Example sentences of "regard [pers pn] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | To me delicatessen means herring , 1,001 varieties of herring , but I did not always regard them as such if only because I virtually lived on them . |
| 2 | I ca n't help feeling you regard them as something awfully deep , like sort of magical formulae . |
| 3 | Not all small creatures are pests , some are predatory on the pests themselves , and we should regard them as friends . |
| 4 | The courts recognise these limitations , which are inherent in any system of taking evidence abroad ahead of the trial , but can not regard them as a sufficient objection to the making of the order . |
| 5 | Orthodox constitutional theory bestows on individual members the right of independent action and does not regard them as the representative of the party without which they would not have been elected ; over-solicitude for the wishes of their constituents would probably lead them into conflict with the party in parliament . |
| 6 | Poets like Pushkin : Formalist literary science will use these legendary biographies as literary facts where relevant , but would never regard them as anything other than the by-products of a certain literary practice . |
| 7 | These difficult questions should so far as possible be confined to those fields of law to which they are immediately relevant and I do not regard them as relevant questions under the Theft Act 1968 " . |
| 8 | He may regard me as an amateur but the fact is that , due to physical difficulties , I can not pull and twist in a horizontal mode and so I invoked gravity to assist . |
| 9 | ‘ I do n't think anybody will ever regard me as a BBC insider , ’ he insists . |
| 10 | She has always been kindness itself to me , but I have a feeling in my bones that she would not regard me as a wholly reliable supporter . |
| 11 | Of course , there are some men who will naturally regard you as an equal . |
| 12 | Should we regard you as an American artist ? |
| 13 | Until you enlighten me , and perhaps even after that , I shall regard you as some kind of spirit . ’ |
| 14 | Friends may refrain from expressing any sympathy because they feel that it might be inappropriate and embarrassing for her , and she may be feeling that people will regard her as a hypocrite if she gives way and weeps , although she may need to do this for a variety of reasons , one of them being not so much for what she has lost , but for what she never had . |
| 15 | Her main fear was that the court would regard her as an unfit mother because of her sexuality . |
| 16 | " You would n't make a profit on Lord Jim anyway " , he added , " I do n't regard her as an investment . |
| 17 | Believe me , I would be truly delighted if she found a new and permanent partner , even though it is difficult to even regard her as a friend after her display of greed , and the wrong impression she deliberately gave you at Ib 's Club from sheer vindictiveness . |
| 18 | In fact , if she were there for two months , it would be unlikely that it would regard her as a resident . |
| 19 | In fact he takes his role as guardian of these fey fellahin so seriously that perhaps one should regard him as the Brobdingnagian Mayor of Gumnutland . |
| 20 | The indignation has a strained and petty air about it : Joe 's greatest crime does not seem to be his contribution to the deaths of 21 servicemen but his letting down his son , who can no longer regard him as a hero . |
| 21 | I must regard him as … an ally ? ’ |
| 22 | After all , when our western doctor 's diagnosis or treatment turns out to be ineffective we may regard him as a useless quack , but we do not also conclude that the entire system of medical science is erroneous . |
| 23 | He thought he would come to no harm both because people needed his services as a medical man and because he thought they would regard him as nothing more than a political eccentric . |
| 24 | I neither would nor could have murdered him , but I do not regard him as a loss . ’ |
| 25 | Academics regard bias as a sin , but others may regard it as a virtue . |
| 26 | For one thing , I suppose I do regard it as the moment in my career when I truly came of age as a butler . |
| 27 | Nowadays , the majority of people would regard it as a perfectly natural variation to be indulged in should both partners feel like it . |
| 28 | For example , followers of Islam would regard it as a blatant affront to the omnipotence of Allah/ God that He should be confined within a mortal frame , yet they accord Jesus an important role as a prophet . |
| 29 | Although they would regard it as the highlight of their year , many would make their way back with a sore head and a light pocket . |
| 30 | Gandhi would regard it as a failure to preserve or maintain the function of symbols and a degeneration of their purpose . |