Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb base] [pron] as [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Either they ca n't afford private health insurance or the American insurance companies regard them as a bad risk to be acceptable . |
| 2 | Independent soft-commission brokers regard it as an acceptable method of payment so long as they deal at the best price . |
| 3 | Venezuela stands in sharp contrast because the banks see it as a better bet than Mexico . |
| 4 | However , there can be little doubt that significant numbers of protestant loyalists see themselves as a distinct , almost ethnic group . |
| 5 | The real question is not whether the Book of Genesis has it right ( most modern theologians read it as a poetic account ) but whether evolution is correct . |
| 6 | Some writers use s/he as a non-sexist alternative . |
| 7 | Neighbours describe him as a reserved man who did n't mix much . |
| 8 | Neighbours describe him as a reserved man who did n't mix much . |
| 9 | Neighbours describe him as a reserved man who did n't mix much . |
| 10 | Neighbours describe him as a reserved man who did n't mix much . |
| 11 | The distance estimate is important because astronomers use it as the first rung in the distance ladder they extend across the Universe . |
| 12 | The Kurds regard themselves as a separate race of people from the rest of Iraq and wish to join with the Kurds of Turkey and make a new Kurdish state . |
| 13 | The Kurds see themselves as the forgotten people of modern times , although few have forgotten the name of the best-known Kurd of all — Salahuddin or Saladin . |
| 14 | His friends hail him as the last great artist of the 20th century . |
| 15 | Marxists argue that it derives from the needs of the capitalist mode of production , while elite theorists see it as an institutional-bureaucratic coincidence of interest . |
| 16 | Many of his views categorize him as a wet — a European enthusiast ; against capital punishment ; and in favour of sensible abortion laws . |
| 17 | That while recognising that the men have had a real grievance in that some firms have employed an unfair proportion of young girls at apprentice wages , or nearly so , we women regard it as a great injustice that one of the main skilled industries open to Edinburgh women should be closed against them . |
| 18 | Some merely regard their function as a necessary official procedure best conducted with the least possible fuss and difficulty , while others regard themselves as the only impartial authority capable of investigating a sequence of events involving fatality no matter how technically complicated it might be . |
| 19 | Some of those who have it take it very much for granted , others cherish it as a priceless possession , and still others search for it and never find it . |
| 20 | Whilst some welcome the opportunity of early retirement , others see it as an unwanted imposition on their lives . |
| 21 | Many consumers are against it : about three out of ten say it 's never a good thing , and most others see it as an occasional necessity rather than as having positive advantages ( see Appendix I , Main survey ) . |
| 22 | Photographs show it as an expanding , immensely complex gas-cloud , and in its centre there is a pulsar , one of the few to have been identified optically . |
| 23 | Their bosses view them as no more than glorified typists and they are denied career opportunities . |
| 24 | The proprietors style themselves as a Fawlty Towers Italian restaurant ! |
| 25 | Four months later the Tories see it as an unqualified success , propelling the man who presided over it , Mr Michael Howard , into the political big league . |