Example sentences of "[vb base] [to-vb] [pers pn] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | Secular books on the New Age tend to treat it as the latest fad ; the ‘ in thing ’ of the eighties , full of Alternative Types and quaint ideas about the ‘ good life ’ down on the organic , backyard farm . |
| 2 | Foreigners tend to see him as a ‘ whingeing pom , brit etc. ’ and do not like the program . |
| 3 | Western historians tend to see them as alienated intellectuals motivated not by the interests of any major section of society but by a host of heterogeneous ideas , romantic and modernizing , dictatorial and democratic . |
| 4 | Once women have reached senior management , for instance , where they are the only woman among 20 or 50 men , some companies tend to see them as the token woman singlehandedly proving that the company is encouraging and supporting women to reach the top . |
| 5 | I must look deep , deep into your soul and grow to trust you as a brother ! ’ |
| 6 | So we will need a tolerant and patient horse if we want to use it as a school horse , or a plough horse , or even a dressage horse . |
| 7 | I think , think it 's best maybe we 're into these sort of formal words of consultation and discussion , maybe if we invite comment on , on the service changes really , or the reductions or cuts or whatever you want to describe them as , er , in relation to how they affect user groups . |
| 8 | Yes erm Hugh , I want to ask you as erm the Chairer of the area er committee erm if you 're happy with |
| 9 | Unusual coat colours and patterns can arise spontaneously by genetic mutation anywhere in the world , and breeders in different regions might quite coincidentally seize upon a colour mutation and henceforward seek to establish it as a mark of their breed . |
| 10 | There 's a small band of enthusiasts who devote an enormous amount of time and energy to experimenting with it and who sometimes tend to hail it as the solution to every problem . |
| 11 | Heaven knows why , but numerous other GTi drivers seem to see us as some kind of personal challenge . |
| 12 | They seem to regard them as patients or problems ; the last thing they do is help them organise . |
| 13 | He says they seem to regard it as a holiday and those birds that are over twelve months old have been through this before and seem to look forward to it |
| 14 | The residents and traders do not seem overly worried about indiscriminate parking they seem to regard it as an advantage which the town has over others . |
| 15 | Unfortunately , many people seem to take it as a personal insult ( on behalf of their garden ) if one says that there are n't really any plants or flowers worth pressing , so to prevent any hurt feelings I usually try to pick a few items that are possible candidates for pressing , which seems to go down much better than completely refusing someone 's kind offer . |
| 16 | And I tend to draw , most o , most of us tend to draw them as straight lines with branches coming off they may actually show the chain as a twisted chain or zig-zag chain or going in to form a square or something ! |
| 17 | After spending a few months gauging public reaction , West Mercia Police intend to use him as a kerbside deterrent against speeding . |
| 18 | My mother has just arrived and I would say from the look of her she is all set to greet you as a long-lost child . ’ |
| 19 | And of course , candles light being a symbol for whatever you like to take it as . |
| 20 | Thank You'-You are about to deflate the small plastic paddling pool in the garden in which no infant has paddled for a month until you realise that it is now full of strange vegetation and even stranger swimming insects and you decide to keep it as a nature reserve . |
| 21 | I try to see her as Claudia . |
| 22 | We 're extremely interested in the women we try to treat them as individuals we cope with a lot of problems and I think if we look as women as individuals , each individual woman has a different problem . |
| 23 | The Senate is notorious for closing ranks against any young politicians who try to use it as a springboard for something grander . |
| 24 | This has meant that dead animals are left by the roadside for the council to collect , and the local slaughterhouses have been receiving sick animals as some farmers try to use it as a replacement for the knacker 's yard . |
| 25 | No , not as raw data but yo you then go to use it as intelligence , I E |
| 26 | His breathing is laboured in that heavy way which so often heralds the end , and as you grip his hand to let him know that he is not alone , you try to love him as the Lord himself would do . |
| 27 | I try to present them as ribbons of metal because that creates the illusion of movement and I can put them in an off balance position . |
| 28 | Try to get it as a ‘ Dr Mumby does it again ’ , not just a patient story . |
| 29 | We fail to see them as people who have a voice , who have needs and feelings . |
| 30 | How long will we have to wait before you actually start to see it as a woodland roughly ? |