Example sentences of "[noun] [vb base] [pers pn] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where do evokes the infinitive as a reality , the modals evoke it as a potentiality . |
| 2 | The language of the marketing echoes exactly that of any supermarket brand-name : ‘ our readers perceive us as a brand of books with a special flavour and image ’ . |
| 3 | Overall , his churches and houses are no more than pleasant provincial work — examples are the rebuilding of St Julian 's church in Shrewsbury ( 1749–50 ) and Hatton Grange , Shropshire ( 1764–8 ) — but his decorative and funerary designs reveal him as a highly competent exponent of both the rococo style and the Gothic manner of Batty Langley [ q.v . ] . |
| 4 | The test of its validity is whether the subjects of the research accept it as a true account of their way of life . |
| 5 | Scarlatti and Bach reveal his ear for tonal colour , and miniatures as unlike as Beethoven 's Ecossaise in E flat and his own ear-tickling Valse amour confirm him as a charmer of the first order . |
| 6 | If we now compare the fortunes of a girl apprentice in the same firm ( and the wage-books describe her as such , rather than a " learner " ) , Miss Whyte , she began in 1901 probably at 55 . |
| 7 | 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 |
| 8 | Virtually all the Japanese martial arts use it as a means of producing extra power from within the body — just as weightlifters make great grunting and groaning noises when attempting a particularly heavy lift . |
| 9 | Developers could use the tool in-house , at the expense of buying a target machine , currently an RS/6000 , or have Echo do it as a service . |
| 10 | We join an organization feeling relatively neutral about an external group of competitors but within months regard them as malevolent enemies . |
| 11 | Also , never think that Glentoran fans regard you as a traitor because you want to move to our biggest rivals Linfield . |
| 12 | Some organizations see it as an extension of their production process , others as the means by which their product or service is brought to the attention of the marketplace . |
| 13 | In that way the electorate see us as people first , Conservatives second and politicians third . |
| 14 | Islanders see it as water intermittently disrupted by unsightly deposits of earth . |
| 15 | Many off-road drivers see it as a challenge and while a voluntary code of practice has reduced the number of cars and bikes on Sundays and bank holidays , some are still upsetting the walkers and riders . |
| 16 | This type of coven is usually on the borderline of satanism , and the ‘ sincere ’ members believe that the devil and his demons need them as agents to wreak havoc in the world . |
| 17 | I strain my ears to hear it , like distant music ; my eyes see it as a very bright light very far away . |
| 18 | The T-shirt and three-button T-shirt show it as a border design using the central tile version . |
| 19 | Barnes and Seldon deploy it as a classic example of Macmillanesque subtlety in handling colleagues . |
| 20 | The Lears are unusual in that they live in colonies ( two are known to exist ) in North Brazil , where the natives regard them as food and not an endangered species . |
| 21 | Either they ca n't afford private health insurance or the American insurance companies regard them as a bad risk to be acceptable . |
| 22 | Thus many companies see them as a threat to their holding on to their good people , and instilling corporate loyalty into new appointees . |
| 23 | But you 've worked me harder than any donkey and you 've let Tom , Amos and Oseri bait me as if I were a chained bear . " |
| 24 | Children who witness sexual intercourse in the first few years of their lives see it as a sort of ill-treatment , an assault by the man on the woman ; ‘ they view it that is in a sadistic sense ’ . |
| 25 | Reformers see him as protection against the Stalinist wing they still fear ( and many of them hope that maybe , deep down , he is still on their side ) . |
| 26 | What happens is folk , folk treat it as a diet and then when they stop the diet , they stop the habit |
| 27 | Textile workers in Bradford and Brick Lane may regard Saddam as a liberator : the metropolitan middle classes despise him as a thug . |
| 28 | The right characterise it as the ‘ nanny state ’ stifling initiative and giving unproductive employment to the middle classes . |
| 29 | When regional deals divert more trade than they create , economists regard them as harmful overall : such arrangements tend to shift production to less efficient producers . |
| 30 | Those in the centre and on the Right regard him as a pragmatist ; those on the Left see him as a right-winger . |