Example sentences of "[noun pl] saw [pers pn] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My constituents saw him as a responsible Government officer who came to the House to say that the Government washed their hands of the matter and would leave it alone . |
| 2 | Some nationalists saw it as a cosmetic measure , to end the talks on a high note for Unionists . |
| 3 | Although O'Neill tried to present the case as one of the law simply taking its natural course to deal with illegal disorder , the Free Presbyterians saw it as a deliberate attempt to use the apparatus of the state to suppress true Bible Protestantism . |
| 4 | Some or the political personalities saw it as a new political pressure point on the Westminster government . |
| 5 | The Tories saw it as a constitutional disaster without parallel , the Whigs as a famous and hard-won victory for a bold and far-reaching measure against the reactionary defence of an out-dated and corrupt constitution . |