Example sentences of "[to-vb] ourselves as " in BNC.
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| 1 | We like to make sense of things , to analyse– to generalise , to see ourselves as rational problem solvers . |
| 2 | Echoing the sentiments of Slam , Gypsy 's Graham Drinnon is keen to emphasise that the Limbo lot ‘ like to see ourselves as British musicians making British music , and certainly not as a Glasgow thing … |
| 3 | The sentence summarizes and interprets a setting which up to now we have seen more or less as detached onlookers : by using the language which the locals themselves might use ( " being turned up " ) , it invites us to become humanly involved , to see ourselves as insiders . |
| 4 | We would obviously like to see ourselves as the organ of a revolutionary party , however embryonic it may be . ’ |
| 5 | It reminds me of the words of Robbie Burns , oh would the Gods the gift to gi us , to see ourselves as others see us . |
| 6 | The press also showed an encouraging understanding of our mission to establish ourselves as a world-class scientific and engineering services business . |
| 7 | Frustrated at the limited roles offered to black actresses , they produced On A Level , a revue-style show ‘ which gave us a chance to express ourselves as artists , not stereotypes ’ . |
| 8 | Every single operation we go on whether we are in uniform or in plain clothes er and we are carrying a firearm , we need to identify ourselves as police officers . |
| 9 | We do — quite practically and with useful influence — if we choose to cast ourselves as a vigorous , amending , debating part of the European team . |
| 10 | Although in retrospect it might seem a vain hope to disguise ourselves as a motor yacht , we were not well known in the area and there were , after all , quite a few converted HDML 's about in those days , so we removed a few obvious identification marks from the ship including our uniforms , flew the red ensign and settled down to wait . |
| 11 | He is convinced we have to adopt entirely new value systems , change our philosophical orientation and spiritual thinking ; stop behaving as though the earth is here for mankind 's personal convenience and learn to regard ourselves as one small part of a much larger whole . |
| 12 | That decision to organize ourselves as a group was a really important step forward for us as workers and for the organization . |