Example sentences of "[vb base] [prep] [be] [vb pp] [adv] as " in BNC.

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1 Ages tend to be entered initially as six , seven or eight mainly with a view to achieving an acceptable age of completion for secondary entry .
2 ‘ I do n't know that I wish to be tossed anywhere as it happens .
3 Horses have to be considered initially as status symbols and later as draught and transport animals as well .
4 The goings on are hardly lightened by the rule that cross-examination questions have to be submitted beforehand as well , so the answerers know what 's coming .
5 This means that initial conditions need to be specified so as to provide the data for the first set of calculations .
6 Firstly , the 1971 and 1976 directives need to be modified so as to deal with certain procedural weaknesses and to close the loopholes which member states have exploited .
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