Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] it as " in BNC.
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| 1 | If , however , the service is seen as a social institution , with aims which were , to a large extent , independent of market organization , then it is possible to see it as much more successful and of far greater significance . |
| 2 | The British regarded it as essential to win over Arab opinion by promising postwar independence for Syria and Lebanon ; de Gaulle regarded this as British colonialist meddling in French affairs , and when the British tried to issue a declaration promising independence in their own name as well as Free France 's , he objected that the future of French mandates was none of Britain 's business . |
| 3 | She must be careful to betray it as little as possible if the interview were to go the way she wanted . |
| 4 | Some saw it as simply a matter of making the books balance , an additional chore or responsibility in an already busy schedule . |
| 5 | The fact that some see it as totally unacceptable , and view death as a preferable option , shows just how important it can be . |
| 6 | York provides interesting evidence , though in view of the city 's declining cloth industry , it may be dangerous to regard it as typical of towns in general . |
| 7 | Hire purchase users were slightly less likely than average to label it as expensive , or giving poor value for money . |
| 8 | Men were more likely to regard it as natural that they should take science . |
| 9 | But heavy users of credit were much less likely to label it as expensive . |
| 10 | Barton was the only one of the three to make it as far as the quarters , but he still had to come through another two heats to overhaul Hardman 's tally of points . |
| 11 | It would be dangerous to assume from this simplification , however , that the two perspectives can be easily separated by the ideological position each adopts , the former tending to see ‘ permissiveness ’ as bad , the latter seeing it as good . |
| 12 | In Le Pietre e il Sale ( Stones and Salt 1986 ) , Palandri tells a story of adolescent love and adult corruption in a manner which generated mixed notices in Italy , many seeing it as simply a return to the ‘ shopworn ’ . |
| 13 | For example , the following two relations in Figure 4.18 , COURSE and SUBJECT , both have course as the key , but the latter has it as only part of the composite key with subject . |
| 14 | In the indirect business of conversation , it is as well to do it as skilfully as possible and without leaving others feeling awkward . |
| 15 | Many saw it as ironic that the decision was strongly supported by Norway 's Prime Minister , Mrs Gro Harlem Brundtland , generally regarded as the most " environmentalist " of all government leaders . |
| 16 | All this was meant to be experimental , but it would be better to describe it as speculative , as I have an idea that I could arrive at some sort of interesting effect if I kept trying , and the lack of certainty about the end result hardly mattered . |
| 17 | The manufacturer who quickly and generously replaced the kit was able to identify it as three years old , and quite useless . |
| 18 | The half-erased graffiti on the silver train she did notice , without being able to identify it as man-made . |
| 19 | A court is unlikely to regard it as reasonable to exclude liability in such cases . |
| 20 | When a nova is found , it is important to follow it as carefully as possible , and binoculars can be very helpful indeed , particularly as most bright novæ remain within binocular range for some time . |
| 21 | Its principal use is in identifying the module when examining lists of modules , so it is advisable to make it as descriptive as possible , within the space allowed . |
| 22 | I was using a hand-pump , and then an electric pump to stimulate my milk supply , although at first I was too distressed and unmotivated to do it as often as necessary and consequently did n't produce anything when I did pump . |
| 23 | Greg had first read it as ‘ Homosexual ’ , and that of course was the joke . |
| 24 | A digit can drop out : 2 Kings 24:8 gives the age of Jehoiachin on accession as 18 , whereas 2 Chronicles 36:9 gives it as 8 . |
| 25 | Even Continental visitors were impressed by the city : a Bohemian visitor in 1466 described it as large and magnificent , with beautiful churches , in 1483 the Italian Dominic Mancini said that it was famous throughout the world , and in 1497 another Italian visitor laid stress on the wealth of its citizens . |
| 26 | Whilst design is , in practice , an involved and complex set of events , at this stage it is only necessary to define it as three interrelated sub-processes ( see Figure I.l ) . |
| 27 | well as the person responsible for giving this information to the public you would , you would be anxious to get it as accurate as possible would n't you ? |
| 28 | It is best to make it as trouble free as possible . |
| 29 | So , too , Equity might order a document executed under a mistake to be rectified ; Common Law would at most treat it as void . |
| 30 | Archer had intended this to reassure church members troubled by their human frailties , but the Westminster Assembly was outraged by its antinomian implications and sent deputations to Parliament in July 1645 to denounce it as heretical and blasphemous . |