Example sentences of "[modal v] treat [pers pn] as [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 I may treat you as a grown-up person , may I not ?
2 You should treat it as a straightforward job of work and get on with it .
3 ‘ We 'll treat it as a scaphoid fracture .
4 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 .
5 They have subsequently been developed by other thinkers , but for clarity 's sake we shall treat them as a single body of thought .
6 Well you would treat them as a separate entity .
7 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 .
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