Example sentences of "[vb pp] by [pron] [noun] as the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Witty , and sharp , Sarah was seen by her contemporaries as the queen of the season especially after her father had organized a splendid coming-of-age party in 1973 at Castle Rising , a Norman castle in Norfolk . |
| 2 | This creates a signal in the auditory nerves which are interpreted by our brain as the pleasing notes of an orchestra . |
| 3 | For better or for worse the studio system the moguls created , dubbed by its detractors as the slave trade , which had discovered and nursed the greatest names of Hollywood of three decades , and probably ever , was on the verge of collapse , though as Elizabeth Taylor put it so succinctly : ‘ The death rattle seemed never ending . ’ |
| 4 | Most of the furniture was familiar to him from boyhood visits to his grandparents , inherited by his aunt as the last of her generation . |
| 5 | In an effort to make the bill more acceptable , its Democratic sponsors included a provision which specifically prohibited the establishment of quotas , defined by its supporters as the hiring of a fixed proportion of minority workers regardless of their qualifications . |
| 6 | The music halls , professional football , the ‘ penny dreadful ’ comics and the ‘ penny bloods ’ which were said to be inducements to crime and immorality , the rowdy presence of working-class people at seaside resorts on Bank Holiday excursions , the evening promenade of young people that was ridiculed by their elders as the ‘ monkey parade ’ , the depravity and violence associated with the pub — they all came under attack at different times . |
| 7 | He had been with UNACO for two years and , despite his maverick tendencies , he was widely regarded by his peers as the best field operative in the organization . |
| 8 | The organ is described by its devotees as the King of Instruments , and it is certainly very versatile when properly designed . |
| 9 | One of the most remarkable of these early groups was the Sheffield Clarion Ramblers , established in 1900 and described by its founder as the ‘ first workers ’ Sunday rambling club in the north of England' . |
| 10 | This approach has been described by its supporters as the ‘ uniquely logical ’ method of attempting to establish CETI . |
| 11 | Described by its makers as the ‘ ultimate Ford ’ , the RS Cosworth will soon be a regular sight on the rally circuit as it will form the mainstay of the Ford works team . |
| 12 | The ACE Initiative , hailed by its founders as the ‘ most significant computer industry announcement of the 1990s ’ just twelve short months ago ( UX No 329 ) , lies in tatters . |
| 13 | Each minor modification of the CAP has been hailed by its authors as the definitive reform . |