Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] as a [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In what was widely regarded as a politically motivated action Kitangan was arrested in January 1991 and charged with corruption . |
| 2 | It is merely intended as a very easy-to-fit deterrent which a car owner may use in place of an alarm or , as in the author 's car , the unit can complement an existing security system which previously had no visual deterrent . |
| 3 | This brochure is only intended as a very brief introduction to Carmarthen Bay & Teifi Valley . |
| 4 | That was rightly seen as a ludicrously intransigent position . |
| 5 | What I 'm arguing for tonight is that given that we 've relatively recent boundary change , the people have just about got used to it , so by and large er it does n't seem to have huge numbers of demerits as far as the city is concerned and that we are now very , very close , as close as is possible to the norm for the average constituency size that we actually endorse the boundary commissions proposals and leave well alone and the second part of the motion merely says to a neighbouring authority , y'know , please in some senses be punctilious about not to suddenly decide to poke your noses into something way beyond your it 's not just a couple of parishes on the south boundary , a couple of parishes from from the north of their but actually way to our area but what candidly I can only see as a rather partisan er er |
| 6 | Trustees in 1 above are generally treated as a wholly separate entity for tax purposes ; in the case of a bare trustee , nomineeship and agency , the acts of those persons will generally be treated as the acts of the beneficial owners or principals . |
| 7 | The 66-year-old President , an agricultural economist by training , was generally regarded as a more approachable and pragmatic politician than his predecessor , and therefore better equipped to manage the process of political liberalization which had begun in the last months of Chiang 's presidency . |
| 8 | The trustee company will also be paid an annual fee , normally calculated as a very small percentage on the net asset value of the trust . |
| 9 | The credits indicate that he not only controlled the sound but also composed and performed the music : this documentary is best regarded as a most personal and impressionistic view of the war . |
| 10 | It is probably best regarded as a typically British way of enabling two parties , representing different , occasionally even conflicting , interests to rub along together without too much friction . |
| 11 | This is not seen as a very attractive chore but is probably the most important of all and really depends on the goodwill of a few people under the guidance of Annie Hanlon . |
| 12 | Unlike the Tenon effort , MacMach is not offered as a commercially supported product , and requires a ‘ personal use only ’ agreement . |
| 13 | Finally , one must conclude , the tale is left in a state of moral indeterminacy and neutrality , and may thus emerge as a truly " pointless " tale . |
| 14 | This suggests that the subducted sediment somehow survived as a chemically and physically distinct region large enough to avoid obliteration by diffusion . |
| 15 | As approved by the conference , the 27-page Declaration laid down broad principles of environmentally-sound development , but was generally viewed as a somewhat unsatisfactory compromise between the widely differing wishes of various states . |
| 16 | The Declaration was generally viewed as a somewhat unsatisfactory compromise between the widely differing wishes of various states . |
| 17 | Guidance about further reading can be given so that learning continues and is not viewed as a once and for all matter . |
| 18 | Whilst AM Sir John was generally acknowledged as a very rare intellect and , particularly , an excellent scribe in the best Staff College style , he was no match whatsoever for Don Bennett with his mass of technical knowledge and practical hard-won experience . |
| 19 | When the unoccupied group — now largely identified as a particularly disadvantaged subgroup of one parent families — is added to social classes IV and V and the relative risk of the combined group is compared with that of classes I and II , a completely different picture emerges . |
| 20 | The body shape is the well-known Hamer-adopted version of the double-cutaway Les Paul Special ; widely used as a pleasingly symmetrical guitar body shape , it 's unusual to find it in the context of a bass . |
| 21 | For these reasons , indirect taxes are usually regarded as a more flexible instrument of macroeconomic policy . |
| 22 | Both of these assertions , though questionable , attest to the kind of currency James enjoyed in what is usually regarded as a purely Pauline sphere of influence . |
| 23 | Although a significant proportion of women remain economically active until the age of 60 or even 65 , retirement is still regarded as a predominantly male experience . |
| 24 | The later Wordsworth is usually presented as a very unattractive figure ; the case against his poetry will be examined separately , but what annoys people even more than his apparent repudiation of the principles underlying Lyrical Ballads is his political attitude . |
| 25 | In time , these became domestic spirits and usually appeared as a rather homely married couple . |
| 26 | She made several ‘ women 's ’ films for Rank , including STREET CORNER ( 1953 ) about the women police in Chelsea , which she always cited as a particularly enjoyable experience since it involved working with a mainly female crew and cast . |
| 27 | The Via crucis ( composed some thirteen years later in 1878 ) was clearly intended as a far more imposing artistic statement , and listened to on that level it undoubtedly succeeds . |
| 28 | The Russian and Irish revolutions stimulated this radicalism still further and the period between 1910 and 1926 has been extensively treated as a potentially revolutionary period.4 Certainly there was a revolution , but it created the Irish Free State rather than the Socialist Commonwealth . |
| 29 | Purists may not be too keen on the ‘ big band ’ approach , but these are nonetheless vital and energetic performances which convey much enthusiasm , and would probably serve as a more palatable introduction to seventeenth and eighteenth century music for the newcomer than some of the odder products of the ‘ authentic ’ movement . |
| 30 | Since the briefing covers mainframes , departmental systems , office products and communications , it also serves as a very useful general review of data processing . |