Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] [prep] as a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As often happens with highly endangered species , this dolphin has been much sought after as a rare specimen for overseas aquaria , and has been captured for display in the US and Switzerland . |
| 2 | Well , I am alas going to have to leave out my discussion of God in Paradise Lost , the question of whether , by presenting the obedience to God you can somehow make it more palatable to the readers ' tastes than you could if it was entirely thought of as a secular morality . |
| 3 | Muni was obviously thought of as a major selling point and the public were urged to see this latest offering of the man who ‘ appears in fewer films than any of the big stars ’ . |
| 4 | However , a much more convenient and popular type of transmission line , generally referred to as a coaxial cable , essentially consists of a central conducting lead wire insulated from a coaxial outer return conductor . |
| 5 | Assistance by way of representation ( ABWOR ) is best thought of as a simple and easily administered type of civil legal aid for particular types of litigation . |
| 6 | They are best thought of as a three-part harmonic combination , chords on three trombones being extremely impressive in effect at all dynamic levels . |
| 7 | The company is not thought of as a good employer . |
| 8 | Fascism was not thought of as a separate subject on the school curriculum , but the history of how Mussolini came to power was dealt with at length at the end of the modern history text-books . |
| 9 | There 's a In in the weekend review with the Daily Mail today , Bonny Langford is sitting there saying all I want to be is a women , and not thought of as a little girl . |
| 10 | This behaviour , observed by many owners when their pets have been chastised or corrected in some way , is usually referred to as a dignified sulk . |
| 11 | This fine-grained limestone is only developed over a very small area , usually thought of as a lagoonal deposit behind sponge reefs , though recently interpreted as deposits in offshore sediment traps . |
| 12 | Traditionally thought of as a bleak month , plants like Hamamelis ‘ Jelena ’ , heathers and the ghostly stems of Rubus biflorus will brighten the winter garden |
| 13 | Because of his death , aged just forty-two , he is also thought of as a tragic figure , a man who was unable to fulfil the important public service to his people that seemed to be his destiny . |
| 14 | It is rarely spoken of as a lively city , and never as a promiscuous one . |
| 15 | Reflection is often thought of as a backward looking process . |
| 16 | Party membership is often thought of as a static phenomenon . |
| 17 | Given that science is often thought of as a laboratory-based activity , rather than as a " bookish " subject , it is interesting to note that in three of the four schools , science departments had pioneered activities to develop basic library and information retrieval skills as part of their lower-school curriculum . |
| 18 | Diana Dors was never really thought of as a great actress … indeed she once described her film career as ’ a lot of make believe held up by 37 inch bra cups ’ . |
| 19 | By 1701 he was serving as chairman of the influential elections committee , and was even talked of as a possible Speaker . |
| 20 | Magna Carta was frequently appealed to as a fundamental law which imposed limits on the sovereignty of the legislature . |
| 21 | She came down to Riverside with me , watched as we rehearsed then followed me into the loo and gave me a blow job — something I just was n't used to as a 17-year-old grammar school boy still living at home with his mum and dad . |
| 22 | It is sometimes referred to as a wide shot , and one of its most important uses is to establish the nature of a location in the minds of the viewers . |
| 23 | The whole entity is sometimes referred to as a magmatic arc . |
| 24 | More generally , the fact that literary studies is sometimes thought of as a general training in thinking and writing means that you are expected to be able to control how you write — in particular , that you are able consistently to use a particular appropriate register . |
| 25 | Although popularly thought of as a female offence , women do not outnumber men among those found guilty . |
| 26 | The state can be conveniently thought of as a rational , unitary decision-maker ( Allison , 1971 , p. 32 ) which has one set of specified goals , one set of perceived options , and a single estimate of the consequences which follow from each alternative available to it . |
| 27 | Increased spatial polarisation of the British electorate since 1955 is frequently remarked upon : it is usually associated with what is commonly referred to as a growing north:south divide , and sometimes with a growing urban:rural division too . |
| 28 | Theudebert was certainly thought of as a great and powerful king . |
| 29 | Hence Behaviouralism , the version of a more general behaviourism specific to International Relations , which we shall meet in the next chapter , is commonly spoken of as a Positive approach and often contrasted with Realism on this score . |