Example sentences of "was [verb] as the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The book was intended as the unpretentious account of a Devon lad who has just kept on writing and then reading the news . |
| 2 | Transit time was calculated as the average passage time of all markers recovered . |
| 3 | A series of high , narrow ranges was formed as the Eastern Cordillera were pressed against the resistant block of the Brazilian Shield to the east ( Fig. 3.13 ( D ) ) . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | He became famous under the Greek name of Clitomachus and in 127 was recognized as the official head of his school . |
| 6 | From the first , image was recognized as the vital factor which would decide the future of ‘ Laura Ashley ’ in America . |
| 7 | Generally speaking the ‘ political ’ cure for inflation comprised some form of prices and incomes policy , and was regarded as the only alternative to the less palatable ‘ economic ’ cure of demand deflation . |
| 8 | After returning to Soho , Murdock was put in charge of the mechanical department and was regarded as the right-hand man of Boulton & Watt . |
| 9 | The temple of Ceres — Demeter — which was dedicated in 493 B.C. was regarded as the plebeian sanctuary ; it was decorated by Greek artists and had a Greek priestess ( Plin . |
| 10 | He was regarded as the classic book lover . |
| 11 | He was regarded as the professional equivalent of Fred Perry but , as a professional , was never allowed to play for his country . |
| 12 | The issue of the transformation to political pluralism was regarded as the main obstacle to progress in the peace talks between the government and the Mozambique National Resistance ( Renamo or MNR ) , which resumed for a second round in Rome on Aug. 14 . |
| 13 | The territorial readjustments of 1475 suggest that by then the queen 's interest in East Anglia was regarded as the main instrument of royal authority there . |
| 14 | The territorial readjustments of 1475 suggest that by then the queen 's interest in East Anglia was regarded as the main instrument of royal authority there . |
| 15 | … there was increasing public concern at what was regarded as the growing shamelessness of prostitutes , in the streets of London and some other big cities . |
| 16 | To the chagrin of rationalists such as John Stuart Mill , the family , not the individual , was regarded as the basic unit of society and increasingly a substitute for lost faith , so that even positivists like Frederic Harrison , who rejected supernatural religions , supported an almost Catholic orthodoxy of marriage as the gateway to family responsibility . |
| 17 | In the Vedic period the abstract idea of time was regarded as the fundamental principle of the universe , but whether it was made into a deity is uncertain . |
| 18 | In 1911 Fort Station was developed as the principal Colombo station . |
| 19 | Grass was conserved as the main stock feed but barley and turnips were also grown . |
| 20 | An existing external door was re-used as the main entrance and the new straight-flight stair , giving access to the first-floor living-rooms , was located on the site off the former upper storeys ' access ladder . |
| 21 | the Duchess of York was installed as the new Chancellor of Salford University in succession to H.R.H. |
| 22 | It was given and , in return , Geoffrey was installed as the new Count of Nantes . |
| 23 | Sukarno was included as the populist leader of the masses ( his seven years in exile notwithstanding ) ; Hatta was chosen as a cosmopolitan intellectual ; Jaji Mas Mansur was former chairman of Muhammadiyah ; and Dewantoro was an educationist , sponsor of national schools on similar lines to Tagore . |
| 24 | SKNSH RNA was included as the positive control for the human NF-L protected fragment of 154 nucleotides ( nt ) , while RNA from HeLa cells transfected with the β-globin gene alone was used as the positive control for the β-globin 212 nt signal , both indicated by arrows . |
| 25 | The restaurant was subdued as the Conservative Party 's young ‘ spin doctors ’ settled in for a brisk dinner . |
| 26 | Bernhard Vogel , a former Minister President of Rhineland-Palatinate and brother of Hans-Jochen Vogel , the former chairman of the SPD , was nominated as the new Minister President . |
| 27 | A consultant radiologist was nominated as the local research coordinator and was responsible for the day to day running of the study and the preliminary public relations work . |
| 28 | Heavy industry not toys or low quality textiles , was targeted as the driving force for development , and a vast array of incentives and restraints were applied to ensure that the strategy was implemented . |
| 29 | The RAC Rally 's 16,000 miles of rutted and gravel tracks are far removed from McGuigan 's deafening fight nights in the mid-1980s , when he was applauded as the only man who could walk down the Falls and Shankhill Roads and be welcomed in both . |
| 30 | 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 . |