Example sentences of "was [verb] out as [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The PKK had denied responsibility for a bomb which caused one death in Istanbul on Jan. 25 , claiming that it was carried out as a provocative act by a " counter-guerrilla " force . |
| 2 | The initial study was carried out as the practical project for my MSc course in 1987 . |
| 3 | This operation was carried out as the only possible way of dealing with the menace of the drug dealers . |
| 4 | The ‘ victory ’ rally in Sheffield was picked out as a turning point in the party 's fortunes . |
| 5 | Ironically AMS was home to Neuron Data competitor Visix Software Inc until Visix was spun out as a separate concern back in 1988 . |
| 6 | The battle was fought out as an intense personal rivalry between Simon and the new permanent secretary to the Local Government Board , John Lambert . |
| 7 | news on ronny johnsen is that he probably will not be offered a contract with spurs — he was tried out as a central marking defender ( the style most teams play — each central defender marks one attacker ) and as such he was no succes — norway play what we call a zone defence ; ‘ marking ’ their zones instead of players — journalists from Holland were laughing as Norway 's coach Drillo Olsen was asked ‘ who is to mark van Basten ? ’ before our home game against Holland and he answered ‘ No one is ’ — they did not laugh afterwards ( we won 2–1 ) . |
| 8 | It is interesting to note , however , how strong the price was in the final quarter of the year , when Houghton Mifflin was singled out as a prime beneficiary of Clinton-inspired support for education as well as the more favourable demographic trends . |
| 9 | Lack of buying by US clients was singled out as a particular problem . |
| 10 | However , the NACAB information system was singled out as a basic bench-mark for what should constitute an adequate information resource in a generalist advice agency . |
| 11 | Hitler 's ‘ prophecy ’ , a brief moment in his two-hour speech , was singled out as the central point of the newsreel coverage on 3 February . |