Example sentences of "[noun sg] was [adv] [verb] [prep] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | Spinsterhood was often referred to as ‘ failure in business ’ in middle class households , leading Cicely Hamilton to write bitterly about ‘ marriage as a trade ’ in 1909 . |
| 2 | In the 1930s this zone was variously referred to as the ‘ axial belt ’ , even the ‘ coffin' , though in truth there was always a low-density gap between London and Birmingham , so perhaps ‘ doughnut ’ would have been more appropriate . |
| 3 | When first introduced into Europe in the 14th century , sugar was reverently referred to as ‘ white gold ’ , and commanded a market price equal to that of silver . |
| 4 | Funny how her life was always thought of as pre-Fernando days . |
| 5 | At this stage , she says , the project was still conceived of as a relatively modest 13-part series , and neither video nor merchandising seemed a great issue . |
| 6 | His screen creation was often referred to as ‘ the tramp ’ but as Sobel and Francis have suggested the use of this term is as misleading as to call Chaplin ‘ proletarian ’ . |
| 7 | Husameddin 's argument , moreover , ignores the facts that Shams al-Din is known to have been part of Molla Fenari 's name but not , so far as can be discovered , of that of his son and that the son was regularly referred to as Mehmed Sah whereas it is not known that Molla Fenari ever was . |