Example sentences of "the [noun] [vb base] [pron] as " in BNC.
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1 | The courts treat it as a question of fact and take an ad hoc approach . |
2 | The minutes of the SGM held on the 4th May 1990 were read and it was agreed that the chairman sign them as a true record . |
3 | Where do evokes the infinitive as a reality , the modals evoke it as a potentiality . |
4 | If we now compare the fortunes of a girl apprentice in the same firm ( and the wage-books describe her as such , rather than a " learner " ) , Miss Whyte , she began in 1901 probably at 55 . |
5 | In that way the electorate see us as people first , Conservatives second and politicians third . |
6 | sitting there doing paper work and the ki erm the kids use it as a a an office and what have you , there with their paper work , Sarah does her homework there and we have our meals in there so erm sort of it does n't really matter but er you know it saves them all coming out for a meal , and having to do it cos trouble is it 's too small to keep an eye on people to see if they want anything , everything 's alright and what have you |
7 | The test of its validity is whether the subjects of the research accept it as a true account of their way of life . |
8 | The Lears are unusual in that they live in colonies ( two are known to exist ) in North Brazil , where the natives regard them as food and not an endangered species . |
9 | The right characterise it as the ‘ nanny state ’ stifling initiative and giving unproductive employment to the middle classes . |
10 | Those in the centre and on the Right regard him as a pragmatist ; those on the Left see him as a right-winger . |
11 | Venezuela stands in sharp contrast because the banks see it as a better bet than Mexico . |
12 | Among the Dark Elves of Naggaroth he is known as the Reaper , to the Goblins of Red-Axe Pass he is Orcbane , and to the north the Norse know him as Mankiller . |
13 | Two-thirds of the sample describe themselves as head of their households . |
14 | And Keith is one of the few Englishmen I know who really likes Spencer , the rest dismiss him as representative of an imperial , conservative , rural English idyll . |
15 | And we saw the religious people , the religious men , who erm are the only people that are allowed to smoke drugs , you know , illegal drugs er things like marijuana , they 're actually allowed to because the people view them as half alive and half dead and that was interesting to see . |
16 | The people see us as their only hope of survival ’ . |
17 | The Kurds regard themselves as a separate race of people from the rest of Iraq and wish to join with the Kurds of Turkey and make a new Kurdish state . |
18 | The Kurds see themselves as the forgotten people of modern times , although few have forgotten the name of the best-known Kurd of all — Salahuddin or Saladin . |
19 | Most of the older people in the parish remember me as Florrie Scoble . ’ |
20 | In the book the generals see themselves as the heroes anxious to save America . |
21 | Prayerfully meditate on Ephisians 4 : 15–16 and ask the Lord to guide you in your involvement with regard to the missionary work we as a church support . |
22 | The teachers treat me as an adult , but I 've always been very mature for my age . |
23 | I used an MVP brace , which was made of carbon , titanium , graphite , velcro and other highly technical but very strong lightweight substances — it resembles scaffolding , but the Americans wear it as a fashion accessory on top of the trousers ! |
24 | The cases fall into two categories : those in which the disposition described in the problem is evidently a legacy , yet the petitioners describe it as a trust ; and the opposite case , where the petitioners describe as a legacy what is really a trust . |
25 | But women clearly found ways of turning a restrictive garment into an alluring fashion : the surviving representations of the stola show it as a revealing slip , cut low between the breasts and often suspended from the slimmest of decorative straps . |
26 | Here the monster is alive and well , but the children identify her as the Medusa of the legend . |
27 | The conventions , or unwritten rules , of the constitution were seen as of crucial significance since they secured " in a roundabout way what is called abroad the " sovereignty of the people " " thus making for a governmental system in which " the will of the electors shall by regular and constitutional means always in the end assert itself as the predominant influence in the country " . |
28 | Can Mr Mitterrand , even as the opinion polls condemn him and the press mock him as a king on the eve of his dethronement , be about to try one last grand jeu before he really ‘ quits ’ . |
29 | The Transformers describe themselves as ‘ Belgian masters of spiritual Techno ’ . |
30 | When satisfied with the shape use it as your pattern . |