Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] as a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the years that followed , press speculation dried up , scientific interest evaporated , and the whole affair became regarded as a laboured , pointless hoax . |
| 2 | It is typical of Richard that he accepted the task with alacrity and succeeded with such brilliance that almost overnight he became recognized as a famous warrior . |
| 3 | The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation ( FAO ) has claimed as a major success its programme for integrated pest management in rice . |
| 4 | Third , the centre has collapsed as a political force — although not as a constituency — and this obliges both major parties to compete more assiduously for middle-of-the-road votes . |
| 5 | Tobacco has collapsed as a primary source of funds . |
| 6 | Patrick Duff wrote , ‘ This reverse has come as a great shock . |
| 7 | Tearful Mandy said : ‘ This has come as a total surprise to me and my family . |
| 8 | But the news has come as a total shock for many people . |
| 9 | This has come as a terrible shock . |
| 10 | ‘ This has come as a terrible shock . |
| 11 | Charles Tompkins , managing director of NOS , a subsidiary of Cable & Wireless , said the contract has come as a major breakthrough for his company , propelling it into the major league of offshore suppliers . |
| 12 | His death today has come as a complete shock . |
| 13 | I 'm sure this has come as a big shock to you . |
| 14 | The decision to sell Harford has come as a big blow to Luton boss David Pleat who said : ‘ I did n't want him to go but the club needs the money . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Therefore the problem that had emerged in 1985 has come as a considerable shock to us and I would say that the present directors of Mogul Ireland — ourselves — have acted promptly , decisively and responsibly since it came to our attention . |
| 16 | But for accident victims like Marie Moore from Darlaston , today 's decision has come as a bitter blow . |
| 17 | The ruling has come as a bitter blow Brain Goldsworthy 's common law wife . |
| 18 | Political defeat has come as a profound shock for the ruling Cambodian People 's Party ( CPP ) . |
| 19 | So the flexibility of the model makes it the easiest to apply , but the assumption that Nottingham has grown as a Multiple nuclei model may be incorrect . |
| 20 | Leeds has has grown as a financial centre over the last four or five years , probably more than any other city outside London . |
| 21 | I have used some of the things that he has done as a good example to myself . |
| 22 | They arc shown as a dotted arrow . |
| 23 | Although the recent exodus has acted as a temporary safety valve , there is evidence that the more politically minded opponents of the present regime have stayed behind , knowing that reforms can not be indefinitely postponed . |
| 24 | The clinic has acted as a strong focus for slum living mothers to campaign for improved conditions in their surroundings . |
| 25 | There is also uncertainty surrounding the role of David Murray , the Rangers football club chairman , who has acted as a middle man in the negotiations but who has denied he has any financial interest in the takeover . |
| 26 | The President is assisted by a Prime Minister and a Cabinet composed of representatives of a number of political parties ; although the parties continue to exist , political activity is banned , and elections to the National Resistance Council ( NRC — hitherto comprising 98 appointed members ) were conducted on a non-party basis in February 1989 [ see p. 36455 ] , since when the NRC , now consisting of 210 elected and 68 presidentially appointed members , has acted as a legislative body for the interim period until a new constitution is framed . |
| 27 | I would contend that the scapegoating of the education system , in general , and of certain local authorities , in particular , has acted as a diversionary tactic for the inadequacies of central government responses to the funding of the state education system , their failure to stem the spiralling decline in teachers ' morale and the pitiful attempt to provide real job opportunities for school leavers . |
| 28 | It summarises post-Carboniferous structural form although the London-Brabant Massif has acted as a positive structural feature at least from early Palaeozoic times . |
| 29 | And Littlewoods must be commended for the way it looks after its staff and for the role it has played as a responsible Liverpool employer . |
| 30 | Following the sale of Charter 's shareholding , Mr Charles Parker has retired as a non-executive director of Johnson Matthey . |