Example sentences of "[vb past] [noun prp] as the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The USA overtook Germany as the leading exporter of merchandise , with a 7.5 per cent rise in exports , and the USA was also the world 's biggest merchandise importer , with Germany second and Japan third in both categories . |
| 2 | Back in the thirteenth century , Marco Polo described Bukhara as the finest city in all Persia and Tabriz as the most splendid city in the province ( of Iraq ) , neither of which corresponds to our contemporary understanding . |
| 3 | President Izetbegovic , addressing a news conference later at the Dorchester Hotel , described Britain as the western country most opposed to lifting the arms embargo . |
| 4 | The World Boxing Organisation yesterday installed McMillan as the mandatory challenger to Palacio because of the ‘ unusual circumstances ’ surrounding the defeat , which keeps the Hoko show-down still a possibility . |
| 5 | Alex Hamilton 's paperback bestseller list of 1992 , published last week in these pages and in the Guardian , showed Transworld as the leading publisher of the top 100 titles , with 19 titles on the list . |
| 6 | I believe that George killed Lennie as the ultimate act of friendship . |
| 7 | Starting this year , he has thought and worked hard , and as a masterstroke recruited Sasha as the resident DJ . |
| 8 | Songs like Heroin , Venus in Furs and Sister Ray firmly established Lou as the sleaziest bard on the block . |
| 9 | This episode — involving his own stage-managed ‘ resignation ’ as Prime Minister — definitively established Castro as the Maximum Leader and arbiter of power in Cuba . |
| 10 | Alan Smith had just been appointed editor and was about to change the whole face of the paper , ditching those who revered Cilla as the greatest swinger on the block . |
| 11 | ‘ At my former company [ French Gold Abbott ] we were inexperienced and no one viewed FGA as the last place they were going to work . |
| 12 | Pickering said : ‘ Dave Mackay did a great job for Derby in his mid-thirties and we saw Robson as the same type of leader . ’ |
| 13 | The transformation was carried out by BBC Scotland 's TV unit , who chose Portencross as the ideal spot to film exteriors for the forthcoming TV series of Para Handy . |
| 14 | Socinus was a radical Reformation thinker who saw Rome as the great harlot of Revelation 17 . |
| 15 | He has been wanted by a string of clubs , including Manchester United , who last season saw Pearce as the final piece in a title jigsaw . |
| 16 | This is the arrangement formalized in Edward 's territorial reordering of 1473–5 , which saw Lancashire as the northern end of a Stanley power bloc stretching through Cheshire into north Wales , rather than as one more component in Gloucester 's northern hegemony . |
| 17 | This is the arrangement formalized in Edward 's territorial reordering of 1473–5 , which saw Lancashire as the northern end of a Stanley power bloc stretching through Cheshire into north Wales , rather than as one more component in Gloucester 's northern hegemony . |
| 18 | Subsequently the efficiency unit was relocated in the Management and Personnel Office , but in 1983 — when Sir Robin Ibbs ( a former head of the CPRS and executive director of ICI ) succeeded Rayner as the Prime Minister 's Special Adviser on Efficiency — it was located physically in the Cabinet Office . |
| 19 | Resolution 45/1 of Sept. 18 , adopted without a vote , admitted Liechtenstein as the 160th member of the United Nations [ see p. 37731 ; for May 23 accession of unified Yemen see p. 37470 ; for April admission of Namibia see p. 37563 ] . |
| 20 | Some say 1972 was a fight to the death , which left Jacklin as the slain gladiator . |
| 21 | And Mrs Reveley immediately pinpointed Kempton as the next target . |
| 22 | Another factor in this growing support was the relegation of Bradford City , which left Huddersfield as the only centre of First Division soccer in the West Riding . |
| 23 | Judged on that basis , the analysis in the policy document suggested Friern as the best prospect and Claybury the second best . |
| 24 | Javier Clemente , Spain 's new manager , says : ‘ Everybody knows how I admire English football and how I wanted Wembley as the perfect place for my debut match . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ Your Majesty ’ , wrote Llorente , the historian of the Inquisition and a prominent afrancesado , ‘ recognized Joseph as the legal sovereign … . |