Example sentences of "[noun] were [vb pp] as the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Measures passed by those of a different political hue were described as the work of a ‘ previous government ’ . |
| 2 | Achieved plasma glucose and insulin concentrations were determined as the mean of the 50 , 55 , and 60 minute samples . |
| 3 | Plasma glucose concentrations were recorded as the mean of six determinations by a glucose oxidase method in each sample . |
| 4 | Methane concentrations were calculated as the difference between breath and a corresponding room air sample . |
| 5 | Beginning in early 1988 a second phase was begun , and remotely-sensed data were selected as the source for databases on global forest resources and land degradation ( Aronoff , 1989 ; Mooneyhan , 1987 ) . |
| 6 | The two missing crewmen were named as the skipper , Tony Mapplebreck , in his 30s and married with three children , from Bridlington , and crewman Shaun Rowley , 21 , who was single and lived in Scarborough . |
| 7 | These popular books were issued as the trilogy , Lark Rise to Candleford ( 1945 ) , with a perceptive introduction by H. J. Massingham [ q.v . ] . |
| 8 | Winans was aware that Journal policy was to keep the contents of the column secret prior to publication and that the contents of the column were regarded as the Journal 's confidential information . |
| 9 | Amplitude and duration of contractions at each recording site were calculated as the average of 10 swallows . |
| 10 | Basal , sham fed , and maximal acid output were defined as the sum of the four 15 minute outputs in each period . |
| 11 | Under the Treaty of Rome its powers were defined as the supervision of both the Commission and the Council of Ministers , including the right to put questions to the Commission and to discuss the latter 's annual report , to discharge the annual budget , and to censure the Commission . |
| 12 | Even this product of genius was flawed as it trailed away into melodrama but for a fleeting moment Hollywood was shown what could be achieved if its resources were used as the basis for a director 's cinema . |
| 13 | Internationally , the data protection principles were adopted as the basis for the 1980 OECD Guidelines on the Protection of Privacy and Transborder Flows of Personal Data . |
| 14 | Kingsway Motors ' damages were assessed as the difference between the value of the car when ownership should have passed to them ( i.e. when they bought it ) and its lower value when ownership actually passed to them ( i.e. when title was fed ) . |
| 15 | Some of the bombings were acknowledged as the work of " Cobra " , a new right-wing military organization in the tradition of RAM and YOU . |
| 16 | ‘ Workplace nurseries were trumpeted as the solution but now people are asking whether they really are best , because of the cost and inconvenience of dragging a child to work . ’ |
| 17 | Hay & Maddock 93 , in their study of human geography theses , found that 26% of their sampled items were produced as the outcome of postgraduate research , but that eventually 50% of theses lead to publication of their results , including publication in book form . |
| 18 | Hay & Maddock , in their study of human geography theses , found that 26% of their sampled items were produced as the outcome of postgraduate research , but that eventually 50% of theses lead to publication of their results , including publication in book form . |
| 19 | It has often been pointed out that in less developed societies , old people were seen as the repository of wisdom needed for daily living as well as for spiritual guidance . |
| 20 | The enclosed fields of the manorial lord were known as the demesne . |
| 21 | The promise of security and the expectation that wages would rise with promotion and seniority were offered as the reward for sacrificing the ability to move easily between employers . |
| 22 | Individual conduct and moral reformation were seen as the key to public health . |
| 23 | Incidences were calculated as the number of annual discharges in a population of 100000 in each age and sex groups . |
| 24 | ‘ If Britain were seen as the cause of Maastricht 's failure , relegation to the second division of influence would be staring us in the face , ’ he warned . |
| 25 | Single-member districts ( known in Britain as constituencies ) of roughly equal electoral size were prescribed as the norm . |
| 26 | A few hours earlier two more big bombs were found as the country 's commercial capital went determinedly back to work three days after the blasts that killed at least 250 people . |
| 27 | Similar , though somewhat less extreme difficulties would ensue if the normal range of penalties applied by Crown Courts were used as the basis for the guide-lines . |
| 28 | Transit times were measured as the interval between the initial appearance to the disappearance of more than 90% of the peak counts . |
| 29 | The treasury officials numbered the royal possessions every two years , so that the years of a given reign were designated as the Year of , say , the Third Numbering , or the Year after the Third Numbering , and so on . |
| 30 | Landlords and rich peasants were identified as the enemy and their power broken . |