Example sentences of "considers [pn reflx] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 The question whether a man who considers himself wronged has a claim which he can make good will depend on the answer to the question : Is there a writ to meet his case or , if there is not one , can one be framed which the King 's Courts will hold good ?
2 It is understandable : the child considers himself safe in the residential street and is inattentive on the way to school .
3 Artist Rob Piercy , of Porthmadog , considers himself lucky to be able to realise his childhood dreams .
4 The Ahmadiyya community , numbering over three million members in Pakistan , considers itself Muslim but is regarded as heretical by orthodox Muslims .
5 They mainly attract a section of white , working class and lower-middle class youth , often college educated , that considers itself intelligent and individualistic .
6 Later , to her husband , she said , ‘ It 's pathetic , Tom , she 's no idea how to love and considers herself unlovable . ’
7 Many a woman who considers herself kind , compassionate and unselfish has been horrified to catch a glimpse of something underlying that , something which is determined to catch and hold a person , which can be jealous and possessive and cares nothing at all for the claims of others .
8 At 92 , ‘ the nation 's grandmother ’ still considers herself head of the family firm .
9 One considers oneself able to be a Christian while holding to these principles because one believes that these very principles are fundamental to Christianity , or at least not incommensurate with it .
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