Example sentences of "see ourselves as " in BNC.
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| 1 | We give up seeing ourselves as ‘ the dream child ’ , ‘ the shadow child ’ , ‘ the rejected child ’ , or any of the other wounded images that affect our relationships with others . |
| 2 | Sometimes , indeed , we identify with another instead of seeing ourselves as independent autonomous subjects , we identify with Lady Diana , our headmistress or somebody at work . |
| 3 | We like to make sense of things , to analyse– to generalise , to see ourselves as rational problem solvers . |
| 4 | Echoing the sentiments of Slam , Gypsy 's Graham Drinnon is keen to emphasise that the Limbo lot ‘ like to see ourselves as British musicians making British music , and certainly not as a Glasgow thing … |
| 5 | The sentence summarizes and interprets a setting which up to now we have seen more or less as detached onlookers : by using the language which the locals themselves might use ( " being turned up " ) , it invites us to become humanly involved , to see ourselves as insiders . |
| 6 | We would obviously like to see ourselves as the organ of a revolutionary party , however embryonic it may be . ’ |
| 7 | It reminds me of the words of Robbie Burns , oh would the Gods the gift to gi us , to see ourselves as others see us . |
| 8 | But I think it is reasonable as well as constructive to allude to the possibility that the human spirit is indeed evolving , that we are gradually ‘ widening the circle of compassion ’ , moving away from the narrower , more self-interested , more aggressive forms of social organisation to embrace the concept of one world in which we do indeed see ourselves as members of one human family . |
| 9 | Information is our stock-in-trade , and we should see ourselves as custodians , users , and disseminators of information . |
| 10 | We do n't see ourselves as special people and we do n't see ourselves as having specific financial credentials , although some members of our group , not myself , may have those , but we try by listening to the people who 've elected us and listening to in general comments that are made from outside the council , which is a terribly closed body . |
| 11 | One of the most important aspects is that we saw ourselves as town traders — that magical area where buyer and seller come together . |
| 12 | In the immediate term , we saw ourselves as a resource which the B.Ed . |
| 13 | But we see ourselves as a sound system , and in a way everybody is a part of Motion Incorporated . |
| 14 | ‘ We see ourselves as a specialty chemical company and the strategies are to invest in facilities and R & D , to emphasise Europe as we go forward and to continue to improve the quality ’ . |
| 15 | It is really a question of where we feel happiest , and how much we see ourselves as part of nature rather than in conflict with it . |
| 16 | ‘ We see ourselves as professional advisers to businessmen , ’ explains Mr Smaje . |
| 17 | And that goes back to what I said earlier , in that we just do n't see ourselves working internally , in meetings , in negotiations and report binding , with erm , with other officer 's , we see ourselves as a vocal point to get in information out , to , to people , erm and working with people , erm , and that 's erm again a major part of the work we do and just as an example of something that we provide , this is erm , this is the hidden divide , the bulletin of Harlow 's Anti Poverty Strategy Group , this is the latest edition , and it 's just an update on erm impact of eh living in Britain in nineteen ninety one today , the people who are on low income , but we , we 've produced that quarterly , erm , but there , we produce loads of leaflets , were always producing leaflets , and basically if there 's a major piece of legislation there be , there be something worth getting use on it . |
| 18 | We have tried to stand aside and we see ourselves as an institute that cares |
| 19 | We see ourselves as a major event , not just a sailing event , ’ says Blyth . |
| 20 | Chay Blyth — ‘ We see ourselves as a major international event ’ |
| 21 | ‘ We see ourselves as a one-stop shop , ’ said . |