Example sentences of "regards [pn reflx] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The flutist regards himself and his flute as one instrument through which the Lord 's breath is blown . |
| 2 | The general principle contemplates a model of a patient of an age recognized as endowing him with the competence to exercise a valid choice , and who is lucid in the sense not only that he regards himself as being in control of his mental faculties , but also that he is recognized to be so by others . |
| 3 | Finally , illness behaviour will determine whether or not the individual regards himself as ill and seeks professional treatment . |
| 4 | The State regards itself as threatened by Counter-revolution ; its apparatus of power is theoreti cally entitled to employ all means at its disposal ; the great leader person ally authorises the use of force ( and who dares contradict him ? ) ; the army and security forces lumber in with a grotesque over-use of fire power — in this case including heli copters — and within minutes there are bodies in the streets . |
| 5 | A team that regards itself as hard done by and dreams of crayfish lunches at Doyles in Sydney or windsurfing in the Caribbean can be sunk without trace . |
| 6 | SOME of the world 's most enduring stories are about the disturbingly sudden appearance of a Savage Outsider in a community that regards itself as settled and , by its own lights , civilised . |
| 7 | She was born and lives in London but regards herself as Scottish . |
| 8 | They do some quite remarkably good booklets so do n't rip it off by the heading and er nobody regards themselves as aged these days do they ? |