Example sentences of "held [adv prt] as an " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet he is held up as an object of ridicule and loathing throughout the land . |
| 2 | Torn between passion and prudence , he falls in love with a spiteful little blonde , and , even as he is being taught in class how to recognise a typical Jew by his grotesque hooked nose , he is personally being held up as an example of the ideologically acceptable East Baltic race . |
| 3 | Former Tory Cabinet Minister , leading constitutional expert and friend of the Royal family Lord St John of Fawsley said last night the announcement ‘ must mean a change in the role of the Monarchy because they have for this century , and indeed the whole of the last one , been held up as an example of model family rectitude . |
| 4 | Its experience and its entire organisation and operation are frequently held up as an example to the rest of the world . |
| 5 | Even the quest for fire , an element of nature taken for granted in the twentieth century , Whitaker felt could be held up as an artifact of wonder through the medium of Doctor Who . |
| 6 | Held up as an example of how the regime 's cultural policies nurtured world-class artists , he had been firmly identified with the regime , holding the office of deputy chair of the Democratic Front ( the political umbrella movement incorporating the ruling communist Party of Labour ) . |
| 7 | Perhaps it 's the kind of example , in the same way that Westminster Council was held up as an example , and it 's now being criticized by the district auditor . |
| 8 | CHRONIC asthma sufferer Jeffrey Harrison was held up as an example of the alleged inadequacy of student loans and NHS funding by Labour yesterday . |