Example sentences of "[adj] see [noun] as [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although it is possible to see networks as a mechanism through which workers exercise some ‘ degree of control over their labour market , it is important to acknowledge the extent to which they are , by definition , discriminatory . |
| 2 | It is also possible to see Baker as a ‘ lightning rod ’ for the president , protecting him from the ire of conservative ideologues who , by definition , would never be satisfied with less than the whole loaf . |
| 3 | Of the 45 women questioned in the survey , 9 thought sex a necessity for men ; 13 thought it a necessity for men and women ; 24 thought it a pleasure for both sexes ; 1 thought it an exclusive pleasure for men ; while 30 saw reproduction as the primary aim . |
| 4 | Men like this see Rhodesia as a heroic last bastion against the Red hordes from the North , East and West . |
| 5 | Some see corporatism grandly as a total economic system distinct from capitalism and socialism ; some see corporatism as a particular kind of " state form " distinct from , say , parliamentarianism , where citizens participate in the determination of policies through the exercise of voting rights in relation to a parliament ; and still others see corporatism rather more modestly and fruitfully as connoting a particular system of interest-group politics and representation distinct from the pluralist system that we have just discussed . |
| 6 | When it 's daylight in Leningrad and the buses and lorries are roaring along the wide Nevsky , and African delegates are being toasted at multi-course lunches at the Astoria , then it 's easy to see Leningrad as the birthplace of Communism . |
| 7 | These days , enlightened employers are supposed to see alcoholism as an illness , not a vice . |
| 8 | Some of these saw Communism as a pretty serious threat to a way of life that included cricket , and for these people Hitler was more than a passing attraction . |
| 9 | To this extent it is not especially helpful to see pubs as a category of buildings , but rather to keep a clear distinction in mind between interior and exterior . |
| 10 | Far from welcoming the new challenges and opportunities , many saw retirement as a kind of bogeyman who trailed in his wake the threats of a lower standard of living , boredom and impending old age . |
| 11 | Religious support is normally little called upon — indeed the record of most religions with regard to these issues is not regarded as good , and so it is not surprising that many see religion as the suppressor of human rights rather than as their advocate . |
| 12 | Farmers were slow to see management as an area where training could help but as more became aware of their own shortcomings there was an increase in requests for one-day courses . |
| 13 | As a crude approximation , the 1930s saw unemployment as a dominant issue , while the 1950s and early 1960s saw the operation of the Keynesian consensus with full ( or some say over-full ) employment . |
| 14 | Such gestures appealed to many Romanians , as they did to Western observers anxious to see Ceauşescu as a ‘ patriot ’ and reformer . |
| 15 | In 1893 America was ready to see Columbus as the great discoverer , the man who laid the foundations for a nation of bold entrepreneurs . |
| 16 | In later days it became fashionable to see Chaplin as a political rebel against Hollywood 's factory methods but he is better seen as the last of the old-style showmen offering a highly polished product to the masses that he felt he knew so intimately . |