Example sentences of "[noun sg] were [verb] [adv] as [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Areas of true wilderness were maintained solely as hunting preserves for the ruling élite , whose sporting exploits were commonly used to illustrate their potency as rulers and conquerors ( MacKenzie , 1989 ) . |
| 2 | SHARES and sterling were becalmed yesterday as dealers looked to company results to provide a clear lead on the UK economic outlook . |
| 3 | Images of London 's wartime blitz were conjured up as children taught their parents how to use gas masks . |
| 4 | Female sexuality and reproduction were seen particularly as representative of the mortality that separates us from the eternal and binds us to temporal corruptible life . |
| 5 | PROPOSALS to form a Premier League second division were thrown out as England 's top clubs achieved a rare showing of unity at a London meeting yesterday . |
| 6 | Later the woman 's benefit was cut off on the grounds that she and her lodger were living together as husband and wife , and he must therefore maintain her . |
| 7 | The couple were listed simply as Extract 41 — the 41st wedding to take place in registrar Molly Croll 's district this year . |
| 8 | Ranulf and the lay brother were left behind as Thomas explained that the Picti were secretive people , hostile to those races who had pushed them from their lands and so did not take kindly to strangers . |
| 9 | One Pack were dressed up as Robin Hood and His Merry Men , another as the Knights of the Round Table , pulling along a dragon in chains ; a third represented characters from Alice in Wonderland . |
| 10 | Any approaching troughs of wet weather were drawn in as lines , either a warm front or a cold front , and many isobars close together meant high winds . |
| 11 | CAMPUSES throughout the region were hit yesterday as lecturers launched a national one-day strike over pay . |