Example sentences of "saw themselves as the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That is , it originally comprised the band of Dionysus-worshippers who , in their ecstatic state , saw themselves as the god 's goatlike attendants , fictitious nature spirits in a fictitious natural state . |
| 2 | In the 380s and 390s pagan aristocrats such as Q. A. Symmachus , Vettius Agorius Praetextatus , or Nicomachus Flavianus , alienated from the Christian court and from the men newly risen through its patronage into the upper ranks of society , saw themselves as the guardians of ancient Roman values , including Roman religion , literature , and even artistic styles . |
| 3 | They shared the community 's commitment to education and saw themselves as the vanguard of it . |
| 4 | They were both arrogant , both lechers , both saw themselves as the answer to all the problems on earth . |
| 5 | Resisters , on the other hand , saw themselves as the nation-in-arms . |