Example sentences of "[vb infin] [pers pn] as [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Other students did n't treat me as a mature student and I got to know students aged 17 to 70 . |
| 2 | Well you would treat them as a separate entity . |
| 3 | They have subsequently been developed by other thinkers , but for clarity 's sake we shall treat them as a single body of thought . |
| 4 | We shall treat them as a special type of word and give them the following rule : when a pair of prefix-plus-stem words exists , both members of which are spelt identically , one of which is a verb and the other is either a noun or an adjective , the stress will be placed on the second syllable of the verb but on the first syllable of the noun or adjective . |
| 5 | The courts recognise these limitations , which are inherent in any system of taking evidence abroad ahead of the trial , but can not regard them as a sufficient objection to the making of the order . |
| 6 | Wessex region would not recognise me as a senior registrar until the college 's approval had been received . |
| 7 | ‘ We do n't buy many sweets but the girls do enjoy them as an occasional treat — and I sometimes use them as a bribe ! |
| 8 | His description was circulated to all police forces throughout Britain , and a number of anxious relatives visited the mortuary to see if they could recognise him as a missing husband , brother or son , but no one did . |
| 9 | The elder has been in Normandy for four years now , Stephen can hardly count him as the staunch supporter he used to be . ’ |
| 10 | Nevertheless , after his defeat , Mr Major , whose strengths as a Prime Minister would not best qualify him as a good leader of the opposition , would do the decent thing and step down , like Sir Alec Douglas-Home in 1965 , agreeing to serve under whomever the party chose to succeed him . |
| 11 | And then I said well I will buy it as a joint sort of joint family Christmas present |
| 12 | I would rather describe it as a lively interest . ’ |
| 13 | Quite clearly , to the shame of local and central government , the homelessness crisis has been allowed to get to such a level that I would describe it as a national disgrace . ’ |
| 14 | We can describe it as the seamless integration of data , text , images and sound within a single digital information environment . |
| 15 | Erm the training course er as I said two days er I 'll count it as a full training course . |
| 16 | Indeed it did , to anybody who remembered or could visual-ise it as a busy dock . |
| 17 | Where a practice is reasonably common and sensible in its market context , the courts will often uphold it as an implied term in the main contract . |
| 18 | We can expect it as a standard feature from the database , once we 've built the systems that hold the costs for the the estimated costs for value of the work . |
| 19 | But no one has yet been able to identify ‘ extra ’ income , and enterprises do not show it as a separate category . |
| 20 | Er what we as I was putting was suggesting was in terms of the key diagram and the structure plan we would show it as a single arrow . |
| 21 | ( iii ) It is important that pupils working towards level 7 and beyond have increasing opportunities to use spoken Standard English , and in particular that those who do not speak it as a native dialect should be helped to extend their language competence so that they can use Standard English with confidence . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | I may treat you as a grown-up person , may I not ? |
| 24 | Should we regard you as an American artist ? |
| 25 | However after today 's result Morland staff say no-one will ever see them as an easy target . |
| 26 | ‘ Could you ever see me as a full-time mother ? ’ |
| 27 | What I would find off-putting is the idea that people would see me as a divorced man 's bit of light relief . |
| 28 | ‘ Can you see me as the Prime Minister 's wife living in Downing Street ? ’ |
| 29 | I do n't think it 'd happen , they did n't employ me as a scripted puppet . |
| 30 | You could use them as a decorative device on invitations , or as part of the design on your personal writing paper . |