Example sentences of "[noun sg] [to-vb] them as [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Opening the conference Havel stressed that " in the extremely sensitive and risky stage of economic transformation of the post-communist countries , any attempt to treat them as a more or less institutionalized zone of semi-developed countries surrounding the prosperous countries of the European Communities [ EC ] and the European Free Trade Association [ EFTA ] would be an extremely dangerous step for all concerned " . |
| 2 | Spices certainly have come a long way since their early days , when they were a rare commodity and it was considered an honour to receive them as a gift . |
| 3 | In this extract the senior devil instructs his nephew to use them as a tactic in subverting the progress of the new believer : |
| 4 | She would see Mama and Papa again soon , they were coming over well before the wedding , and what bliss to greet them as the future Marchioness of Blaine , beautiful blond Havvie by her side , eager to meet them — or so he publicly said — his private comments were somewhat different — more to the effect that he could swallow Sally-Anne and her dollars , but her parvenu papa was quite another thing ! |
| 5 | Important though these changes in the nature of the tax resistance movement are , however , perhaps it would be a mistake to view them as an isolated phenomenon , and to try to assess their moral and legal implications without also addressing some even more fundamental contemporary political , economic and social developments with which they are closely associated . |
| 6 | So it becomes a relatively straightforward matter to list them as an inventory . |
| 7 | She therefore engages in a diagnostic experiment of identifying historically distinct meanings of the concept in order to use them as a measure against contemporary political usage . |
| 8 | There is a difference between marrying someone while not loving them and marrying them in order to use them as a private bank . ’ |
| 9 | Most important of all , it meant a decline in the relative importance of privateers and even , at least in Britain , a tendency to regard them as a hindrance to the work of the navy proper . |