Example sentences of "were [adv] [vb pp] as the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is quite obvious now that if there was more to Monica 's missing Wimbledon in 1991 than the shin splints that were eventually given as the reason , she is not going to tell us . |
| 2 | This would be reasonable if the gas were highly clumped as the X-ray intensity per unit mass would then increase . |
| 3 | When first envisaged , then , the lectures were not seen as the core of a forthcoming book , even though ( with their Wagnerian connection ) they bore on his current preoccupation — and even though he was currently casting around for a subject for a book . |
| 4 | It is noticeable how early excavations of previously unsuspected churches were usually interpreted as the church having been moved , as at Eaton Socon in Bedfordshire and Potterne in Wiltshire . |
| 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 | For Talulah Gosh were always portrayed as the epitome of anorak-wearing , twee ‘ C86 ’ pop , frivolous indie kids giving rock'n'roll an uncomfortably cute name . |
| 7 | Death rates were also calculated as the number of deaths per recorded discharge ( case mortality or fatal spell ratio ) . |
| 8 | The Cabinet changes were also seen as the result of an effort by the AD secretary-general , Luis Alfaro Ucero , to boost the image of his party in the run-up to municipal and gubernatorial elections later in 1992 . |
| 9 | This Act created county councils and county borough councils , which were later used as the framework for educational administration ( see 1902 Education Act ) . |
| 10 | The new Patron and his wife attended Congress and were enthusiastically received as the gain in the Association 's status by the patronage of this distinguished Peer was appreciated by everybody present . |
| 11 | Their prayers were often answered as the month usually starts with a settled mild and dry spell , although around mid-month days shorten , temperatures dip and summer blows away . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Effects were then defined as the difference between the grand median and the conditional fit . |
| 14 | Minor offences , e.g. stepping off a pavement or shouting ‘ scab ’ activities generally tolerated in industrial disputes — were sometimes used as the pretext for an arrest . |
| 15 | 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 ) . |
| 16 | The air raids were commonly known as the Baedeker Raids , after a publishing house that produced travel guides , because the Germans made a sudden switch from bombing major cities , industrial and military targets and bombed cities that did not have anything remotely possible connected with any major war effort . |
| 17 | By the end of the nineteenth century the lower middle classes were actually seen as the bulwark of respectability . |
| 18 | In the 1980s the powers of the central state were considerably enhanced as the practice of discussion with affected parties and major interests was abandoned . |