Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] as a new [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Following on from the informal Malta summit in December 1989 [ see p. 37110 ] , the meetings were hailed as a new beginning in US-Soviet relations , despite acknowledged continuing differences on a number of key bilateral and international issues . |
| 2 | Generally speaking , however , although Orphism was regarded as a new school its derivation from Cubism was acknowledged . |
| 3 | it was er now it was , now at the start of the new town er present East Kilbride a new town , it was known as a new town and it was just starting to build up . |
| 4 | He was posing as a new Theodosius , evoking the " happy Christian emperor " who had performed penance for a political massacre , made his peace with his critics , and won the praises of St Augustine in The City of God . |
| 5 | Jasmine Huggins was welcomed as a new member . |
| 6 | Kaysone 's wife , Thongvinh Phomvihane , was removed from the central committee , but his son , Saysomphone Phomvihane , was elected as a new member . |
| 7 | When it opened the ward was heralded as a new way forward in nursing care . |
| 8 | The noteworthy thing , considering this half.century of official recognition , is the regularity with which the multi.media library concept was hailed as a new idea and canvassed with a sense of surprised discovery , as if no library or librarian had ever considered it before . |
| 9 | This , the first extended Bush-Gorbachev summit , was hailed as a new beginning in US-Soviet relations , despite acknowledged and continuing differences on a number of key bilateral and international issues . |
| 10 | It was hailed as a new sensation and we thought so too . |
| 11 | When the scheme began it was described as a new concept in retailing . |