Example sentences of "saw themselves as [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They saw themselves as being responsible people who did not go on strike for trivial benefits such as a tea-break but , at the same time , also saw themselves as a little bit downtrodden , almost persecuted . |
| 2 | The delegates , again often chosen by public meetings , saw themselves as the aroused mass of principled antislavery , cutting across the political and religious differences of their communities . |
| 3 | The Communists saw themselves as the only alternative to the Labour , Liberal and Conservative Parties . |
| 4 | The magnates saw themselves as the natural counsellors of the king , and argued in the Boulogne agreement and in the petition against the Despensers that they had a duty to act to protect the realm if the king was being led by unwise counsel . |
| 5 | Indeed there is no doubt that in overthrowing capitalism , and seeing it as the source of all modern evils , the Soviets saw themselves as the true heirs of the Enlightenment . |
| 6 | Further attempts at fostering were not tried , and the residential workers saw themselves as the main people in Michael 's life . |