Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] [verb] it as a " in BNC.
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1 | And the computer successfully identified it as an Exocet . |
2 | Many fanciful explanations have been advanced to account for amber , but the Elder Pliny already diagnosed it as a fossil resin of pine and the same opinion was also entertained in China before the Tang period . |
3 | Araminta almost had it as a child , but it went fair — and then mouse , poor wretch ! ’ |
4 | The Regional Health Authority tonight described it as a tragic story . |
5 | Why could n't this woman simply accept it as a fact of life , part of her make-up , such as not wanting to live in the country or swim in the sea . |
6 | On hotel bills , they do n't , but usually they put it , including local tax , or something like , they always use to show it separately at one time , it 's a percentage , but now , very often your bill just shows it as a , including local tax . |
7 | If a truth is complicated , a character remarks in An Accidental Man ( 1971 ) , ‘ you have to be an artist not to utter it as a lie ’ . |
8 | The resultant comparison with housework persistently branded it as a less enjoyed and less enjoyable occupation . |
9 | Close the door after you , Jean , and in the meantime please keep it as a secret . ’ |
10 | The Royal Commission concluded : ‘ Some advocates of an insurance system evidently see it as a mechanism for automatically increasing expenditure on the NHS as costs rise . |