Example sentences of "to [be] [vb pp] as the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( 18 January 1775 ) The Mozarts eventually left Munich and arrived back in Salzburg on 7 March 1775 , Mozart 's opera having been performed only three times ( the last of which had had to be cut as the seconda donna was ill ) . |
| 2 | Both have some idea of how reality might come to be perceived as the other perceives it , and both perhaps at times experience in themselves , as an exception what the other experiences as a rule — a life of faith diversified by doubt , or one of doubt diversified by faith . |
| 3 | Different procedures will need to be adopted as the practice grows or contracts ; as the nature of the work undertaken becomes more specialised ; as technological advances offer the facility for , and the clients demand , ever quicker responses . |
| 4 | Many Trust members object to the lease of inalienable Trust land in this area to the Ministry of Defence , but the National Executive Committee argued that the lease had to be granted as the case would probably have been lost on appeal . |
| 5 | This , however , is not sexual deviance per se — it is a breakdown in human feeling and the perpetrator is almost as much to be pitied as the victim . |
| 6 | Virgin did , none the less , retain all rights on the Sex Pistols ' , and Sid Vicious 's , work for the full duration of the copyright laws , to be exploited as the company saw fit . |
| 7 | These reservations turned out to be justified as the project progressed . |
| 8 | The theme of thwarted conventional ambitions that was essential to both anomie and delinquent subculture theories implied that criminals and delinquents suffered from a ‘ gap ’ between their aspirations and expectations , and the existence of such a gap came to be taken as the measure of the validity of the theories . |
| 9 | If it appears to the court that it is impracticable for any reason to serve a document in any manner prescribed by the rules , the court may , upon an affidavit showing grounds , make an order for substituted service ( N 217 ) giving leave for such steps to be taken as the court directs to bring the document to the notice of the person to be served ( Ord 7 , r 8(1) ) . |
| 10 | A second station at Coolkeeragh , County Londonderry , had to be discounted as the work force had altered from 60% loyalist to 60% Irish republican since the 1974 general strike . |
| 11 | A batch of dates on the tail end of the tour , chiefly in Scotland and Southern Ireland , had to be cancelled as the singer struggled with flu , a lost voice and a frightening panic crisis . |
| 12 | This would allow the report to be published as the Government has promised . |