Example sentences of "[vb -s] [pn reflx] as the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a result of the infection , the small blood-vessels supplying the skin become blocked and the resulting diminution of the blood-supply leads to local death of tissue , which manifests itself as the primary chancre . |
| 2 | The strength of a social institutional ideal , however , is not that it always attains its stated objectives , but that it establishes itself as the desirable norm . |
| 3 | Willy sees himself as the beneficent saviour who will ‘ irrigate ’ her ‘ emotional desert ’ ( 17,138 ) , and any attempt by her to suggest that she might be happier without him is ‘ blackmarked against me as pretentiousness ’ ( 136 ) . |
| 4 | The Franco-German axis styles itself as the leading force in the Community and , while both countries make explicit reference to their special relationship in speeches in each other 's countries , the primacy of this alliance is clearly played down in the other countries of the EC , not least because it negates the whole point of having a community . |
| 5 | It promotes itself as the best candidate to advise the government on energy matters . |
| 6 | He imagines himself as the only adult in a large field of rye , standing by the edge of a cliff . |
| 7 | This fantasy is shattered when Magwitch suddenly re-enters his life and announces himself as the mysterious benefactor . |