Example sentences of "they [verb] [pers pn] as [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet that person with AD may be ‘ positioned ’ differently , both by themselves and others , if they avoid the games because they perceive them as a mindless waste of time and prefer to go for a walk instead . |
| 2 | Now that is a large part of our culture , which in a sense gets sucked into the educational establishment and sucked into teaching relationships , and because it 's such a consistent part of the way in which women are seen , I think they perceive it as a greater problem . |
| 3 | In the years that followed , the German bourgeoisie gained considerable economic and industrial power , but did not struggle against the Junkers since they regarded them as the very backbone of German society ; the Junkers , even though they were already ‘ pensioners of economic history ’ were a convenient rallying point for Völkisch opinion and as such had no particular reason to adapt to the changing economic structure of Europe or Germany . |
| 4 | Two fifteenth-century archbishops of Canterbury , Chichele and Bourchier , write of ‘ the Church of England ’ in terms which show that they regarded it as a distinctive entity within the Church Universal , and one in which they could take considerable national pride . |
| 5 | Oh there was this interview with Mick Jagger yeah but like it must have been written about cos they described him as a neanderthal rocker . |
| 6 | Both leaders admitted that several issues remained unresolved by the treaty , but they described it as a good basis for the development of future bilateral relations . |
| 7 | They reported it as a negligent discharge during a change of the guard . |
| 8 | It is of course difficult to ‘ police ’ this objection , and there is a certain ambivalence in the attitude of some countries ; recognising the usefulness of postal service , they welcome it as a supplementary method designed to back up the ‘ official ’ service effected in other ways , but are unhappy to see the postal channel treated as appropriate or sufficient in itself . |
| 9 | They can provide all that for a fee why ca n't they provide it as a compulsory necessary part er of the service , it would n't be more expensive the minister claimed , if you do a proper audit it ca n't be more expensive . |
| 10 | They describe it as a terrifying ordeal and although it was around two o'clock in the morning , they say a number of people were in the area and could help their search for the rapist . |
| 11 | They portray him as a confused mixture of honesty and cantankerousness : a big heart governed by a stroppy mind . |
| 12 | She pro they buying it as a joint family present this year . |
| 13 | When Christians in this tradition talk of reason , on the other hand , they dismiss it as a human work , tainted therefore by sin and liable to mislead . |
| 14 | Ultraviolet light is so important to insects that they use it as a main component of their colour vision . |
| 15 | This time they saw him as a public enemy . |
| 16 | They saw us as a natural choice to work with . |
| 17 | When the Knights first took over the island on their expulsion from the eastern Mediterranean , they saw it as a penitential desert exile . |
| 18 | Perhaps they saw it as a last call for help to come to a failing Britain . |
| 19 | The other Great Reforms of the 1860s , affecting the judicial system , the press , and the universities , made little impact on the peasantry , and although they gained a minority voice on the new local government bodies ( the zemstva ) set up in 1864 , they viewed them as an additional burden rather than as a vehicle for their own interests . |
| 20 | The dealers do n't get a penny ; they do it as a public service . |
| 21 | They accepted it as a general statement of how things were in the past . |
| 22 | Although this type of divination is clearly readily subject to manipulation , Zande are naturally disinclined to admit this ; they regard it as a mystical process on a par with other oracular procedures where human bias is less obvious . |
| 23 | It not only conflicts with their self-conscious professionalism but they regard it as an increasing anachronism in the agriculture of the 1970s . |
| 24 | They regard it as an ideal way to familiarise themselves with the latest legislative and other changes and are sometimes reluctant to delegate the task or to see it rendered unnecessary , as is the case with the microfilm system described below . |
| 25 | But they greeted her as an old friend . |
| 26 | And even so , they treat you as a likely criminal . |
| 27 | They see him as a potential match-winner when the new four-day format is brought into championship cricket next year . |
| 28 | But having a woman on the wing makes them realise they have hurt real people , they see me as a real person |
| 29 | A deaf therapist said : ‘ They do n't see me as a health professional who knows it all , but who does n't really understand ; they see me as a disabled person . ’ |
| 30 | They see it as a revolutionary and subversive moral doctrine . |