Example sentences of "[vb -s] as the [num ord] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It counts as the 20th Ecumenical Council . |
| 2 | It clearly ranks as the first written literature of any consequence . |
| 3 | It should be noted that the Netherlands continues to become more important as an outlet for Scottish manufactured goods and now ranks as the fourth largest market having overtaken Italy . |
| 4 | He was deposed by what the Western Church regards as the 8th Ecumenical Council . |
| 5 | The book starts with a statement about the natural equality of all entities ( 1978 : 61 ) , which Simmel , writing in the Romantic mould , perceives as the first primitive imposition of subjective value upon nature . |
| 6 | Gunmen opened fire , killing 14 occupants of the bus , including a Dane , Rasmussen Testerto , described in press reports as the first Western tourist to fall victim to the fighting in Sri Lanka ; a Japanese tourist had been shot dead in 1985 . |