Example sentences of "are [verb] [pers pn] as [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Beauty is in the eye of the beholder , in which case Kitchens Of Distinction are using it as a sharp stick . |
| 2 | ‘ The Bosnian Serbs are using humanitarian aid as a military weapon and the Bosnian government and Croatian groups are using it as a political weapon . ’ |
| 3 | FoE 's rainforests campaigner , Tony Juniper , admits that some tree planting is a good idea , but says that " politicians are using it as a green smokescreen to hide the failure of developed countries to cut emissions of carbon dioxide " . |
| 4 | The United States department of defence is currently looking at using multi media to train reservists , and a few publishers are using it as an exciting new media for publishing encyclopaedias . |
| 5 | Now Amsterdam seem to be willing to take him on despite the scandal , and are presenting him as an exciting and controversial figure , while many of his former colleagues in The Hague admire him , as do the public ; he is seen as decisive , inspiring and provocative . |
| 6 | You sorted it out and settled it ten years ago , but now you are facing it as a new problem at your present age . |
| 7 | ‘ He is safe and well and we are treating it as a genuine abduction . ’ |
| 8 | Either way , astronomers are regarding it as a fascinating astronomical object and not just a recordbreaker . |
| 9 | But his turning up at such an occasion may be an explicit act of communication — a way of saying without words that he can now resist the blandishments of the bar and that his friends and colleagues are to regard him as a reformed character . |
| 10 | An apprentice fitter for the Harbour Commissioners , Mark has burst through showing tremendous talent this season and already there are some who are nominating him as a future British 125cc champion . |