Example sentences of "[conj] [was/were] [verb] as [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These ‘ philosophical naturalists ’ searched for the order of Nature not in natural laws of the kind familiar to the physicist , but in universal patterns linking the diverse forms of living structure , patterns that were seen as a direct product of the Creator 's rational thought . |
| 2 | Then Harvey gave him a prismatic compass that was designed as an old-fashioned turnip watch ( complete with a chain that was used as a measure for distance-judging ) . |
| 3 | She believes that junior doctors could be empowered by longer contracts and proposes that house jobs should be arranged in one year ( or even 18 month ) blocks within single or closely linked units , so that the doctors felt and were recognised as an important part of the service provided . |
| 4 | Significantly the policies stressed the importance of local initiatives , and were offered as a decentralized alternative to the centralized bureaucratic planning of national government . |
| 5 | He was ill at ease with the gentleman scientists of his day and was treated as a mere technician by many . |
| 6 | It became the second great text and was to last as an authoritative collection for all Roman Catholics until the revision of the canon law in 1918 and the publication of the Codex . |
| 7 | The only existing course , of 2 years ' duration , in the methodology of French teaching , was open only to those students who already had an A Level in the subject , and was seen as a holding operation . |
| 8 | The library encouraged in many children a desire to read and was seen as a general benefit to the community and not just as a benefit to the Sunday School . |
| 9 | The case centred on the constitutional validity of a restrictive abortion law passed by the state of Pennsylvania and was seen as a fundamental test of the beleaguered 1973 legal precedent Roe v. Wade , the basis of legal abortion in the USA . |
| 10 | As Jo Grimond he was MP for Orkney and Shetland for thirty-three years and was seen as the last traditional Liberal . |
| 11 | He is in her close circle of trusted friends and was named as a major source for Andrew Morton 's book Diana : Her True Story . |
| 12 | RIGHT This Norfolk Terrier may look like a ‘ toy ’ dog , but like all terriers it is a first-class ratter , and was developed as a working dog on farms . |
| 13 | This was the first official Israeli representation in China and was viewed as the first step towards the establishment of diplomatic relations . |
| 14 | Although highly educated and a ‘ technocrat ’ , Li was not a popular figure , and was viewed as an extreme example of ‘ guanxi ’ , i.e. advancement by personal contacts . |
| 15 | He was succeeded on June 22 by Javier Solana Madariaga , 50 , who had been Minister of Education and Science since 1988 and was regarded as a close associate of Prime Minister Felipe González . |
| 16 | I was never consciously frightened of him and felt close to him and was regarded as a favourite child to him in some ways . |
| 17 | Generally speaking the ‘ political ’ cure for inflation comprised some form of prices and incomes policy , and was regarded as the only alternative to the less palatable ‘ economic ’ cure of demand deflation . |
| 18 | After returning to Soho , Murdock was put in charge of the mechanical department and was regarded as the right-hand man of Boulton & Watt . |
| 19 | Yoshida was frequently underestimated by contemporaries and was regarded as an elderly garrulous figurehead . |
| 20 | She found herself uttering silent prayers , and was rewarded as a small shape came into view from the east . |
| 21 | It has been suggested that the tower is older than Corfe Castle and was built as a defensive stronghold overlooking the lake and swannery . |
| 22 | A peer who practises one of the arts inevitably risks being labelled a dilettante , but Methuen overcame the handicap of his rank and was accepted as a serious professional artist . |
| 23 | After his education in Scotland , he moved south and was ordained as a Franciscan priest in Northampton in 1291 . |
| 24 | The Macintosh , on the other hand , uses the Motorola 68000 and was designed as a closed architecture . |
| 25 | The Royal Military Canal was completed in 1806 , running from the sea near Hythe to Winchelsea in East Sussex , and was designed as a 30-mile-long defensive ditch against anticipated Napoleonic invasion . |
| 26 | It dates back to 1795 and was issued by the King 's Theatre in London 's Haymarket , and was designed as a throw-away item for theatre-goers rich enough to book a box for the season at the kingly sum of 2,500 guineas . |
| 27 | ‘ fitted with a pneumatic tyre ’ This point is proved by describing the tyre in question , e.g. ‘ The front nearside tyre was a radial , such and such a make , size 165 × 14 and was designed as a tubeless tyre ’ . |
| 28 | The dead man has not yet been identified although it is known he was 39years-old and was travelling as a front seat passenger in a Ford Escort van . |
| 29 | He was a conscientious administrator and was remembered as a great teacher . |
| 30 | Clarke entered the Royal Military Academy , and in 1847 came first in his class and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Royal Engineers . |