Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb base] it [prep] an [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Independent soft-commission brokers regard it as an acceptable method of payment so long as they deal at the best price . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Whilst some welcome the opportunity of early retirement , others see it as an unwanted imposition on their lives . |
| 4 | 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 ) . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |