Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] [pron] as [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had nothing else quite so effective to wear for the other two acts , but this , for her first entrance , for establishing herself as Countess Maritza , did absolutely everything . |
| 2 | Romero had in mind a much more ambitious script in which the zombies have more or less taken over , except in an island enclave where soldiers have trained them into an army and scientists are devising ways of using them as slaves . |
| 3 | Their manager , standing in the wings , wondered what Arthur was yakking about , and at the same time had a moment of seeing them as Gandhi carrying a buffalo . |
| 4 | Yet in some areas still , their skills are not appreciated ; they can be seen as trouble-makers who regard doctor as fellow colleagues instead of seeing them as bosses who are there to give orders . |
| 5 | It is rather the reverse ; it means an increased recognition of the importance of seeing oneself as part of the new Europe which is emerging . |
| 6 | It is revealing in how clear f was and yet I managed to stop short of naming it as racism . |
| 7 | It was apparent that his attendance at the coming Party Conference must be assumed to be very unlikely , and that the question of replacing him as leader could arise . |
| 8 | They have put forward their nine-year coach Laurie Mains , and are winding themselves up to the point of wanting him as coach , first-up . |
| 9 | Arnold , at one time headmaster of Eastbourne College , purchased a number of sites with the expressed intention of improving them as bird habitats . |
| 10 | Apathy is usually ascribed only to one side — the parents — and that is sometimes thought to give a sufficient reason for teachers and schools to give up the struggle of recruiting them as allies . |
| 11 | If he did finally decide , after all , this was n't the job for him , that snide comment should go some way to ensure that Lorrimer stood no chance of succeeding him as Director of Hoggatt 's . |
| 12 | He brushed aside complaints that the party was being ‘ bounced ’ into choosing him as Mr Kinnock 's successor without a proper analysis of last Thursday 's election defeat . |
| 13 | This is serious suggestions , often children can learn from seeing themselves as others see them . |
| 14 | The fear of being deemed to be trading ( rather than investing ) in futures contracts , and so liable to taxation is thought to have deterred such institutions from using them as part of their investment strategy . |
| 15 | We carry out rummage searches of the islands to deter such activities as smuggling , and terrorists from using them as locations for weapon hides . |
| 16 | For the latter , the self-interest lies in being fully and finally in charge of one 's working life , in recovering it as part of a life of one 's own . |
| 17 | Cuckoo nestlings do n't live inside robins or reed-warblers ; they do n't suck their blood or devour their tissues , yet we have no hesitation in labelling them as parasites . |
| 18 | So far radicalism both in defining lawyers as controllers of individual clients and in defining them as controllers because of the ideological discourse which they sell has reached a position from which only negative statements can be made : lawyers do n't help , they control ; professionalism does not protect clients , it defeats them . |
| 19 | Most officers have little difficulty in presenting themselves as specialists ; their interpretation of the data is rarely challenged . |
| 20 | In addition , sections 36–40 detail principles of good social work practice like client participation in decisions and long-term planning to underline the professional orientation of the Act and to prevent clients from regarding themselves as victims of bureaucratic decisions ( Habermann and Tries , 1990 ) . |
| 21 | When the IBA banned a programme about RUC brutality , the producers protested by making a copy available to the BBC , which had no hesitation in showing it as part of a news feature about the IBA decision . |
| 22 | There are several aspects of the faunal assemblages accumulated by predators that may be considered in identifying them as prey assemblages . |
| 23 | Similarly , the pattern of afternoon meetings , still found in many authorities , discourages certain sections of the community , including all those with ‘ normal ’ working hours and , again , women with family responsibilities , from offering themselves as candidates . |
| 24 | ourselves , well we 've got ta protect ourselves as carriers against other people saying ah ! |
| 25 | She said with a shock that she realised she had grown up among the men on her father 's farm without seeing them as people you could conceivably fancy . |
| 26 | We advertised by personal contacts and through the media — the local TV , radio , and press — for potential bilinguals to come and be tested with a view to training them as interpreters . |
| 27 | We had to entertain a very prim and proper Swiss lady the other day and she insisted on addressing me as Madame Professor Wotherspoon . |
| 28 | ‘ In the meantime I see you 've reverted to addressing me as Penry . |
| 29 | While I was out , Reg Pybus dropped in a note saying he had been invited to Wrexham with a view to joining them as coach . |
| 30 | I 'm gon na give them as Christmas presents . |