Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [pron] as the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then , having discovered the true meaning , we must accept it as the word of God . |
| 2 | Groups of teachers could use them as the basis of informal discussion groups . |
| 3 | Although they would regard it as the highlight of their year , many would make their way back with a sore head and a light pocket . |
| 4 | Any story which carries the imputation of discreditable conduct by somebody will be actionable by a plaintiff who can show that at least some readers would recognise him as the person being criticised , or that the facts in the story necessarily imply such an allegation against him . |
| 5 | Neither of them knew her well , but they would recognise her as the secretary of someone important in the administration . |
| 6 | He would put them forward in a specially written book , bound in the finest calf , to some powerful patron who , in Cranston 's dreams , would see them as the solution to all of London 's problems . |
| 7 | The radical feminist analysis described at the beginning of this chapter would see these as aspects of men 's patriarchal control over women ; the Marxist feminists would see them as a result of capitalism ; others would see them as the outcome of both systems , and indeed of racist systems too . |
| 8 | He could n't answer yes because it would n't be true — and he did n't feel confident of being able to deceive Iron Josh ; and he could n't answer no because that would reveal him as the beginner he really was . |
| 9 | Steam lovers will recognise them as the engine and tender . |
| 10 | Colin Webley ( 36 ) is another newcomer as far as playing is concerned , although many of you will know him as the chap who did sterling work in the tea hut last season . |
| 11 | When you ask him for leave to serve him on this mission he will welcome it as the solution to his anxieties , for even if you are only gone from Kinsai for a time , it will seem to him that you do not mean to impose upon his favour . ’ |
| 12 | The bestowal of a right upon a third party gives rise to expectations on the part of that third party that the parties will act in conformity with the treaty in their relations with itself ; without necessarily having made any commitment of its own it will see itself as the beneficiary of the exchange of promises between the parties . |
| 13 | A stormy passage up the west coast in Autumn gales gave us a taste of what was to come , and those among the crew of that time will remember it as the Force Ten winter . |
| 14 | In a corner of the London Museum of Financial History — blue-rinsed heads will remember it as the Bank of England — stands a glass case . |
| 15 | They will understand me too quickly ; they will turn my own generosity against me and despise me for the lovers I took ; and they will cast me as the woman who briefly threatened to interfere with the writing of the books which they have enjoyed reading . |
| 16 | You can introduce him as the guy you and I appointed some months back to work with Sanders on the preparation of the Business Plan . |
| 17 | So we er , schools can approach us as the Engineering Council and say , we 'd like some help , and quite obviously , they all want some help when they look at the actual syllabus of a design and technology itself ! |
| 18 | With the USA , in the long term , set on irreversible decline the question is whether Japan or Europe can replace it as the world 's leading economy . |