Example sentences of "they [vb base] it as a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Ultraviolet light is so important to insects that they use it as a main component of their colour vision . |
| 5 | The dealers do n't get a penny ; they do it as a public service . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | They see it as a revolutionary and subversive moral doctrine . |
| 8 | Right , er another situation where there 's men and women differences is in multilingual communities , er you find that men and women 's attitudes to varieties or language varieties or languages can carry so some men will try and avoid using one of their languages because they see it as a low prestige variety whereas some women will use it because for them it 's a high prestige variety . |
| 9 | They see it as a scientific rather than a moral problem . |
| 10 | Clearly they all function with the agreement of their management committees and funders , and within NACAB membership conditions , In fact NACAB has democratically voted its support for a broadening of roles , by reiterating in the new membership regulations the responsibility of the management committee for ensuring that bureau workers are trained in social policy work , and that they see it as a natural complement to bureau work when dealing with individual clients . |
| 11 | Many officials ( for instance , at the Bundesbank ) who doubt the case for monetary union would like to see this earlier-vintage , less-rigid ERM stay in business indefinitely : they see it as a workable long-term regime for European monetary policy . |