Example sentences of "they [was/were] [adv] [verb] as the " in BNC.
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| 1 | This meant that in spite of their class selfishness and legalistic pedantry they were widely regarded as the defenders of liberty and established rights ( the two were still largely synonymous ) against royal autocracy and ‘ ministerial despotism ’ . |
| 2 | The diplomatic initiatives of 1958 will be discussed in later chapters , since they were plainly envisaged as the first steps in a long-term strategy . |
| 3 | From the ‘ street level bureaucracy ’ standpoint there appeared to be little sense in the new arrangements and they were frequently viewed as the product of political pragmatism rather than administrative reasoning . |
| 4 | They were subsequently published as The Feynman Lectures in Physics . |
| 5 | They were usually billed as the star attraction so John obviously made a good profit out of them but they were still paid at the same rate as all his juveniles , five shillings a week . |
| 6 | 212 ) , and submitted that when High Court judges sit as visitors to the Inns of Court on disciplinary appeals they were merely acting as the final tier in the same disciplinary process . |
| 7 | The nave was begun in 1392 and the great crossing tower four years later , but they were never finished as the start of the Hussite Wars in 1421 put a stop to most artistic activity in the capital ( see p. 6 ) . |