Example sentences of "it [verb] [pron] as the " in BNC.

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1 Certainly , it regarded itself as the leader of the Six : the British proposal would weaken that position .
2 Within the Rolling Stone thing , I mean , part of it has you as the chief designer and you have to accept the notion that two heads are better than one , which means designers can not
3 The strength of a social institutional ideal , however , is not that it always attains its stated objectives , but that it establishes itself as the desirable norm .
4 January 1945 , by which time the Russians had established , and officially recognised the Union of Polish Patriots , ( later called the Lubin Committee ) and it proclaimed itself as the provisional government of Poland , a procedure which did not please the British , Americans , or the London Poles .
5 There was enough of it to identify her as the Seren …
6 It is a piece that shows Strauss 's deep understanding of nature , and , again , it shows him as the great master of the musical epilogue .
7 It promotes itself as the best candidate to advise the government on energy matters .
8 It regards itself as the guardian of the water environment and has successfully prosecuted thirty polluters so far , with many cases still pending .
9 He has always recognized the sweetness of an apple as a reason for choosing it , although a sinful one ; with the lapse of the standard which condemns it , it asserts itself as the only relevant consideration .
10 It names me as the messenger boy . ’
11 It left me as the sweeper , ’ he said .
12 It enables you as the writer to tell the reader just as much of what your detective is thinking as you want to .
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