Example sentences of "it was [verb] as the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was seen as the key element in the proposed transformation of the nation . |
| 2 | As it happened , re-emigration was a non-starter , but it remained government policy and , until the war , it was seen as the only long-term solution to the refugee problem . |
| 3 | In 1981 Bangladesh 's estimated population of 90,630,000 people meant that it was ranked as the eighth largest country in the world ( by population ) , and the fifth largest developing country . |
| 4 | Certainly the Devon , in the late eighteenth century , was described by William Marshall ( 1796 ) as being ‘ in size somewhat below the desirable point for the heavier works of husbandry ’ , making up for this deficiency with its agility and exertion so that it was regarded as the best worker in Britain . |
| 5 | Through its control and regulatory functions it was viewed as the primary mechanism for transforming the anarchic tendencies of individualism to the collective good . |
| 6 | It has also played a central part in promoting management education in Wales : in 1977 it was designated as the Regional Management Centre for the Principality . |
| 7 | It was conceived as the highest body in the land , 1,000 or so of the most powerful figures in industry , agriculture and science . |
| 8 | It was conceived as the proper function of the nation 's mothers to rear ( within families suitably inoculated against any possibility of communism in the home ) fine imperial specimens of manhood . |
| 9 | On April 22nd , it was named as the successful bidder in the government 's auction of the failed Bank of New England . |
| 10 | ‘ It was built as the first main processing plant to support the basic nuclear industry of the country and , of course , it has also processed fuel from Japan and Italy . |
| 11 | It was hailed as the longest ride , but Duke was convinced a still longer ride was possible . |
| 12 | It was described as the second largest in Europe . |
| 13 | It was reported as the largest ever gathering of world leaders . |
| 14 | As a result of the Oxford Conference of 1937 , J. H. Oldham established a group of Christian intellectuals with the purpose of discussing political and social problems within a Christian context — a more ambitious version of the Chandos Group ; it was known as the Moot , and among its members were Karl Mannheim , Middleton Murry , Alec Vidler as well as Eliot himself . |
| 15 | They had their work cut out in simply trying to provide defences against the incursions of cattle raiders from the North Tyne valley , over Bewcastle Waste , or through that tract of the western fringe so unsure of its ownership that it was known as the Debatable Land ; and their own people were themselves frequently as unruly as their enemies . |
| 16 | It was known as the old Edinburgh road . |
| 17 | Five years later it was modified as the Trionic Attak , and some boots were given a ‘ sprung ’ , or slightly curved sole — a simple device that makes for far easier walking , first used in Brasher Boots . |