Example sentences of "were [vb pp] as the [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Methane concentrations were calculated as the difference between breath and a corresponding room air sample . |
| 2 | Incidences were calculated as the number of annual discharges in a population of 100000 in each age and sex groups . |
| 3 | Amplitude and duration of contractions at each recording site were calculated as the average of 10 swallows . |
| 4 | The treasury officials numbered the royal possessions every two years , so that the years of a given reign were designated as the Year of , say , the Third Numbering , or the Year after the Third Numbering , and so on . |
| 5 | In the first place , diplomatic and political history were regarded as the centre of the discipline — the transaction of government business from month to month and year to year so that , according to the progenitors of the new approach , one could be forgiven for thinking that the only Frenchmen who had lived were cabinet ministers . |
| 6 | The zaibatsu — the powerful financial combines headed by Mitsui , Mitsubishi , Yasuda , Sumitomo and Okura — were regarded as the cornerstone of Japanese activities and it was accordingly a priority to break down their authority . |
| 7 | Sometimes these were regarded as the product of individuals , sometimes of institutions . |
| 8 | More generally , a Japanese businessman would probably find them more intelligible and appealing than the liberal individualist doctrines which outwardly were claimed as the cornerstone of British management ideology . |
| 9 | Held : A person who negligently starts a fire is liable for injuries suffered by a fireman while attempting to put out the fire , regardless of whether the particular injuries suffered by the fireman were reasonably foreseeable or whether the injuries were suffered as the result of exceptional or merely ordinary risks undertaken by the fireman . |
| 10 | The suburbans were seen as the epitome of clerkly conformism , complacency , and conservatism . |
| 11 | It has often been pointed out that in less developed societies , old people were seen as the repository of wisdom needed for daily living as well as for spiritual guidance . |
| 12 | Individual conduct and moral reformation were seen as the key to public health . |
| 13 | ‘ If Britain were seen as the cause of Maastricht 's failure , relegation to the second division of influence would be staring us in the face , ’ he warned . |
| 14 | The forties were seen as the age of potential transition from ‘ young ’ to ‘ old ’ . |
| 15 | Internationally , the data protection principles were adopted as the basis for the 1980 OECD Guidelines on the Protection of Privacy and Transborder Flows of Personal Data . |
| 16 | Beginning in early 1988 a second phase was begun , and remotely-sensed data were selected as the source for databases on global forest resources and land degradation ( Aronoff , 1989 ; Mooneyhan , 1987 ) . |
| 17 | Hay & Maddock 93 , in their study of human geography theses , found that 26% of their sampled items were produced as the outcome of postgraduate research , but that eventually 50% of theses lead to publication of their results , including publication in book form . |
| 18 | Hay & Maddock , in their study of human geography theses , found that 26% of their sampled items were produced as the outcome of postgraduate research , but that eventually 50% of theses lead to publication of their results , including publication in book form . |
| 19 | Traditionally , individuals have been the central feature of attempts to understand corporate crime , but unfortunately for criminology , it was their pathological characteristics which were advanced as the cause of their deviations . |
| 20 | Now between during the period from the decision of Mr Justice in March nineteen ninety one and the issue of the sealed order in May nineteen ninety three , it 's clear from correspondence which has been put before me that there were er various negotiations and discussions between the solicitors for the plaintiff and the defendant dealing with the questions of costs and also with the question of a general settlement of the whole action , er it would be appreciated of course that Mr Justice order does not have the effect of determining finally the rights of the parties , erm other than the partnership has in fact dissolved because there were still outstanding issues in particular relating to the premises which were used as the surgery of the premises of the part of the prac of the practice or perhaps I should say former practice . |
| 21 | To achieve this , the interviewees of the first stage were used as the basis of a series of ‘ snowball ’ samples from the ‘ hidden ’ sector . |
| 22 | Even this product of genius was flawed as it trailed away into melodrama but for a fleeting moment Hollywood was shown what could be achieved if its resources were used as the basis for a director 's cinema . |
| 23 | Similar , though somewhat less extreme difficulties would ensue if the normal range of penalties applied by Crown Courts were used as the basis for the guide-lines . |
| 24 | The promise of security and the expectation that wages would rise with promotion and seniority were offered as the reward for sacrificing the ability to move easily between employers . |
| 25 | Transit times were measured as the interval between the initial appearance to the disappearance of more than 90% of the peak counts . |
| 26 | Kingsway Motors ' damages were assessed as the difference between the value of the car when ownership should have passed to them ( i.e. when they bought it ) and its lower value when ownership actually passed to them ( i.e. when title was fed ) . |
| 27 | The American Library Association also endorsed the document and published it in 1920 , and for twenty.five years the Certain Standards were acclaimed as the basis of all school library accreditation in the United States . |
| 28 | Some of the bombings were acknowledged as the work of " Cobra " , a new right-wing military organization in the tradition of RAM and YOU . |
| 29 | Under the Treaty of Rome its powers were defined as the supervision of both the Commission and the Council of Ministers , including the right to put questions to the Commission and to discuss the latter 's annual report , to discharge the annual budget , and to censure the Commission . |
| 30 | Basal , sham fed , and maximal acid output were defined as the sum of the four 15 minute outputs in each period . |