Example sentences of "to portray [pn reflx] as a " in BNC.
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| 1 | They alighted on Saddam Hussein of Iraq , who in the late 1970s was beginning to portray himself as a man of moderation who might be able to make himself useful to the West , not least by acting as a counter to now-revolutionary Iran . |
| 2 | He published an autobiography in 1975 : he chose to portray himself as a rapscallion ( internal evidence suggests that it had been written in jail ) . |
| 3 | Although born into a working class Sydney family and involved in ALP politics since the age of 15 , Keating had never attempted to portray himself as a man of the people . |
| 4 | A policy of legality and the maintenance of public order was officially adopted by the BUF in its attempt to portray itself as a responsible organization . |
| 5 | They know that you are not trying to portray yourself as a know-all , that you have accepted being ‘ only human ’ . |