Example sentences of "see [pers pn] as [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this sense , it is best to see them as a modern phenomenon and as part of a Bowing movement to find significance and variety in the landscape . |
| 2 | Because to see someone is to see them as a human being and to see them as a human being is to acknowledge them as such . |
| 3 | Because to see someone is to see them as a human being and to see them as a human being is to acknowledge them as such . |
| 4 | Once women have reached senior management , for instance , where they are the only woman among 20 or 50 men , some companies tend to see them as the token woman singlehandedly proving that the company is encouraging and supporting women to reach the top . |
| 5 | Like Richter and Tatyana Nikolaieva , I seen him as the founding father of all true musical quality , a composer far removed from conventional notions of sobriety , academicism or dryness . |
| 6 | Some have seen them as a fine declaration of faith , but they are not . |
| 7 | One , an older school , has seen him as a noble if embattled statesman . |
| 8 | Leslie had an aunt in Durban , but by great misfortune disembarkation was on this occasion not allowed , and he did not meet the relative who had last seen him as a little boy in Scotland . |
| 9 | He could only assume that , being unaware of his true status as a DIA agent , the DEA and its oversight agency , the FBI , had seen him as a soft target , and framed the passport violation charge as a means of silencing an awkward witness without realizing who he was or the damage they were doing . |
| 10 | And she , too , had something of the precision and contrived charm of a doll with an almost round head poised ’ on a long delicate neck , a snub nose with a splatter of freckles , a small mouth with a full upper lip beautifully curved and a bristle of cropped hair , originally fair but with bright orange tips which caught the sun and trembled in the breeze so that the whole head seemed for a moment to have a vivid life separated from the rest of her body and , the image changing , he had seen her as a bright exotic flower . |
| 11 | If she had thought she was showing him a stop-light , however , he must have seen it as a green one , for his arm suddenly tightened and there was a definite amorous gleam in his eye as he edged closer to her and breathed seductively , ‘ I like you so much , Fabia . ’ |
| 12 | But its disappearance will be of serious concern to the growing medium-sized business needing a serious injection of equity to continue to fulfil its potential and also the venture capitalist who may always have seen it as a desired exit route for an investment . |
| 13 | Chamberlain had seen it as an ideal way of combining the efficient running of Birmingham with improving its water supplies , housing and city centre . |
| 14 | Some of the early sociologists regarded warfare as the means by which the first great step in social development — the expansion of human societies — was accomplished , while others have seen it as the principal factor in the formation of the state itself.4 It is evident that warfare has continued to be an important factor in these processes of expansion and consolidation of state power . |
| 15 | Ca n't you stand the fact that I 'm seeing you as a fallible human being instead of the flawless cardboard cut-out you like to pretend to be ? ’ |
| 16 | We 've come to see you as a friendly warning . |
| 17 | To see you as a domestic adviser is so funny ! |
| 18 | Trouble is , I 'm not going to be able to see you as a jolly , good-natured tomboy any longer , ’ he said huskily . |
| 19 | However after today 's result Morland staff say no-one will ever see them as an easy target . |
| 20 | ‘ Could you ever see me as a full-time mother ? ’ |
| 21 | What I would find off-putting is the idea that people would see me as a divorced man 's bit of light relief . |
| 22 | ‘ Can you see me as the Prime Minister 's wife living in Downing Street ? ’ |
| 23 | But Branson , 42 , does not want the simulators sitting idle and sees them as a new money-spinner . |
| 24 | Though — at the earliest — the registers will not be available before 1994 , the property industry sees them as a further blow to a sector already reeling from recession . |
| 25 | Antiracist orthodoxy now sees them as the only effective repositories of authentic black culture and as a guaranteed means to transmit all the essential skills that black children will need if they are to ‘ survive ’ in a racist society without psychological damage . |
| 26 | The world still sees me as a nasty kid |
| 27 | ‘ But tell me , dear boy , I do n't see you as a regular Informer reader ? ’ |
| 28 | It is most important that the pupil , especially if he has difficulty with spelling , should see you as a sympathetic helper who wants him to learn , and not as an examiner who only tells him he 's wrong . |
| 29 | I did see him as a six year old child . |
| 30 | ‘ Or do you see him as an inconvenient remnant of outmoded superstition — a bit like a gallstone — of which we must all be purged before religion can take on its true form , that is , without him . ’ |