Example sentences of "be always [verb] as a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bans on parades are always seen as a sign of weakness , and as such have frequently given militant Protestants a chance to show , by defying the bans , that they will not be a party to any ‘ sell-out ’ . |
| 2 | Married women were always treated as a class apart for insurance purposes and in 1932 they found their health insurance benefits cut because of the high risk they represented , even though no other group with excessive claims ( for example miners ) was singled out for similar treatment . |
| 3 | Cos probability is always expressed as a fraction . |
| 4 | It is the same for all the inherently restrictive adjectives ; inevitably , an adjective which is always used as a way of selecting restrictively from a set of items present in the mind of the speaker is liable to be thought of as a means of identifying an entity . |
| 5 | I 've often wondered why Norman , if he is such a dreadful player , is always used as a bench mark for other people 's success . |
| 6 | Blakeney Upper Mill was always used as a corn mill . |
| 7 | It was one of the reasons that earlier discussions with Thames Television fell through — though Blackeyes was always designed as a movie or a BBC series . |
| 8 | Oakle Pitcher was always worked as a corn mill and , during the 1860s , was operated by Richard Phillips Jr . |
| 9 | This was always worked as a corn mill , in 1897 by William Lionel Hiatt . |
| 10 | A mine truck was always known as a waggon — horse drawn carts were referred to as carts , so Sarah was obviously in the mine — quite a different thing from being at , or on , the mine . |