Example sentences of "they [vb base] [noun] as a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They view discourse as a developing process , rather than a finished product ; and this , after all , is how the participants must be handling it and making sense of it , without the benefit of transcription and post hoc theorizing . |
| 2 | Most women must live in open contradiction with their own moral code , for while they regard marriage as a fundamental aim in life , El Salvador has one of the lowest marriage rates in the hemisphere . |
| 3 | It is therefore hardly surprising that there are firms which have chosen to take out what is effectively ‘ protective authorisation ’ ; in other words , while they have no intention of conducting any investment business , they regard authorisation as a sensible precaution in case they inadvertently slip into it . |
| 4 | They regard stratification as a divisive rather than an integrative structure . |
| 5 | They see sponsorship as a useful top-up . |
| 6 | Most bureaucrats see the world in terms of categories and problems in quite an impersonal sense and hence they see conservation as a major responsibility of planners , whether the locals want it or not . |