Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] as the " in BNC.
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1 | Graphs showing the relative enhancement of P ( b ) and v 1 ( c ) following the tetanus as a function of the initial P. The P and v 1 ratios were calculated as the mean value for the 500 trials immediately after the tetanus divided by the mean for the 500 trials before the tetanus . |
2 | Methane concentrations were calculated as the difference between breath and a corresponding room air sample . |
3 | Incidences were calculated as the number of annual discharges in a population of 100000 in each age and sex groups . |
4 | Death rates were calculated as the annual number of deaths in a population of 100000 in each age and sex groups . |
5 | Amplitude and duration of contractions at each recording site were calculated as the average of 10 swallows . |
6 | The following were listed as the key points in economic construction during the coming decade and the eighth five-year plan period : strengthening agriculture ; strengthening the basic industries and infrastructure and reorganizing and transforming the processing industry ; and strengthening educational , scientific and technological undertakings . |
7 | The continued decline of international prices for the LDCs ' main export products during the last decade ; the danger of a fall in official development assistance and the consequences of the Gulf crisis , were listed as the main factors affecting growth in LDCs . |
8 | Although more than half earned up to £24,000 , with a further 17 per cent getting more , low running costs were given as the main reason for their choice . |
9 | The band played ‘ Auld Lang Syne ’ and cheers and counter cheers were given as the ferry pulled into midstream … . |
10 | Most often only the problems of the children were given as the significant handicaps to placement . |
11 | Construction faults , equipment failure and inadequate training of staff were given as the major causes of incidents . |
12 | Parking problems and noise in the mainly residential area around Darlington Memorial hospital , where the development would have taken place , were given as the main reasons for dismissing the appeal by Surrey-based Bioplan . |
13 | 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 . |
14 | The claimant could not be described as the lawful holder of the bill of lading unless a given copy or all the copies issued by the carrier were designated as the original bill or set of bills . |
15 | Golf on the Continent in the 1920s was very much a pastime for the rich , whereas in Britain professionals were employed by clubs as low-paid servants : across the Channel they were regarded as the social equals of the members they served , by virtue of their skill at the game . |
16 | At this central sanctuary there was no place for female officiants as the Temple 's affairs were regarded as the sole responsibility of an organized , hereditary male priesthood dedicated to the service of Yahweh . |
17 | The rituals performed by the king-priest , particularly at the New Year Festival , were regarded as the repetitions of divine actions and were meant to correspond exactly in time as well as in character with the rituals on high . |
18 | Desks were regarded as the biggest culprit for damage , followed by doors and their handles . |
19 | Many of Brindley 's ideas were regarded as the hair-brained schemes of a madman which would never see the light of day . |
20 | In generic terms , these were regarded as the operational functions of the College , ie those primarily concerned with delivering the end product . |
21 | Whatever the temptation to make films with what Robert Wagner called ‘ a strong sociological punch ’ there was never any danger that the studios would move away from what were regarded as the essentials of a Hollywood film . |
22 | 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 . |
23 | Winans was aware that Journal policy was to keep the contents of the column secret prior to publication and that the contents of the column were regarded as the Journal 's confidential information . |
24 | 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 . |
25 | Many state documents were regarded as the officer 's private property . |
26 | Sometimes these were regarded as the product of individuals , sometimes of institutions . |
27 | Nor will we forget those hon. Members who were regarded as the darlings of the rioters . |
28 | Previous studies have tended to concentrate almost exclusively on scientists ' choices between different theories or explanations since such choices were regarded as the characteristic feature of science . |
29 | Single-member districts ( known in Britain as constituencies ) of roughly equal electoral size were prescribed as the norm . |
30 | Any nominated initials/sex identity codes which occurred more than once were treated as the same person . |