Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] only as " in BNC.
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| 1 | All the cylindrical surfaces are displayed only as two circles joined by a start line . |
| 2 | Are there any features of the modern jury that can be explained only as historical survivals , which are out of place in modern society , or has the jury been so adapted that it is a truly modern institution ? ’ |
| 3 | Normative rulings , then , do not apply to a fixed role apart from the incumbent ; they can be developed only as individuals have the time and occasion to become familiar with each others ' past history and future intentions . |
| 4 | Walsingham and Knighton also attempted to blame Wyclif and the Lollards for propagating revolt , but this must be seen only as scaremongering by the established order in the Church , attempting to tar the socially conservative academic heretic with the brush of revolution . |
| 5 | A career that spanned seven years at Oldham and four years with Hibs can now be seen only as preparation for the place where , and the time when , Goram would reach a higher plane of achievement . |
| 6 | certain words or acts can , as a matter of law , be interpreted only as amounting to a dismissal or resignation ; |
| 7 | rockets to be used only as distress signals |
| 8 | Let us consider this line at its worst and discount the farm , which can be counted only as ‘ corroborative ’ evidence of alignment , and even then only if prehistoric remains are to be found there . |
| 9 | Efforts with red grapes can , however , be described only as experimental , with the wines produced tending towards a deep rosé rather than a true red colour . |
| 10 | Despite the use of country risk analysis it must be conceded that competition for loan business has sometimes encouraged banks to ignore their own country or regional risk assessments and indulge in what can be described only as imprudent bank lending ( dealt with in Chapter 8 ) . |
| 11 | The original geological maps , which will be described in more detail below , were prepared only as single-copy manuscripts , making access for researchers outside Edinburgh more difficult , and leading to an unintentional positive discrimination in favour of locally-based students . |
| 12 | As Table 14 shows , the overall distribution of material in need of repair was such that more than three-quarters ( 78% ) of all defective items issued were classified only as ‘ Poor ’ since they did not show major deterioration , while just under a fifth ( 18% ) were classified as ‘ Bad ’ . |
| 13 | Tired of being known only as Kylie Minogue 's long-suffering screen mum , Anne Charleston is treading the boards to prove she has other strings to her bow . |
| 14 | Pneumonic signs have rarely been observed , and infections are almost always inapparent , being identified only as necropsy . |
| 15 | Unfortunately they may also prove a hindrance if BSL is presented only as manual English , through the tutor 's adherence to English or through the other necessity of providing English syntax for deaf people one is in contact with , since ‘ it will help their English ’ . |
| 16 | Tests revealed that the man — who is known only as ‘ John Smith ’ — could survive without injections of insulin . |
| 17 | This does not mean that democracy is conceived only as the political form assumed by the rule of the bourgeoisie , even though it is historically an achievement of the bourgeoisie , a real advance upon the preceding forms of government and a ‘ progressive ’ feature of capitalism . |
| 18 | With sales of unleaded now well ahead of those of leaded and set to surge even higher after the Budget , the survival of relatively cheap unleaded petrol is assured only as long as the Autumn Statement which from this year replaces the traditional spring Budget . |
| 19 | Until the mid-730s he is described only as king of the Mercians but in an important charter of 736 concerning the granting of land in the territory of the Hwicce , the oldest Mercian original text to survive , Aethelbald is variously ‘ king not only of the Mercians but also of all the provinces which are known by the general name South Angles ’ , ‘ king of the South Angles ’ and ‘ king of Britain' ( CS 154 : S 89 ) . |
| 20 | But as Church ( 1978 ) has noted , even modern history was accepted only as ‘ half a degree ’ initially in conjunction with law , and law itself was slow to become established inside , rather than outside , the higher education system ( Twining 1987 ) . |