Example sentences of "see [det] [prep] an [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , rather than seeing this as an excuse for living as they pleased , the Calvinists believed that success in work and in trade was a sign that they were one of the elect rather than one of the damned . |
| 2 | Commentators have seen this as an acknowledgement of the slowness of the French-speaking nations to take up the challenge of an international role . |
| 3 | Like Stapleton , Pearson spent most of his playing career at the top — and he sees that as an advantage in the lower divisions . |
| 4 | BT sees this as an opportunity for companies ‘ to get started in EDI ’ . |
| 5 | Gilligan sees this as an example of the ‘ differences in the female voice ’ ( 1982 : 185 ) that are ignored or undervalued by psychology . |
| 6 | Many of us saw this as an opportunity for mankind to make a small gesture of recompense to the cetaceans ( the whale family ) for the abuses we had inflicted upon them . |
| 7 | Brigham Young University and the University of Utah are great rivals and the presidents saw this as an opportunity to ‘ fuse ’ the two institutions to their greater mutual glory . |
| 8 | In the ensuing confusion the Catholic community locally and nationally saw this as an abnegation of the 1944 Education Act . |
| 9 | Richard Baxter saw this as an illustration of the vanity of this life as both rich and poor alike had to stand by helplessly as their houses and all their worldly goods went up in flames before their eyes . |
| 10 | Some analysts saw this as an attempt by the OAS to affirm its identity as a genuine independent body and to shed the image of being an instrument of United States foreign policy in the region . |
| 11 | The local skaters take it upon themselves to remove some dangerous panelling designed to withstand loose board , however the local council see this as an act of vandalism and feeling are strong amongst some councillors to get rid of the ramp . |