Example sentences of "the [noun] [verb] [pron] as [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In his ecstasy , the worshipper saw himself as a satyr and " as a satyr , in turn , he saw his god " . |
| 2 | The trial unmasked him as a complete charlatan and , in the words of one detective , ‘ as close to being the perfect rapist as you could get ’ . |
| 3 | The exclamation escaped her as a startled squeak . |
| 4 | The south-west was far enough from the established centres of power for those who felt excluded from the throne to use it as a launching pad for rebellion . |
| 5 | The courts treat it as a question of fact and take an ad hoc approach . |
| 6 | In addition , the victor sees it as a sign of capitulation by his opponent . |
| 7 | An oriental Korean card game , played for points with the computer facing you as the opponent . |
| 8 | The minutes of the SGM held on the 4th May 1990 were read and it was agreed that the chairman sign them as a true record . |
| 9 | ‘ When a dealing is had between a seller like Mr. Lewis and a person who is actually there present before him , then the presumption in law is that there is a contract , even though there is a fraudulent impersonation by the buyer representing himself as a different man than he is . |
| 10 | The Muslims saw him as a Russian , the Russians saw him as a Muslim . |
| 11 | Regular work for New Society and the Times launched him as a freelance editorial illustrator , and he has an impressive list of clients — in the '80s he drew all the covers for Penguin 's new editions of Anthony Burgess ' work , and his work has appeared in the Independent on Sunday , Observer , Radio Times , New Scientist , American Esquire and — among other things — in numerous advertisements and promotions for whisky in the UK , Ireland and the US . |
| 12 | Those who think of Pound as a great liberator from stiff and hidebound conventions will be disconcerted to find that Newbolt on the contrary treats him as an academic formalist . |
| 13 | The university welcomes them as a source of income ; some students are funded by their own governments to obtain a doctorate and enter public service . |
| 14 | Where do evokes the infinitive as a reality , the modals evoke it as a potentiality . |
| 15 | The joys denied him as a man he would forgo for those of a child-man . |
| 16 | His 60-year-old wife called in police , claiming he had punched her during the early hours after the ceremony to install him as the 18th civic leader at Stockton . |
| 17 | The ancient Forest system was in fact cumbrous and inefficient : the attempt to revive it as an instrument of Crown policy was doomed to failure . |
| 18 | Deborah Pender , the head of a distribution company , lodged one of several bids for the complex to save it as a major tourist attraction . |
| 19 | The President condemned it as a " taxpayer-financed incumbent protection plan " . |
| 20 | From that moment on , the Kremlin saw him as a ‘ realistic ’ politician — in other words , as one who urged the people to accept the invasion . |
| 21 | sitting there doing paper work and the ki erm the kids use it as a a an office and what have you , there with their paper work , Sarah does her homework there and we have our meals in there so erm sort of it does n't really matter but er you know it saves them all coming out for a meal , and having to do it cos trouble is it 's too small to keep an eye on people to see if they want anything , everything 's alright and what have you |
| 22 | The test of its validity is whether the subjects of the research accept it as a true account of their way of life . |
| 23 | Or let him acknowledge that while it is rational doubt for him as a liberal humanist to criticize the Buddhist , the Marxist or the Christian , it might equally be a rational doubt for the Marxist to criticize him as a humanist . |
| 24 | It was an uncomfortable affair , the Mayor used it as an occasion to condemn what he called the Turkish occupation of the North of the island and Douglas Hurd looked on clearly anxious that the whole thing be wound up as soon as possible . |
| 25 | At first the club treated it as a private matter and The Doc shook hands on a new four year contract . |
| 26 | Like Grisone , they believe that the horse regards it as a reward when the rider or handler stops punishing it ! |
| 27 | His Honour Judge Maddocks , dismissing their appeal , said the practice of the partnership was that of the two offices together because the partnership ran them as a single business . |
| 28 | Perhaps one of our music institutions will have the foresight to invite him as a visiting lecturer ? |
| 29 | The Communists saw themselves as the only alternative to the Labour , Liberal and Conservative Parties . |
| 30 | He 's gone to ground since The Sun named him as the man who passed on a tape of a telephone call allegedly made by the Princess of Wales to an admirer on New Year 's Eve 1989 . |