Example sentences of "[was/were] not [verb] as a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It should be noted that videos were not seen as a substitute for training but rather as a useful tool for the instructor . |
| 2 | The medical advances cited by Dr. Botting were not developed as a result of animal research , but clinical investigations based on human studies were far more crucial to their development . |
| 3 | Until well into the nineteenth century the nation 's coalminers were not regarded as a race apart , living and working in closely-knit communities dominated by the colliery 's winding gear and huge , ugly muck stacks , but merely as one of a number of groups of village craftsmen and labourers . |
| 4 | For one thing , the British people at that stage of history were not regarded as a nation still reliant on divine approval for their acts , and for another , they did not have any ancient writings purporting to endow them with territorial rights . |
| 5 | Under-fives services were not identified as a priority . |
| 6 | Although proceedings were not instituted as a result of Mrs Whitehouse 's intervention , she had nevertheless brought the book to the notice of the Director of Public Prosecutions . |
| 7 | Again the terms were in a standard form , and were not negotiated as a result of the imbalance of bargaining power . |
| 8 | Our observations about possible problems with using the contralateral ear as a control were made as a contribution to debate and were not used as a basis for excluding any studies from consideration or inclusion . |
| 9 | Firstly , piecing together the BBC TV environment of the early Sixties shows why Doctor Who was not devised as a Children 's Series . |
| 10 | This is because St James 's Church was not listed as a building of architectural or historic interest after it was declared redundant and thus the cost of the building work would attract Value Added Tax at the standard rate . |
| 11 | ‘ It 's a long way to go for a 45-minute service and a reception — even if you 're not 92 years old , ’ said one of her aides , who insisted that her absence was not intended as a snub . |
| 12 | Although Symphonic Variations was not intended as a ritual , Ashton can be said to have used it as such for six dancers who were practising their art in the spacious simplicity of Sophie Fedorovitch 's décor . |
| 13 | Nick 's stiffness was not intended as a rebuff ; it was simply an instinctive reaction to the sentimental concern in Martin 's voice . |
| 14 | It was not long before the Princess proved that her patronage was not intended as a sinecure . |
| 15 | The judges declined to accept the Tobacco Institute of Australia 's argument that the sentence was not intended as a statement of fact but as merely an expression of opinion or as the platform of an argument in a community wide debate . |
| 16 | The picture in our feature was supplied to us by a manufacturer to illustrate a particular cot set and was not intended as a recommendation of how to put a baby down to sleep . |
| 17 | The storm damage was not treated as a consequence of the collision but as an intervening event in the course of an ordinary voyage . |
| 18 | Stephen 's problem , in short , was that he was not living as a son but as a slave in bondage to fear . |
| 19 | The much-rumoured move was not seen as a surprise at Westminster where Mrs Currie , who entered the Commons vowing never to just ‘ sit around adorning the backbenches ’ , had slim prospects of ministerial rehabilitation . |
| 20 | In contrast , it is noteworthy that pupils skipping a lesson here and there , having registered as present , was not seen as a problem by headteachers . |
| 21 | Truancy within the school day ( by pupils skipping individual lessons ) was not seen as a problem by headteachers ; 14 schools reported that they did not keep period attendance records . |
| 22 | Lung cancer was not seen as a sequel to smoking until the middle of the twentieth . |
| 23 | Whereas in Victorian England the provision of libraries was not seen as a matter of political contention , in modern England the political factor has operated directly in the closure and cutbacks of libraries . |
| 24 | The government 's previous attempt at land reform , shortly after independence , was not regarded as a success . |
| 25 | He was not regarded as a photographer of , for example , American industry . |
| 26 | Unlike a probation order , which was not regarded as a sentence of the Court , a suspended sentence ranked not merely as a sentence , but as a sentence of imprisonment , with a condition attached which activated the element of custodial confinement only if another offence was committed within a stated period of not less than one year nor more than two ( originally three ) years . |
| 27 | Socially , he was not regarded as a model of refinement , and was known to his Durham constituents as ‘ Bonnie Geordie ’ . |
| 28 | The Court of Appeal allowed an appeal by the appellant , who was not named as a party to the action , against an order that he was liable to pay £861 with costs . |
| 29 | You have tried to use a package which was not reserved as a product package using option 1.1.1 — Create Package/Product . |
| 30 | So here was an instance of the son of a local worthy insisting on recording his name differently from his father , making sure the charge was not described as a mangonel , and further trying to ensure that any of his father 's descendants who sought to use the arms should spell their name Magnall , a form from which it is difficult if not impossible to divine the relevance and punning nature of the heraldic charge . |