Example sentences of "see [pers pn] as a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most successful companies are bought out by large customers who see them as a way of getting into new technologies . |
| 2 | The fry of livebearers and the eggs of any fish which happen to spawn are quickly devoured by the other fish — often including the parents , which see them as a meal . |
| 3 | Thus many companies see them as a threat to their holding on to their good people , and instilling corporate loyalty into new appointees . |
| 4 | They see them as a modulation of other cognitive patterns , and as a realm parallel to the realm of gender relations , and determined by it in a fairly direct way . |
| 5 | Scotland does not have national parks at the moment , and many see them as a nasty English invention . |
| 6 | I was the first British person most of them had met and they see me as a bridge to the outside world , ’ she said . |
| 7 | It would mean you see me as a woman who happens to be in science , and not as a scientist . |
| 8 | The worst age group for me is my own , because I sometimes think they see me as a bit of a know-it-all . |
| 9 | A deaf therapist said : ‘ They do n't see me as a health professional who knows it all , but who does n't really understand ; they see me as a disabled person . ’ |
| 10 | But having a woman on the wing makes them realise they have hurt real people , they see me as a real person |
| 11 | See me as a , you know when , when the bloke comes running says it 's funny |
| 12 | ‘ God , I see you as a Carmen , ’ he said . |
| 13 | You build a bond up with them , so that they see you as a friend with whom they have this special relationship . |
| 14 | ‘ I see you as a sister for my daughter — the sister she never had . |
| 15 | I think other people see you as a second class citizen . |
| 16 | They see her as a hostage , whose future fate may influence Nelson Mandela 's line in negotiations . |
| 17 | ‘ Now I see her as a potential suicide — the ultimate protest . |
| 18 | Although her maximum grant is only £2,845 a year , the banks still see her as a good catch . |
| 19 | She knows that by virtue of her position many women see her as a role model and so is happy to give advice when asked for it . |
| 20 | Some almost see him as a non-playing captain . |
| 21 | Whether working in watercolours or oils we see him as a real painter 's painter , a technical wizard , but not a great imaginative talent . |
| 22 | as if running away from his own mind the tragic Haffey emigrated to Australia where Scottish exiles still see him as a figure of unrivalled fun . |
| 23 | One could easily imagine that a visit by Dustin to Anne 's parents in Westchester would be similar to the scene in Annie Hall when Woody Allen has Easter dinner with his girlfriend 's cold and formal WASP family , who he imagines see him as a rabbi . |
| 24 | They see him as a possibility for the future and they would like to take a closer look at him . |
| 25 | They see him as a potential match-winner when the new four-day format is brought into championship cricket next year . |
| 26 | Some people 's conception of God is simply of the old man with a beard in the sky ; others have a more sophisticated vision , but still see Him as a person , subject to feelings and emotions in the same way as human beings are ; yet others conceive of Him ( or , occasionally , Her — or , even , It ) as a creative force . |
| 27 | Those in the centre and on the Right regard him as a pragmatist ; those on the Left see him as a right-winger . |
| 28 | I see him as a servile little bugger ! |
| 29 | I see him as a sort of spiritual descendant of Norman Mailer , just as Mailer took on the mantle of Lawrence — in fact I wrote an essay on that very subject in my last term at school . |
| 30 | The Consul-General , and Al-Lurd before him , see him as a man England could do business with . ’ |