Example sentences of "by [pron] as [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cromwell had thrown in his lot with the Levellers when it suited him two years before and so was regarded by them as no better than a mutineer himself when he turned against them . |
| 2 | Significantly , he adduced the work of the American poet Wallace Stevens at this point , a man torn between the profession of law and the poetic muse , whose view of lost faith and a ‘ disconnected ’ tradition imbued his poetry with a wistfulness and a challenge that was taken very seriously by Leonard and Layton ; or , perhaps , viewed by them as a satisfactory replacement . |
| 3 | The women and children , the cattle and treasures of these cities can be taken as spoil by the people , and kept by them as a gift from their God through whose strength they will have gained the victory . |
| 4 | Tim , 37 , is already treated by them as a favourite uncle . |
| 5 | Despite some of the language problems he grew to know and like the black and white constables of the patrols to which he was attached ; and to be accepted by them as a trusted companion under fire . |
| 6 | He was not in control of security and Ho Chi Minh ( as we may now begin to call him ) was suspected by them as a Japanese spy . |
| 7 | Most importantly , the event will be experienced by them as a reality which is happening in the here and now and not as a replay of frightening and damaging early experiences . |
| 8 | Mitch Cook 's free-kick was hacked clear to Steve O'Shaughnessy on the edge of the box , where the Bradford old boy he was released by them as a youngster let fly with a powerful right-foot shot which Bradford keeper Paul Tomlinson allowed to slip under his body . |
| 9 | I felt the screws who did n't belong to this clique and did n't subscribe to it were given almost as hard a time by them as the inmates . |
| 10 | When it was suggested to them as a possibility it was understood by them as an opportunity for a breathing space in the absence of any other alternative . |
| 11 | Even if the workers themselves made no contribution to the scheme it was argued that the cost of family allowance schemes to the employers would be used by them as an excuse to reduce wages or at least hold back wage increases or to put up prices . |
| 12 | The first is problematic in the light of the theory that living organisms ‘ see ’ with their eyes ; the second was problematic for the supporters of Galileo 's theories because it clashed with the ‘ force of a vacuum ’ theory accepted by them as an explanation of why the mercury does not fall from a barometer tube ; the third was problematic for Roentgen because it was tacitly assumed at the time that no radiation or emanation of any kind existed that could penetrate the container of the photographic plates and darken them ; the fourth was problematic because it was incompatible with Newton 's theory . |
| 13 | Had the situation been different and plastic bullets had been fired , the longer-term consequence would have been to have moved the police significantly towards the position where the use of baton rounds was perceived by them as an appropriate method of crowd dispersal during large-scale civil disturbance . |
| 14 | It was popular , and the cheapest in the range , nick-named by me as the ‘ herrie-special ’ . |
| 15 | Keld , like Thwaite , is a sleepy little place and will be forever remembered by me as the milkless village . |
| 16 | For many months a nurse had been taking care of Mary , described by everyone as a gentle , retiring person . |
| 17 | ‘ At the time I left I was regarded by everyone as a failure , ’ he said . |
| 18 | ‘ At the time I left I was regarded by everyone as a failure , ’ said Francis on the eve of the Coca-Cola Cup tie with Rangers . |
| 19 | A tongue that left people in no doubt of their responsibilities but delivered in impeccable style , seen by everyone as a proper ‘ gent ’ . |
| 20 | Indeed the Us/Them opposition itself , which Fipa perceive as one between Settlers and Strangers , is culturally ‘ played down ’ in favour of the continuing process , by which as a deliberate matter of social and State policy , outsiders are incorporated into the society . |
| 21 | Make yourself a present of Silences and keep it by you as a reference book . |
| 22 | The funds could be provided by you as a shareholder either as a loan or as further share capital . |
| 23 | The time-table imposed by you as the coach , on you as the trainee , acts as a control device . |
| 24 | The error here is to isolate doubt from faith and unbelief and consider it strictly by itself as a mere mechanism of human knowing . |
| 25 | If presence was inadequate by itself as a strategy to extend the Kingdom in the ministry of Christ , it is even more deficient when left to his stumbling followers . |
| 26 | The horror of the near nervous breakdown she suffered soon after launching her recording career , as she struggled to combine acting with singing , was taken by her as a warning to calm down . |
| 27 | For example , a failure to allow a woman employee to return to work after maternity leave is treated as a dismissal , with the termination date being the date notified by her as the date of return . |
| 28 | After thirty years of British rule , observed the distinguished scholar-administrator Henry Fosbrooke , they displayed none of the distressing symptoms of that ‘ soul erosion ’ , defined by him as a ‘ deterioration in obedience to existing moral standards , a falling off in observance of organized religion , a lack of purpose in life ’ , which seemed so often to be the result of British efforts to bring civilization to the African . |
| 29 | She has a career in legal reform related to children 's defence and legal aid , ‘ stood by ’ her husband in the controversy over his personal behaviour , and has been suggested by him as a possible member of his cabinet . |
| 30 | Every case of sickness or misfortune is claimed by him as a judgement against the upstarts who dare to challenge the legitimacy of his rule . |