Example sentences of "[noun pl] be [vb pp] [adv] as " in BNC.

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1 Many , perhaps most , of these objects are seen now as ‘ works of art ’ , in one sense justly , because of their fine workmanship , but in another sense misleadingly , since their primary function , especially in this area of reproduction and deliberate circulation , was evidently religious or ideological .
2 Sometimes objects are perceived merely as alternatives to words , as signs to be used in pseudo-linguistic formal analysis .
3 This cost can be direct , for example in the form of additional accounting staff salaries , or it can be indirect , where other activities are neglected so as to put more effort into the final accounts .
4 There 's a Caring at Christmas campaign in Bristol , and in Milton Keynes the Homeless Persons Enterprise runs a two-week programme embracing Christmas and the New Year in which entertainers are taken on as well as general volunteers .
5 Further regular meetings are intended so as to maintain the vital liaison between the carpet industry , Parliament and government , and to enable carpet manufacturers to voice their concern .
6 By June , meetings are held weekly as the race takes place in July , usually at the end of the Keighley holidays .
7 Houses are thrown open as Malaysians entertain their family and friends , firecrackers are let off everywhere and colourful lion dances make this one of the year 's favourite events .
8 If we ask why many of our towns and cities are laid out as they are we find the answer is buried in history .
9 All the cylindrical surfaces are displayed only as two circles joined by a start line .
10 Bipedal ornithischians are grouped together as ornithopods , or bird-footed , because of the three-toed feet .
11 The following paragraphs are numbered so as to correspond with the records of the file PMMLIB.GIMMSMAP1 .
12 The belief in the broadcasting market is not without its difficulties : how can a multiplicity of channels be introduced so as to allow for consumer choice and how does one overcome the possible detrimental consequences of the market mechanism ?
13 The words were spoken mechanically as though by a bad actor .
14 The servers were sent out as well , as soon as the eating was done . ’
15 In this analysis hospitals 1 and 2 were the county 's main consultant units , all the other consultant units were grouped together as hospital 3 , and all the general practitioner units were grouped together .
16 He had not had much hope that they would rent the garage to a teenager , since teenagers were regarded generally as being as reliable as something out of the zoo .
17 At two stores , cars were used unsuccessfully as battering rams to breach security shutters .
18 At two stores , cars were used unsuccessfully as battering rams to breach security shutters .
19 According to Judge Ovidiu Zarnescu , president of the Central Electoral Bureau , at the start of the campaign 5,716 candidates were nominated either as independents or by one of the 73 political parties for the 387 elective National Assembly seats and 1,584 candidates were nominated for the 119 Senate seats .
20 Voices were raised outside as he progressed through the crowd , but he told everyone to ‘ move on ’ and ‘ go home ’ , instructions which , of course , were ignored .
21 The expert capable of detecting a Raphael at ten paces is admired almost as though he partook of the genius of the artist himself , and can be guaranteed at least a modest fame in the mass media .
22 Now everything in computers is stored away as , er numbers and a certain set of numbers represent all the different characters .
23 Instead he believes priorities have to be drawn up and stuck to even if that means low-priority areas are ignored altogether as is already the case in some parts of the country .
24 The general question of the relational effects of these means of production is discussed in Chapter 4 , but some of their institutional effects are noted here as they occur .
25 Violence should in such circumstances be viewed positively as a practice matter , not as a negative .
26 How might the non-fatal offences be reformed so as to conform with the principle of fair labelling ?
27 IgG anti-bovine lactoferrin antibodies were measured essentially as described above , except that no negative or positive serum references were used .
28 The additional command needed to specify that areas with a negative data value be excluded and that the class intervals be chosen so as to place an equal number of zones in each class is :
29 A BRITISH solicitor wanted in the United States for alleged conspiracy to sell stolen British Treasury bills was arrested yesterday as he arrived in Cyprus .
30 It is positively helpful if his poems are written out as prose ( as they actually often are in the case of those lyrics embedded in prose treatises as opposed to independent lyrics ) because they are then naturally read for the speaking voice and not with any expectation of the regularity roused by the sight of poetic form .
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