Example sentences of "[noun prp] was [verb] [adv prt] as [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On Dec. 1 President Ramaswamy Venkataraman received assurances of " outside " support for a minority National Front government from the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Left Front parties ; the next day V. P. Singh was sworn in as the Prime Minister , in place of Rajiv Gandhi . |
| 2 | Kalyan Singh was sworn in as the new Chief Minister [ see p. 38287 ] . |
| 3 | Florida was opened up as a winter resort in the 1890s by Henrys Flagler and Plant , both millionaires and railroad company owners . |
| 4 | Some of those taking ; part were already in costume : Jilly Fox was wearing what looked like an Iranian chadour , contrived from a sheet , Karen Gray was dressed up as a nurse , and Bob Saxby who taught pottery was encased in a Michelin-man spacesuit which he claimed was an Arctic explorer 's sleeping bag . |
| 5 | Ironically AMS was home to Neuron Data competitor Visix Software Inc until Visix was spun out as a separate concern back in 1988 . |
| 6 | Prague was chosen on as the site of the permanent secretariat of the CSCE . |
| 7 | In March Begum Zia was sworn in as the country 's first woman Prime Minister [ see p. 38102 ] . |
| 8 | Philip was taken on as a sort of pupil-teacher , helping with the children and also furthering his own education . |
| 9 | It was in Nazareth that Jesus was brought up as a carpenter 's son . |
| 10 | The Hibernian forward Bobby Johnstone was injured and the skilful Aberdeen player ‘ Gentleman ’ George Hamilton was called in as a replacement . |
| 11 | Chimanbhai Patel was sworn in as the Janata Dal Chief Minister on March 5 . |
| 12 | It is interesting to note , however , how strong the price was in the final quarter of the year , when Houghton Mifflin was singled out as a prime beneficiary of Clinton-inspired support for education as well as the more favourable demographic trends . |
| 13 | In the 1980s Britain was coasting along as the fourth-largest west European R&D spender on space — behind France , Germany and Italy . |
| 14 | Like John , Alan Wardle was knocked down as a small child . |
| 15 | Around Meat is Murder the critics suddenly discovered Morrissey 's humour — George Formby was trundled out as a reference point . |
| 16 | Steve was brought up as a strict Baptist . |
| 17 | Bhajan Lal was sworn in as the new Congress ( I ) Chief Minister on June 23 . |
| 18 | Congress ( I ) won a majority of seats in state assembly elections held in Haryana in May , and in June Bhajan Lal was sworn in as the new Congress ( I ) Chief Minister [ see p. 38287 ] . |
| 19 | Sunderlal Patwa was sworn in as the BJP Chief Minister on March 5 , replacing Shyama Charan Shukla of Congress ( I ) who had held the post since early December [ ibid . ] . |
| 20 | Bhairon Singh Shekhawat of the BJP was sworn in as the new Chief Minister on March 3 , replacing Harideo Joshi , Congress ( I ) Chief Minister since early December . |
| 21 | On June 15 Frank de Armas was sworn in as the new Development Minister . |
| 22 | It is a rare example of a Scottish company that went to the edge in the early 1980s ( Lord Tombs of Rolls-Royce was brought in as a company doctor to turn it around ) and emerge stronger on the other side as well as maintaining Scottish roots . |
| 23 | Derek Douane was got up as a Dickensian urchin , with a broken neck and a dirty face . |
| 24 | I do n't think Steve Albini was brought in as a statement . |
| 25 | After the general election of May 12 , 1991 , Girija Prasad Koirala was sworn in as the new Prime Minister on May 26 and three days later he appointed a new Cabinet [ see p. 38193 ] . |
| 26 | The ‘ victory ’ rally in Sheffield was picked out as a turning point in the party 's fortunes . |
| 27 | Manning was sworn in as the new Prime Minster on Dec. 17 and on Dec. 20 the new Cabinet took office . |
| 28 | The central government finally relinquished President 's rule on Oct. 17 and Bangarappa was sworn in as the new Chief Minister . |
| 29 | Advance orders alone ran to 12 000 ; ICL was signed up as the manufacturer but could not make the equipment quickly enough . |
| 30 | Greenwich was set up as a new meridian which would suit the astronomers ' convenience , and the government relied on them to make the new meridian into a suitable base-line for calculating the longitude . |