Example sentences of "see [pron] [adv] as a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Contemporary feminist writers have seen her rather as a demonstration of the extreme body hatred and guilt that a patriarchal religion lays upon women . |
| 2 | Before this YWAM had seen themselves solely as a youth evangelistic organisation that was an outreach arm of existing churches . |
| 3 | He sees himself more as a poet , his mind receptive to many ideas and influences , some visual , some musical , some literary , which he amalgamates into his work in a similar way to Proust writing A La Research du Temps Perdu . |
| 4 | The reason that it seems unpromising follows directly from the Freudian theory of psychosis which sees it essentially as a withdrawal of libido from objects and its re-investment in the ego . |
| 5 | She does n't even like the term actress ( or actor ) , seeing herself more as a performer . |
| 6 | In some of the cases O'Connell and Russo describe , gender seems irrelevant : the young psychologist saw herself simply as a disciple of the older man . |
| 7 | Now , he saw her simply as a woman , and a surprisingly beautiful one at that . |
| 8 | They saw him also as a trail-blazer , someone who goes ahead of others and prepares the way . |
| 9 | He could sense , even in the darkness , the enormous wonder of her eyes , fixed unwaveringly upon his face though they saw him only as a bulk solid and still between her and the sky . |
| 10 | Conflicting interpretations of this move saw it either as a sign that the armed forces were no longer capable of confronting internal subversion , or as an astute move aimed at allowing the guerrillas to save face and disarm before taking up seats in the Constitutional Assembly . |
| 11 | Yet at the time , he admits , he saw it merely as a way to travel , learn the ropes and then set up in business on his own account . |
| 12 | Our forefathers saw it only as a gesture . |
| 13 | And I think it , it 's a mistake to see it just as a kind of erm as a little frill . |
| 14 | Many of the later Latin fathers ( and some of the fathers of the Reformation ) tended to see it only as a backdrop to the true meaning of the atonement . |
| 15 | ‘ I see you more as a sailboat , skimming freely across the ocean , responding naturally to the winds and the currents — but with a light hand on the tiller now and then to make sure you make the most of your capabilities . ’ |
| 16 | Many locals see him almost as a hero . |
| 17 | This is a somewhat unusual view , for prophets of disaster usually see it just as a disaster , not as a necessary stepping stone to something better . |