Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] as [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Born in St Petersburg , Iacovleff was associated with Bakst and Diaghilev before moving to Paris where such was his repute that Sargent described him as one of the greatest living draftsmen . |
| 2 | He wrote a preface to David Jones 's In Parenthesis in which he noted the fact that Jones was of the same generation as Pound and himself ; he also wrote a preface to Lewis 's One-Way Song and described him as one of those who had been falsely labelled by " the Messenmensch " as a fascist but nevertheless chose " to walk alone " . |
| 3 | Susan Einzig regarded him as one of the brightest jewels in a smart set . |
| 4 | But the Gloucesters still regarded him as one of theirs . |
| 5 | Shaw joined the company in 1944 and was still only 17 when Ashton used him as one of the three male dancers in Symphonic Variations . |
| 6 | Simpson called it quantum evolution and described it as one of three evolutionary modes . |
| 7 | Sir John Betjeman , on the other hand , described it as one of the industrial towns which are ‘ the hope and life of England ’ . |
| 8 | The dull coloured brickwork merged into the undergrowth of trees , weeds and plants untamed and was hardly noticed by most passes by who probably dismissed it as one of Lincolnshire 's useless ruins , which would either fall down or have to be pulled down eventually . |
| 9 | I regarded it as one of the safest areas of Zululand . ’ |
| 10 | She recognised them as some of the soldiers immediately . |
| 11 | The 55-year-old 's icy calm distinguished him as one of General Norman Schwarzkopf 's closest aides during the Gulf War . |
| 12 | The policewoman came back , with a man ; Alice recognised him as one of those from the other night . |
| 13 | After Labour won the 1945 election , Burke accompanied Attlee to the Potsdam Conference ; and later that year the Prime Minister named him as one of his private secretaries . |
| 14 | His work was largely forgotten until 1937 when ( Sir ) Nikolaus Pevsner [ q.v. ] acclaimed him as one of the pioneers of modern design . |
| 15 | Although he detested journalism his Johnsonian manner and compelling character established him as one of Fleet Street 's most charismatic figures . |
| 16 | ‘ I knew her as one of my employees . |
| 17 | She saw it as one of the major manifestations of eighteenth-century philanthropic puritanism . |
| 18 | An insurance cover note also said it was a 1.6 and Jackson sold it as such to Robert Ross , of Bridgegate , Barnard Castle , for £3,695 . |
| 19 | In their turn the Norwegians accepted him as one of themselves ; it was they who named him the ‘ father of Norwegian mountaineering ’ . |
| 20 | At first the girls had tried to correct her , but Mabel ignored their efforts and they accepted it as one of her little quirks . |
| 21 | Baynton 's religious leanings were attested first in 1532 , in a friendly correspondence with Hugh Latimer [ q.v. ] , and finally in 1546 , when John Hooper [ q.v. ] mourned him as one of the ‘ chief upholders of the gospel ’ . |
| 22 | She recognized it as that of the girl Natasha at Bridget 's party . |