Example sentences of "the [noun] [verb] it as [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | The courts treat it as a question of fact and take an ad hoc approach . |
| 3 | In addition , the victor sees it as a sign of capitulation by his opponent . |
| 4 | Where do evokes the infinitive as a reality , the modals evoke it as a potentiality . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Deborah Pender , the head of a distribution company , lodged one of several bids for the complex to save it as a major tourist attraction . |
| 7 | The President condemned it as a " taxpayer-financed incumbent protection plan " . |
| 8 | 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 |
| 9 | The test of its validity is whether the subjects of the research accept it as a true account of their way of life . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | At first the club treated it as a private matter and The Doc shook hands on a new four year contract . |
| 12 | Like Grisone , they believe that the horse regards it as a reward when the rider or handler stops punishing it ! |
| 13 | A 6′ 4″ natural athlete from Eastbourne who spent the winter slumming it as a ski-guide on the slopes of Meribel , he completed the over when Jones limped out of Lancashire 's victory quest at Hove , then proceeded to halt the charge with a career-best 5 for 54 . |
| 14 | It 's unlikely , unless the shop returns it as a gesture of goodwill . |
| 15 | Devices are available too for giving variable prominence to one or other of the participants in the process to identify it as the topic . |
| 16 | The right characterise it as the ‘ nanny state ’ stifling initiative and giving unproductive employment to the middle classes . |
| 17 | Venezuela stands in sharp contrast because the banks see it as a better bet than Mexico . |
| 18 | Their interest and appreciation of our efforts was further spelt out when , in concluding the visit , Peter Davey , Director and Head of Research at FPV Inc and leader of the group described it as an ‘ outstanding visit ’ which had provided all concerned with a greater appreciation of JM 's activities . |
| 19 | This expectation was to find documented expression in the Magna Carta of 1215 , by which the King recognized it as a right of his subjects " to have the Common Council of the Kingdom " for the assessment of extraordinary aids — that is , taxation . |
| 20 | Does my right hon. Friend remember that when the investment income surcharge was abolished in 1984 , the then Chancellor of the Exchequer described it as an unfair and anomalous tax on savings and on the rewards of personal enterprise ? |
| 21 | The official history of the movement sees it as the outgrowth of ‘ homes and refuges for the destitute and institutes opened in the evenings with a mainly educational purpose in view ’ . |
| 22 | The Camisards took refuge here from the Catholic armies … and the Maquis used it as a hiding place for their weapons during the Occupation . ’ |
| 23 | New Democracy , the antics of whose leaders had encouraged much of the media to treat it as a joke , was led by Count Ian Wachtmeister and had been formed in late 1990 as a populist " party of discontent " , campaigning on a platform which featured an overtly anti-immigrant stance . |
| 24 | Far from seeing the loss of elderly social roles and status as ‘ a problem ’ , the theory presents it as a necessary social and psychological mechanism . |
| 25 | Participants in the plenum described it as the stormiest in Gorbachev 's six years as party leader . |
| 26 | The private-eye seizes it as a participator . |
| 27 | I used an MVP brace , which was made of carbon , titanium , graphite , velcro and other highly technical but very strong lightweight substances — it resembles scaffolding , but the Americans wear it as a fashion accessory on top of the trousers ! |
| 28 | H. L. Clark ( 1915 ) compiling his catalogue of specimens in the MCZ recognised it as a new species of Ophiolebes . |
| 29 | The government saw it as a means to increase the resources under its control ; those few livestock owners who were aware of the project saw it as a means to acquire more stock and supplies of water , but with no thought of selling more of their animals ; the Bank saw it as an intervention which would initiate a commercial livestock industry in Tanzania , a means of increasing resource utilization and exports . |
| 30 | British Aerospace WO N'T have to repay almost forty-five million pounds which the Government paid it as an inducement to buy the Rover car company . |