Example sentences of "to see [pn reflx] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We like to make sense of things , to analyse– to generalise , to see ourselves as rational problem solvers . |
| 2 | Echoing the sentiments of Slam , Gypsy 's Graham Drinnon is keen to emphasise that the Limbo lot ‘ like to see ourselves as British musicians making British music , and certainly not as a Glasgow thing … |
| 3 | To see ourselves in this way is to gain a perspective rather than to advocate a policy , yet the relation of these two activities will inevitably remain in the background of our work . |
| 4 | He had enough for his day-to-day needs , of course , but he would be hard-pressed to see himself through another month if he was to live in the style befitting a gentleman . |
| 5 | Likewise as I pointed out in the last chapter , in dramatic playing a boy may be required to adopt the function of an Abbot of Durham Cathedral , and in so far as he continues to see himself in that role he will continue to signal to others that that is what he is doing . |
| 6 | Some years before , he had founded in his home town of Stratford-upon-Avon a chapel in honour of St Thomas Becket and he was inclined to see himself in that tradition of defiance of the crown . |
| 7 | He wanted Gina to see herself as other people would see her . |
| 8 | She tried to see herself through this man 's eyes , to relive the last couple of hours from his point of view . |
| 9 | Shirley Archer 's list of statements illustrates the working-class stress on domesticity : here it is contrasted with Elizabeth Gould 's more typically middle-class capacity to see herself in other terms : |
| 10 | How would you like to see yourself in ten years ' time ? |
| 11 | Begin to see yourself in this new way . |
| 12 | To see yourself in this way is a representation of the child 's move into historical time , one of the places where vision establishes the child 's understanding of herself as part of the world . |
| 13 | But Europeans are increasingly keen ( 1992 and all that ) to see themselves as cultural pioneers and not to emulate the United States . |
| 14 | However , diaries kept by parents can produce valuable information and also help parents to see themselves as active partners in the assessment process . |
| 15 | They were no longer so ready to see themselves as isolated settlements on the sea coast , unrelated to each other and uninterested in the interior . |
| 16 | These examples indicate some of the features of girl friendly science : it builds on girls ' interests , not just boys ' ; it explicitly encourages girls to see themselves as potential scientists , and it includes some of the social and human implications and applications of science . |
| 17 | Thus if they are consistently defined as disreputable or respectable , servile or arrogant , they will tend to see themselves in this light and act accordingly . |