Example sentences of "[adj] [vb past] [pers pn] as [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The English used it as a convenient base for raids into the Scots East and Middle Marches , and as a permanent threat , its strong position on the rocky spine at the junction of the two rivers making it a very difficult nut to crack . |
| 2 | While some described it as an important strengthening of the rights of children , others saw it as a willingness to overturn natural family links in order to pander to a child 's desire to acquire richer parents . |
| 3 | This helped them as a creative unit — in 1967 they came up with arguably their greatest single Penny Lane/Strawberry Fields Forever and with the album Sergeant Pepper 's Lonely Hearts ' Club Band which , though it has n't aged particularly well , was certainly a quantum leap forward for popular music at the time . |
| 4 | Some took it as a great laugh ; others as a brave attempt to champion a little-known music ; and others just hated it . |
| 5 | I had taken no interest in Egyptian politics , but this struck me as a novel view . |
| 6 | None the less , such was his amicable nature that all welcomed him as a playing companion . |
| 7 | They all treated him as a golden idol , and he 'd obviously begun to believe it himself . |
| 8 | The whole incident had been exaggerated with talk of a threat to the institutions of government , and many saw it as a further example of the insensitivity of the Republican administration to the human sufferings of the period . |
| 9 | Many saw it as an ideal opportunity for the Prince and Princess to put on a united front , quashing speculation over their marriage . |
| 10 | Now that she was too old to dance regularly she would understudy the Girls and they all recognized her as a marvellous dancer : |
| 11 | The Templars first built it as a fortified manor but later generations had embellished it to make it more comfortable . |
| 12 | INGLEBOROUGH HAS BEEN a favourite mountain of mine ever since I first climbed it as a young man . |