Example sentences of "[pron] as a great [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It strikes me as a great idea , and it 's hard to see how they can lose when you consider that 2000AD magazine sells 300,000 copies a week . |
| 2 | ‘ A small part of the fault was mine for not noticing that Eleanor considered me as a great deal more than her employer . |
| 3 | There were times when his own belief in himself as a great player could backfire on him if he failed to realize that he was having an off day , and he could look stubborn and bloody-minded as a result . |
| 4 | He thought of himself as a great collector — I believe there were great collections of Chinese porcelain made by Victorian and Edwardian connoisseurs , but he was pretty small fry , just being fashionable . " |
| 5 | In bringing the case , the Turkish government is presenting itself as a great ally of archaeologists . |
| 6 | The key passage , from this point of view , is the temptation offered by Weston/Satan ( the Un-Man ) to which the Woman all but yields : the image of herself as a great soul . |
| 7 | Mabel looked astonished ; any event in her life , no matter how mundane , always came to her as a great surprise . |
| 8 | The word of Jesus had come to her as a great challenge . |
| 9 | However , although his bust shares a place of honour in the apse of Westminster Abbey with that of Darwin , commemorating him as a great co-pioneer of rational science , elsewhere his memory is largely eclipsed perhaps because of the premature breadth of that dream . |
| 10 | As he had held the highest office of state the inhabitants of Edfu regarded him as a great man and therefore after his death honoured him as a god , making his tomb a holy place . |
| 11 | One was always conscious of him as a great Christian ; only later did you become conscious of his denominational affiliation . |
| 12 | Tolstoy clearly appealed to him as a great apostle of non-violence , and one who enabled all votaries of ahi sā to realize and understand that non-violence involved not only the negative attitude of freedom from anger and hate but also the positive attitude of love for all men . |
| 13 | As a person , Whitaker was frequently described by those who knew him as a great store-house of energy and enthusiasm , who could manage that rare gift of imparting such enthusiasm to others . |
| 14 | Some took it as a great laugh ; others as a brave attempt to champion a little-known music ; and others just hated it . |
| 15 | That while recognising that the men have had a real grievance in that some firms have employed an unfair proportion of young girls at apprentice wages , or nearly so , we women regard it as a great injustice that one of the main skilled industries open to Edinburgh women should be closed against them . |
| 16 | She also thought of it as a great household , in which her son could find a favoured place . |
| 17 | Federalists and functionalists alike regarded it as a great achievement and a decisive breakthrough in the fight for a united Europe , and immediately set out to make the new body a more effective organ of integration than was apparent in its charter . |
| 18 | The Government have put large sums of money into the public services for many years , but have not proclaimed it as a great virtue . |
| 19 | We call it now , the Battle of Britain , and think of it as a great victory . |
| 20 | Toby , next morning , was inclined to regard it as a great victory . |
| 21 | ‘ I actually saw it as a great challenge . |
| 22 | I felt it as a great loss because even after her retirement she remained a wonderful source of advice and inspiration to young singers . |
| 23 | Barry Humphries ' cartoon hero Barry McKenzie made cracks about Château Chunder , the star wine from down under , fondly describing it as a great emetic . |
| 24 | Now that is a large part of our culture , which in a sense gets sucked into the educational establishment and sucked into teaching relationships , and because it 's such a consistent part of the way in which women are seen , I think they perceive it as a greater problem . |
| 25 | Some cover may be withdrawn as the insurance company sees it as a greater risk . |
| 26 | I 'm not a great rhythm player , I do n't look at myself as a great chops dude and arranging is definitely not my forte . |
| 27 | But I really also see us as a great link between our two countries . |