Example sentences of "[adj] is [verb] as [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Omitting part of sentences on the assumption that an earlier sentence or the context will make the meaning clear is known as ellipsis . |
| 2 | So while interest is received in the form of a capital value change , this is treated as income for tax purposes and not as capital gains . |
| 3 | This is seen as part of its policy to make citizens more self-reliant , and less prone to look to the state for financial and practical support when they are out of work , chronically sick , elderly and infirm and so on . |
| 4 | And if this is seen as intervention by the teacher , is not that happening in every classroom in the land ? |
| 5 | As you age , though , analytical thought plays its part and this is personified as Self 1 : the voice that reminds you when you play tennis that you must relax , must follow through , must win the point , must play well because your father is watching , and invariably provokes nervous tension and interrupts the instinctive natural flow . |
| 6 | If , on the other hand , B is already the heir of A , then he has received a benefit under A 's estate , and so far as that benefit extends he may be asked to make over property to C. If he does so , however , this is regarded as restitution of property from A 's estate rather than as an institution to B's own estate . |
| 7 | This is accepted as part of the natural order and causes no ill will amongst the Knightly Orders . |
| 8 | The majority of children feel great sadness and , for some , this is expressed as anger , bitterness and resentment towards the remaining parent . |
| 9 | This is charted as Figure 9 , Journal of First Publication . |
| 10 | This is charted as Figure 9 , Journal of First Publication . |
| 11 | If an individual is nominated by at least two others , then this is taken as confirmation of this individual 's existence in the network . |
| 12 | Family credit is also available on unemployment benefit , although this is counted as income . |
| 13 | If one partner has been getting statutory sick or maternity pay for a continuous period of 13 weeks or more , this is counted as income . |
| 14 | Family credit is also available on unemployment benefit , although this is counted as income . |
| 15 | If one partner has been getting statutory sick or maternity pay for a continuous period of 13 weeks or more , this is counted as income . |
| 16 | Family credit is also available on unemployment benefit , although this is counted as income . |
| 17 | If one partner has been getting statutory sick or maternity pay for a continuous period of 13 weeks or more , this is counted as income . |
| 18 | This is known as muay thai , or Thai boxing . |
| 19 | This is known as co-articulation . |
| 20 | This is known as cataphora , and it is a favourite opening device of authors who begin stories and novels with an unidentified he or she , both enticing us to look further , and plunging us into the middle of a situation as though we already knew what was going on . |
| 21 | This is known as matrix addressing . |
| 22 | Some ponds and lakes , too , are richer in life than might be expected ; and sometimes , indeed — when polluted — become too rich for their own good ( this is known as eutrophication ; see p.117 ) . |
| 23 | This is known as piracy and the Bateleur will attack Tawny Eagles , Lammergeyers and vultures — forcing them to drop or disgorge their food . |
| 24 | This is known as gingivitis . |
| 25 | This is known as term insurance . |
| 26 | This is known as devitrification . |
| 27 | This is known as replacement cost accounting as opposed to historic cost accounting when the original cost is retained . |
| 28 | This is known as replacement cost accounting as opposed to historic cost accounting when the original cost is retained . |
| 29 | This is known as saponification . |
| 30 | There is also likely to be trading lag , and this is discussed as part of the simultaneous trading assumption later in this chapter . |