Example sentences of "[conj] are [adv] [verb] as [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Stone floor panels dating from 883–612BC , uncovered in the Assyrian royal palaces at Nimrud , Balawat and Nineveh , contain patterns that are generally accepted as carpet designs ; thee are also a number of reliefs and carvings showing men carrying what can only be tapestries or rugs .
2 Nevertheless , it is the economic change in rural areas , and especially the decline in agricultural employment , that are often stressed as root causes of depopulation ( Drudy and Wallace 1971 ) .
3 Many sounds produced by living creatures , however , lie in frequencies outside our human threshold of hearing and are thus designated as ultrasound ( higher frequencies ) or infrasound ( lower frequencies ) .
4 Over the centuries these became distinct in type and are now known as Night Goblins .
5 Bacteria and blue-green algae are chemically very similar , both being of the procaryotic kind , and are often known as cyanobacteria .
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