
| 3 | From the theoretical point of view , however , I personally do not find the question of ‘ intrusive ’ and ‘ linking ’ in RP very interesting ( one might perhaps class it as a matter similar to the grammatical and stylistic question of whether or not to use ‘ whom ’ ) but anyone who wishes to go into the subject could read Windsor Lewis ( 1975a ) , Pring ( 1976 ) , Windsor Lewis ( 1977a ) and Fox ( 1978 ) . |
| 4 | The thing is , you can use the filthiest sound in the world , but if you mix it really low , you 'll actually perceive it as a clean sound . |
| 5 | ‘ You 'll never make it as an American , that 's for sure , ’ Cora-Beth said as she tucked her arm through Harry 's . |
| 6 | On paper , Peter could have described his mother 's face in terms of its component parts but he could not visualize it as a whole . |
| 7 | No they 'd probably take it as an a as a er er n okay to just go and just |
| 8 | I did n't and could n't see it as a progressive condition which was bound to culminate in some sort of breakdown or breakthrough . |
| 9 | She could sometimes experience it as a physical thing — a slender cord strung between the two of them , as though they each held one end , and she , she had to balance on that tight rope , poised and tricky . |
| 10 | They said a quality newspaper could never make it as a tabloid , and the struggle is now on |
| 11 | She may also use it as a greeting when she has been away from the kittens for a while . |
| 12 | Some people , for instance , can not sleep if there is traffic noise at night ; others hardly notice it and may even welcome it as a ‘ sign of life ’ ( I have heard this said more than once ! ) |
| 13 | The story , based on a novel by Edith Wharton has been called a heterosexual ‘ Death in Venice ’ , but it is far more than that ( you may equally regard it as a grown-up ‘ Sound of Music ’ ) ! |
| 14 | I would rather describe it as a lively interest . ’ |
| 15 | Evans did admit buying a can of petrol on the way to Birdlip , but he thought White would only use it as a threat to rob Mr Stokle , nothing too serious . |
| 16 | He would only see it as a weakness to be used against her , or worse , as an attempt to ingratiate herself . |
| 17 | The Apache is better than most in this respect but I would nevertheless regard it as an excellent-four seater with the fifth seat reserved for occasions when no baggage is being carried . |
| 18 | And she hoped Nigel would n't take it as a slur on his driving . |
| 19 | I do n't think that I , I would n't see it as a panic measure . |
| 20 | ‘ I would n't describe it as an assault but it was certainly reckless and dangerous play . |
| 21 | And they would n't have it as a nice antique one , that not sort of thing , no . |
| 22 | The thing is , the trouble with that is when you try and understand or argue about something like that you ca n't treat it as a work of art cos it is n't it 's a functioning building |
| 23 | I mean , I think that one should put as much service as one possibly can into the preventive end — I ca n't see it as an either/or ! |
| 24 | Sun Microsystems Inc took exception to the story we wrote saying the new SparcClassic is n't all it 's cracked up to be because it ca n't hack it as a standalone thanks to Solaris eating up all its disk and internal memory ( UX No 416 ) . |
| 25 | ‘ I was always a bad correspondent , ’ berated Lear , ‘ but surely you are still more unconscientious , for when I do write , you answer me by a short scrawl — only one word of which out of every 2d can I decipher , & I have kept your last and only epistle to see if I ca n't sell it as an ancient hieroglyphic . ’ |
| 26 | Spanning 50 years of his life , Sinatra begins with the frustrations of his early years in the 1920s and 30s , when he was told he had no talent and would never make it as a professional singer . |
| 27 | Sir Alec Guinness 's head refused to put him in the school play — thinking he would never make it as an actor . |
| 28 | we will just put it as a space . |
| 29 | Mr Blunketts message showed that even though the tories decided to scrap the poll tax , labour will still use it as a weapon in the election campaign . |
| 30 | For adults it 's enjoyable to browse through , and kids will hopefully see it as a basis for future investigations into a wide range of subjects . |