Example sentences of "[adj] [was/were] [verb] as the " in BNC.
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| 1 | When , after long delays , the Soviet Government eventually produced the draft of a reciprocal repatriation agreement , covering civilians as well as PoWs , this was accepted as the basic working document in the negotiations which led to the signature of the Yalta repatriation agreement . |
| 2 | This was viewed as the opportunity to cut back on staff costs . |
| 3 | With rabbit numbers low , this was seen as the opportunity for a further reduction but in response to public outcry legislation was also introduced making it illegal to spread myxomatosis by artificial means — by taking infected rabbits and releasing them near disease-free colonies . |
| 4 | Years ago this was seen as the dream of purists and unworldly cranks , but it is now one of the big growth areas in energy policy , with Wales leading the way in the UK . |
| 5 | He referred to a dinner given in honour of A. R. Orage , the retiring editor whom Philip Mairet was to replace , which was of inordinate length and at which there were interminable speeches , and where — this was represented as the ultimate horror , uttered in the tones of a cri de coeur — ‘ you could n't even get a drink ! ’ |
| 6 | This was to change as the ‘ Mama-Sans ’ made an international impact in Europe in June 1985 . |
| 7 | This was used as the basis for invitations , issued at the end of 1857 , to the nobility of every province to form committees which would draw up projects for the emancipation of their peasants . |
| 8 | A collocation dictionary of 7,130 entries was produced ( after tidying and removal of empty entries ) , and this was used as the source of semantic knowledge in the overlap program . |
| 9 | This was described as the largest helicopter operation in military history . |
| 10 | This was known as the Hyde Park Aide-Memoir of September 1944 . |
| 11 | This was known as The Dragon Project , which he describes as ‘ a non-intrusive multi-disciplinary and multi-mode way of trying to understand the enigmatic stone monuments of prehistory ’ . |
| 12 | This was known as the Winter Term and was followed by a month of welcome holiday . |
| 13 | This was known as the PC-5A and flew for the first time in July 1939 . |
| 14 | This was known as the ‘ butty system ’ , which has a long history in the area ( Griffin , 1977 , p. 26 ) . |
| 15 | It was quickly obvious why this was known as the " Death Cave " — and , indeed , why the great tree had assumed such vulgar grandeur , for the stinking loam around its roots was thick with human bones . |
| 16 | At one time this was known as the ‘ wrong note ’ technique , favoured by such composers as Stravinsky . |
| 17 | This was known as the Big Bang hypothesis . |
| 18 | Around Sheffield this was known as the " stuffing system " and prices were said to be overvalued three-fold . |
| 19 | This was known as the King 's Plate Prize and was made in about 1750 . |
| 20 | This was set as the minimum for contributions to the first loan , in 1522 , men of less substance being let on until , perhaps , the yield had proved disappointing . |
| 21 | The cause of this was identified as the company 's neglect of safety equipment ( Health and Safety Commission 1980 : 16 ) . |
| 22 | This was published as The design of dwellings ( 1944 ) . |
| 23 | 1780 was known as the Rainbow Coffee-House . |
| 24 | Similarly Henry V was seen as the Judas Maccabeus of his day who , faced by great odds at Agincourt , worried little about his lack of forces but trusted in the rightness of his cause , the piety of his people at home praying for him and for his army , and in divine strength . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | From a record entry of 30 business plans , six were identified as the most promising and went forward to the final where they were interviewed by an experienced panel of judges . |
| 27 | Further work would have been necessary if the following was presented as the unnormalised relation : |
| 28 | In the medieval period these were seen as the custodians of an orthodoxy which was felt to be , if only potentially , challenged by self-authenticating mystical writings — a custodial role which seems to have lingered into the twentieth century . |
| 29 | In generic terms , these were regarded as the operational functions of the College , ie those primarily concerned with delivering the end product . |
| 30 | Sometimes these were regarded as the product of individuals , sometimes of institutions . |