Example sentences of "[pron] was [verb] as the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We played a couple of club dates , one of which was filmed as the next video for ‘ Back To The Light ’ , and then we did three smallish stadium gigs with Joe Cocker and the B-52s , and they went very well too . |
| 2 | In 1936 she was adopted as the prospective parliamentary candidate for the Exchange division of Liverpool . |
| 3 | She was cast as the selfish villainess of the drama , her husband the innocent injured party . |
| 4 | On going down from Newnham , she was appointed as the first principal of Cambridge Training College , formed with the purpose of training university women to teach in girls ' secondary schools . |
| 5 | When she took over as First Lady four years ago , she was hailed as the freshest breath of air to hit Washington in years . |
| 6 | The talks will re-open in Geneva next week , under Lord Owen who was confirmed as the new EC peace envoy . |
| 7 | Gen. Chaovalit Yongchaiyut , who was regarded as the principal political rival of the Prime Minister , Maj.-Gen. |
| 8 | Intellectuals of the age believed in parliamentary government , not a democratic system ; in liberty , not popular government ; and the spectre of social and economic equality itself was seen as the dark side of the claim for adult suffrage . |
| 9 | Position one was chosen as the first cell in the vertical column at the crypt orifice ( Fig 2 ) as a reference point for the computer programme . |
| 10 | It was seen as the key element in the proposed transformation of the nation . |
| 11 | As it happened , re-emigration was a non-starter , but it remained government policy and , until the war , it was seen as the only long-term solution to the refugee problem . |
| 12 | In 1981 Bangladesh 's estimated population of 90,630,000 people meant that it was ranked as the eighth largest country in the world ( by population ) , and the fifth largest developing country . |
| 13 | Certainly the Devon , in the late eighteenth century , was described by William Marshall ( 1796 ) as being ‘ in size somewhat below the desirable point for the heavier works of husbandry ’ , making up for this deficiency with its agility and exertion so that it was regarded as the best worker in Britain . |
| 14 | Through its control and regulatory functions it was viewed as the primary mechanism for transforming the anarchic tendencies of individualism to the collective good . |
| 15 | It has also played a central part in promoting management education in Wales : in 1977 it was designated as the Regional Management Centre for the Principality . |
| 16 | It was conceived as the highest body in the land , 1,000 or so of the most powerful figures in industry , agriculture and science . |
| 17 | It was conceived as the proper function of the nation 's mothers to rear ( within families suitably inoculated against any possibility of communism in the home ) fine imperial specimens of manhood . |
| 18 | On April 22nd , it was named as the successful bidder in the government 's auction of the failed Bank of New England . |
| 19 | ‘ It was built as the first main processing plant to support the basic nuclear industry of the country and , of course , it has also processed fuel from Japan and Italy . |
| 20 | It was hailed as the longest ride , but Duke was convinced a still longer ride was possible . |
| 21 | It was described as the second largest in Europe . |
| 22 | It was reported as the largest ever gathering of world leaders . |
| 23 | As a result of the Oxford Conference of 1937 , J. H. Oldham established a group of Christian intellectuals with the purpose of discussing political and social problems within a Christian context — a more ambitious version of the Chandos Group ; it was known as the Moot , and among its members were Karl Mannheim , Middleton Murry , Alec Vidler as well as Eliot himself . |
| 24 | They had their work cut out in simply trying to provide defences against the incursions of cattle raiders from the North Tyne valley , over Bewcastle Waste , or through that tract of the western fringe so unsure of its ownership that it was known as the Debatable Land ; and their own people were themselves frequently as unruly as their enemies . |
| 25 | It was known as the old Edinburgh road . |
| 26 | Five years later it was modified as the Trionic Attak , and some boots were given a ‘ sprung ’ , or slightly curved sole — a simple device that makes for far easier walking , first used in Brasher Boots . |
| 27 | He was regarded as the classic book lover . |
| 28 | He was regarded as the professional equivalent of Fred Perry but , as a professional , was never allowed to play for his country . |
| 29 | What set Sadler apart from his contemporaries and rivals in Britain and France , was that he was acknowledged as the first to consciously apply science , to aerostation . |
| 30 | After the event it looks very much as if his campaigns overstrained the resources of his empire and made it impossible to hold together , but at the time he was seen as the greatest of conquerors . |