Example sentences of "[was/were] considered the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When , in 1939 , The Architects ' Journal conducted a survey to find what were considered the best modern buildings in Britain , Battersea was placed second — and was the favourite of such unlikely celebrities as Sir Kenneth Clark , Rebecca West and Charles Laughton . |
| 2 | He lived for racing , and he , Fred Archer , and George Fordham [ qq.v. ] were considered the finest jockeys of their time . |
| 3 | In retrospect , it now seems odd that they were considered the ultimate heavy metal band . |
| 4 | In retrospect , it now seems odd that they were considered the ultimate heavy metal band . |
| 5 | Serb forces were considered the main culprits , although Croats and Moslems were not exempted from criticism . |
| 6 | Thibaut was considered the second most powerful man in France after the king . |
| 7 | Ashdown , as a former SBS officer , was considered the perfect choice for advising P-26 on training and clandestine operations . |
| 8 | Within a hundred years of the missionaries ' arrival many English men and women had enthusiastically adopted the monasticism which was considered the purest form of the Christian life and the surest way to salvation , and which had spread throughout western Europe in the fifth and sixth centuries . |
| 9 | Events there were taking much the same course as they had in Portugal , and as Mark had resolved that problem in double quick time , he was considered the best man to deal with this new problem situation . |
| 10 | Marrying a first cousin was considered the best possible arrangement . |
| 11 | Radiotherapy was considered the best option for treatment but before this could be started , rapidly progressive dysponea developed . |
| 12 | The black " marble " was considered the finest and was quarried at Arten Gill and at Binks Quarry below Great Coum . |
| 13 | The referendum was monitored by 12,000 members of the security forces , 490 delegates from the Catholic Church , 50 international observers and 300 foreign journalists , and was considered the cleanest and most peaceful poll ever held in Panama , but was marked by a high abstention rate ( the turnout was only slightly over 40 per cent ) . |
| 14 | The latter included exhortations to consumers to switch off appliances , reductions in supply voltages by 5 per cent ( which was considered the maximum tolerable limit ) , and encouragement to industrialists voluntarily to stagger their factory hours away from peak times . |
| 15 | Corporate entertaining was considered the single most effective marketing technique by 14 percent of businesses . |