Example sentences of "[was/were] [vb pp] [to-vb] as a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After all , club life was intended to serve as a practical course in citizenship . |
| 2 | The CNU was intended to serve as a transitional " mini-parliament " to govern the country until the holding of a general election on May 20 [ see p. 37191 for background to political crisis which provoked the round-table talks ] . |
| 3 | adjacent to a major trading estate was designated to act as a regional growth magnet for South Durham . |
| 4 | Tranmere looked most likely to earn the draw their approach was designed to secure as a bottom line when defender Richard Smith put his first foot wrong of the afternoon in the 82nd minute . |
| 5 | Levy Mwanawasa , a constitutional lawyer , was named as Vice-President and Leader of the National Assembly , and was expected to act as a prime minister , running day-to-day affairs . |
| 6 | We are unanimously of the opinion that the settlement was a sham on the facts in the sense that it was made to appear as a genuine gift when it was not . |