Example sentences of "[pron] see [noun prp] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I see Jim as a hero , ’ says the director , smiling . |
| 2 | ‘ You see , Jill , I see John as a sort of prisoner of war . |
| 3 | ‘ But the fact is I see Kylie as a best friend and not a lover . |
| 4 | [ This observation is in accord with the classic theological understanding of creation , which sees God as the ground and support of all that is ( in our terms , the guarantor of the Schrödinger equation ) but not as an object among objects ( no collapser of wavepackets ) . ] |
| 5 | This is the arrangement formalized in Edward 's territorial reordering of 1473–5 , which saw Lancashire as the northern end of a Stanley power bloc stretching through Cheshire into north Wales , rather than as one more component in Gloucester 's northern hegemony . |
| 6 | This is the arrangement formalized in Edward 's territorial reordering of 1473–5 , which saw Lancashire as the northern end of a Stanley power bloc stretching through Cheshire into north Wales , rather than as one more component in Gloucester 's northern hegemony . |
| 7 | The spark that arises between Vronsky and Anna proves not only damaging to Karenin ( Anna 's husband ) but also to the young Kitty Shcherbatsky , who seeing Vronsky as a possible suitor , was in love with him . |
| 8 | Eastern philosophy in a western key A Chinese composer who sees Scotland as a second musical home , talks to Mary Miller |
| 9 | They are facing formidable opposition in the shape of last year 's winner , Rosa Mota , who sees London as a warm-up for the Olympics , where she 'll be defending her title and looking to put the disappointment of the World Championships in Tokyo last year behind her . |
| 10 | She sees Cather as a writer whose work ‘ gets its energy from contraries ’ . |
| 11 | Britain , though , was still prepared to offer little , for she saw Egypt as a vital strategic position in the post-war world , and agitation broke out once more , with Zaghlul again exiled . |
| 12 | Socinus was a radical Reformation thinker who saw Rome as the great harlot of Revelation 17 . |
| 13 | However , nothing so remotely secular will enter into the forthcoming discussion , for as the Bishop of Durham colourfully observes , it all depends on whether you see God as a ‘ male thug ’ and the Church as a male authority structure . |
| 14 | But now that I am , you see Marion as a threat to your position . |
| 15 | As you know , I do not agree with those who see Schubert as a permanent lyricist . |
| 16 | This is the position of Justin Martyr , Clement of Alexandria and Thomas Aquinas , who see Christ as ‘ the fulfilment of cultural aspirations and the restorer of the institutions of true society . |
| 17 | Pickering said : ‘ Dave Mackay did a great job for Derby in his mid-thirties and we saw Robson as the same type of leader . ’ |
| 18 | But , throughout it all we see Jesus as not just a teacher , he must be more than that . |
| 19 | I think we were lucky with Chappy , and we see Deane as a direct replacement for him . |
| 20 | He came , he told us , because his understanding of the ideological struggle makes him see Rhodesia as the most sensitive battlefield . |
| 21 | They saw Jesus as a threat to their legalistic religion . |
| 22 | As the Vikings rowed their warships round the north of Scotland , past Cape Wrath , their ‘ turning point ’ , down the ragged west coast of their ‘ South Land ’ , they saw Suilven as a single , dramatic pillar ; and they named it Sul Val , the pillar mountain . |
| 23 | They see Israel as the root cause of the problems of the whole region , and many believe that this is , in any case , a proxy war fought by the United States on behalf of Israel . |
| 24 | They see Tatton as their nearest open space for recreation . |
| 25 | It makes sense for this alternative establishment to be pro-European , not only because it is in tune with the music Jacques Delors is making , but because it sees Brussels as a counterpoise to London.This is why it has been pointless to question the sincerity of Kinnock 's conversion to Europe . |
| 26 | Obviously , he sees Britain as the sweatshop of the world — he almost said as much — and , if we are unlucky enough to find him in office for more than a few more months , we may find ourselves taking the place previously occupied by the Soviet Union , as Upper Volta with rockets . |
| 27 | ‘ I have put my Spirit upon him ; he will bring forth justice to the nations ’ says God through the prophet And now the Spirit had come , and Mark 's account of the baptism makes it abundantly clear that he sees Jesus as the Messianic Son and the Suffering Servant , equipped or his … stupendous task with the Spirit of God promised for the end-time . |
| 28 | He sees God as the unseen power pervading all things , the sum-total of life , the indefinable , the formless , the nameless . |
| 29 | Statements by the Iranian government made it clear that it saw ECO as the basis for a future Islamic common market which might ultimately embrace some 300 million people — a quarter of all Muslims — and rival the European Communities in importance . |
| 30 | It saw Jesus as the victim on the cross who in submitting to Satan became his victor . |