Example sentences of "consider it [pos pn] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ I would consider it my duty to remain at the salon until you had found a suitable replacement for me , ’ she said primly .
2 The RICS check each lease to make sure there is a power of appointment ; other than that , the president did not consider it his function to determine any legal questions which might arise in the course of a rent review .
3 For example , if his son was suffering from rabies , Gandhi would consider it his duty to take his son 's life in order to relieve him of his agony .
4 Similarly , if his daughter was threatened with violation , and there was no way open to save her , he would consider it his duty and the purest form of ahi sā , to take her life .
5 He may consider it his duty to practise non-cooperation and civil disobedience , but he must always be on his guard against acts of violence which only serve to militate against the success of his actions .
6 ‘ He further informed the prince that , should he find evidence of a continuing liaison between himself and yourself , he would consider it his duty to at once have recourse to the king his father . ’
7 Mr. Pantry informed Mr. Small , for the defence , of the discrepancy between the 12 January statement and Matadial 's evidence about the telephone call after the shooting , but did not consider it his duty to show him the statement .
8 At 23 , Graham , from Leytonstone , east London , had just started in cricket and did not consider it his job .
9 But in the best English tradition he did not consider it his business to equip his deficient students with tools they had not got .
10 As there is no dinner served at Eagle House , it is quite usual for John and Rosamund to find their guests dinner bookings , and they consider it their responsibility to find an eating establishment to suit the purse and palate of each guest .
11 Consequently , we consider it our duty to indicate the correct path which the Šiptar people must follow if it is to realize its aspiration .
12 ‘ I consider it my duty to strive to ward off the calamity by bringing about the union of Palestine and Transjordan ’ , he told the Palestinians .
13 I consider it my duty to help in any way I can .
14 As a result , our eyesight is so well developed that few animals possess comparable vision , and we are justified in considering it our supersense .
15 They stayed close to the Oaks , as if they considered it their duty , and they looked as if they might find life a serious business .
16 Most of the voluntary organisations considered it their duty to inculcate a proper sense of shame in their charges , until World War II brought about the first intimation that unmarried mothers were beginning to avoid the hostels run by charitable institutions for that very reason .
17 However , they considered it their duty to tell their clients , the second defendants , that they had them .
18 He said : ‘ I considered it my duty to get informed about politics because I had a vote .
19 For the " national unity " which Franco considered it his mission to create could not brook anything but centralized government .
20 What was more , he considered it his duty , not only to pray in public himself , but to induce his friends to join him , often at inconvenient times and in conspicuous places .
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