Example sentences of "as [vb pp] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 In the hands of many such men , ‘ rescue ’ meant a punitive and puritanical regime which reinforced the status of prostitutes as fallen women , though the ostensible aim was rehabilitation .
2 Now the taxation of the plaintiff 's bill of costs , came before master er and er in his taxation , it seems , and I 'm , I think I 'm right in saying it , it seems that erm there is no substantial dispute as to the particular items in the various bills of costs with which he was concerned , it maybe that if there were a discrepancy , he has , he dealt with it and nothing has been said before me today , er to suggest that the figures appearing in the bill of costs ought to be varied and accordingly I have not er have to consider the detail items in the bill of costs , the only issue I did n't decide is whether master was correct in disallowing interest for the period that he did , er Mr for the plaintiff says that he was wrong er that there was no good reason for disallowing him any interest and that accordingly I on this appeal should erm discharge or reverse that part of taxing order as disallowed interest .
3 The company said it would mean a pay cut of about 10pc , as sacked workers would be rehired at an existing union-agreed ‘ new worker ’ rate .
4 Part of the output is sold as compounded granules , clear or coloured , and part in the form of small ‘ beads ’ — clear or as dry-coloured blends .
5 Most guilt can be understood as hidden resentment .
6 He achieves this by taking a central pillar in this tradition , Kant 's concept of the aesthetic as distanced contemplation which transcends the immediacy of experience , and demonstrating that this is only a single perspective , that of the dominant class .
7 First , the Velikovskians have been given the chance to make a superficially plausible claim that there is some kind of ‘ orthodox-science ’ vendetta against them and against their master' : they have been able to portray themselves as persecuted martyrs .
8 Vincent turned the screw , painting a heart-rending word-picture of himself and Sien as persecuted victims .
9 But although the younger sons could not have Nambudiri wives it was quite normal and respectable for them to take women of the matrilineal castes ( e.g. Nayar ) as recognized consorts .
10 Once upon a time , of course , when you craved new clothes , you had to save for them — a quaint custom almost as outdated as horsedrawn carriages and farthingales .
11 As revered advisers to the tribes , the Druids had a very strong political influence , and they clearly saw the advance of Rome as a serious threat to their power and a challenge to their authority .
12 It is clear that where service is required to be effected in a Contracting State , the provisions of the convention , as given effect in national law or as a self-executing Treaty , will prevail over the general law as to service of process .
13 Finally 5 Corps stated to Eighth Army : " it would appear that unless these formations are taken over by us as formed bodies and disarmed they will force their way across border as individual bandits plunder the country disorganise economic life our zone and threatened our security .
14 For practical reasons , often the ( mean ) number of children ever born alive to woman aged 45–49 years is considered as completed fertility .
15 This principle states that transformations apply cyclically , and that later transformations , in tinkering with the transforms already produced , deal with them as completed units undergoing at most peripheral changes in this later re-arrangement .
16 The papers presented to the seminars were essentially ‘ work in progress ’ reports and should not be read as completed pieces of research .
17 They charged straight into the hall , leaving muddy trails from their shoes all across the new sports hall floor and , using their bags as improvised seating , proceeded to sit down still wrapped in their coats .
18 Thus prayer became seen not as formulated exercise , which may or may not concentrate the mind , but as a state of consciousness .
19 The Governors declared their willingness to be flexible and co-operative with the Government 's ideas , but pointed out that , while the School was probably already comprehensive as regarded area and by virtue of its covering a fair cross-section of the population , it could not contribute to the particular concept ( by accepting the full range of abilities ) without destroying itself .
20 As overhauled cars returned from Hendon , route boards were fitted just below the saloon windows , where they were more accessible than in the old position on the upper deck .
21 Many others made up the array of artisan manufacturers , either as independent masters or , increasingly , as waged journeymen .
22 As expected Mal Donaghy reverts to centre back to cover the absence of injured skipper Alan McDonald ; Bingham believes the match is too big to ‘ blood ’ new recruit Pat McGibbon .
23 If they are right , this spares them the refusal which would have otherwise shown up in the main survey as reported difficulty in getting credit .
24 That metaphor of the curriculum as forbidden territory to ministers was directly challenged by Mr Callaghan 's speech at Ruskin College , Oxford , in October 1976 .
25 While Almond aims for tacky , spunky cabaret rock , he 's about as subversive as Come Dancing .
26 In fact , his voice was metallic , cutting as honed steel , sending a paralysing chill through her bones .
27 The Soviet emphasis on mass armies is based on its history and geography , as well as considered judgements on the nature of future war in Europe .
28 State pensions are considered as earned income for tax purposes ; but there is a special age allowance when one member of a couple is over 65 , ( higher if you are over 80 ) so you wo n't be taxed if the state pension is your only income .
29 The effect of withdrawing state income as earned income rises is precisely the same in economic terms as an ordinary tax on additional earnings .
30 Some firms have claimed and been allowed deposit interest as earned income while others have had their claim disallowed and the interest has been treated as unearned investment income .
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