Example sentences of "[prep] [pn reflx] as the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | George Albert Smith was later of course erm to come on and make a big name , a world name for himself as the inventor of the first colour process , a very simple , two-colour process , but it was invented by him in Brighton , and it was the first world colour process . |
| 2 | All the same it is extraordinary to find the Roman Church ( 1 ) acquiescing in Constantine 's total indifference to Jesus ; ( 2 ) deferring to Constantine 's presentation of himself as the Messiah ; and ( 3 ) acknowledging the definition of Messiahship — that is , a military and political figure — embodied by Constantine . |
| 3 | When giving interviews to the press Hauser liked to paint a picture of himself as the company 's father figure . |
| 4 | It was a delicate moment for Franco , who had so closely linked the legitimacy of his power to his presentation of himself as the defender of the Catholic faith . |
| 5 | By fostering an image of himself as the inheritor of Charlemagne 's empire , he did much to create that image of Charlemagne which dominated the later middle ages . |
| 6 | ‘ Marxism ’ , on the other hand , Sartre claims , ‘ is History itself becoming conscious of itself ’ ( I , 40 ) : as for Lukács , it is by becoming conscious of itself as the subject of history that the working class will understand history 's meaning — and so recognize itself as the meaning of history . |
| 7 | She wished she felt as sure of herself as the man so casually lounging opposite her . |
| 8 | Chasseguet-Smirgel ( 1985 ) suggests that a woman 's ego-ideal is constructed first by identification with the mother , and only then by a redefinition of herself as the father 's wife . |
| 9 | I want you to think of yourself as the driver of the car and to concentrate on the kinds of things you are normally aware of when you are driving . |
| 10 | The cardinals began to think of themselves as the hinges on which the universal Church turned , a comparison that had already been made by Pope Leo IX ( 1048 – 54 ) and by Cardinal Deusdedit in the 1080s . |
| 11 | Over the past eight years , Conservative ministers have projected an image of themselves as the party of the family . |
| 12 | The British in their quiet way think of themselves as the salt of the earth , and quite rightly too , but where matters of culture are concerned they do have this tendency to think that the best things happen abroad and at best can be borrowed from abroad . |
| 13 | The socialist parties thought of themselves as the avant-garde of a class which was striving to bring into existence a new kind of society , and for them the struggle for power of the working class was , in principle , more important than any existing institutions . |
| 14 | He could tell endless tales , normally with himself as the butt . |
| 15 | His film of Henry V , with himself as the rabble rousing monarch backed by a troupe of glittering British heavyweights , opens on October 6 . |
| 16 | Manson was so pleased with the ensuing panic that rippled through Hollywood after the murders were discovered that he organised another raid , this time with himself as the leader . |
| 17 | William Booth , a Methodist local preacher , began evangelical and rescue work in the East End of London in 1865 , and that eventually led , in 1878 to the first formation of the Salvation Army , with himself as the General in charge . |
| 18 | ‘ I was thinking if we could stop his cows from getting out of a field or save his hayricks when they were on fire , ’ said Heather , who loved reading stories and was always having make-believe adventures , with herself as the heroine . |
| 19 | Medical Referrals and other Referrals will therefore now be sent to Lothian Health Board with myself as the Contact Officer . |
| 20 | He does n't take rivalry with him off the competitive track , and at that time I considered him to be the Master with myself as the apprentice . |
| 21 | After a further telephone interview — this time with myself as the interviewee — for the Radio Times , it seemed I was finished . |
| 22 | But she 's now making another name for herself as the brains behind the first horse register in the country . |
| 23 | Old Donald chuckled in himself as the scene in the road came over him again . |
| 24 | They saw universal , or manhood , suffrage not so much as an end in itself as the key which would unlock the door to radical or even revolutionary social and economic change . |
| 25 | Keeping her voice steady was a battle in itself as the touch of his hard , powerful body against her own was sending her breathing awry . |
| 26 | I look upon myself as the kind of producer who is more of a musical supervisor , someone who is responsible for the artistic liaison between the artist and the nature of the finished product . |
| 27 | Anyway , I got up , and went about my chores , feeding the cats and brewing tea for the rest of the still-slumbering inhabitants of my humble home in order to get them up and out to school and work , and I was thinking to myself as the kettle boiled that here was the start of yet another ordinary damned day , when the post clanked and slithered through the letter box . |
| 28 | When referring to yourself as the writer , it is possible to use a range of forms : " I " , " we " , " one " , " the present author " , etc . |
| 29 | If there are likely to be difficulties about accommodation for yourself as the daughter at home , after your parent 's death , contact should be made well before this event is imminent with the Housing Manager of the local council for advice , and you might write also to the Housing Corporation Head Office , Maple House , 149 Tottenham Court Road , London W1P 0BN , who will send a free directory of registered Housing Associations and other housing schemes in the area of your choice , so that you can begin forward planning . |