Example sentences of "treat [pers pn] as a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Do n't treat me as a child ! ’ she cried scornfully , ‘ You know that I love you , and that 's why I 'm being packed off . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Other students did n't treat me as a mature student and I got to know students aged 17 to 70 . |
| 3 | They have subsequently been developed by other thinkers , but for clarity 's sake we shall treat them as a single body of thought . |
| 4 | Well you would treat them as a separate entity . |
| 5 | We shall treat them as a special type of word and give them the following rule : when a pair of prefix-plus-stem words exists , both members of which are spelt identically , one of which is a verb and the other is either a noun or an adjective , the stress will be placed on the second syllable of the verb but on the first syllable of the noun or adjective . |
| 6 | I may treat you as a grown-up person , may I not ? |
| 7 | Did he treat you as an equal ? ’ |
| 8 | Unlike the other more senior competitors for the approval of the leader , she did not treat him as a fellow professional or even a well-informed client . |
| 9 | She would treat him as a delinquent , a time-waster , a bad child , whose offences could only be petty . |
| 10 | Fergus felt a surge of real anger now , because how dare she treat him as an inferior , how dare she speak to him as if he was no more than one of her serfs , a possession , a pawn , a thing . |
| 11 | Discussing Of Grammatology , he says he will treat it as a book with a theme , even though Derrida wants to discourage such an approach to it . |
| 12 | You should treat it as a straightforward job of work and get on with it . |
| 13 | Her advice is to try and treat it as a normal meal . |
| 14 | Well , in some countries this might be the only opportunity learners get to hear extensive chunks of the language , so you could treat it as a " language bath " session and concentrate on helping your learners come away with a general idea of the content . |
| 15 | If a marble statue of the Virgin Mary suddenly waved its hand at us we should treat it as a miracle , because all our experience and knowledge tells us that marble does n't behave like that . |
| 16 | ‘ Let's treat it as a pleasure jaunt . ’ |
| 17 | You can treat it as a printer , but one that prints its documents elsewhere . |
| 18 | I hope that employers , government and trainers themselves will treat it as a serious attempt by the trade unions to contribute to the debate on training for the industry . |
| 19 | In Ball , above , the court mentioned the " aimed at " doctrine but did not treat it as a separate element . |
| 20 | The thing is , the trouble with that is when you try and understand or argue about something like that you ca n't treat it as a work of art cos it is n't it 's a functioning building |
| 21 | ‘ We 'll treat it as a scaphoid fracture . |
| 22 | If an applicant is uncertain as to his plans after marriage , the entry clearance officer should treat it as an application for settlement , and consider whether all the requirements for settlement are satisfied . |
| 23 | Thus one might treat it as an argument that is designed not so much to challenge the meaningfulness of applying identity to objects qua ontological existents " out there " as to expose the difficulties of drawing a clear distinction between the numerical and the qualitative ( or species ) identity in relation to such objects . |
| 24 | If the deceased was prone to depression , the court could treat it as an example of the egg shell skull rule . |