Example sentences of "[vb pp] as a [adj] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 A common example was an auxiliary verb sequence , such as I would n't have been able to go , which was heard as a single syllabic beat , approximately shown here as I wudnbinabluh go .
2 I suspect you were disguised as a personable young man , a merry companion for the Gascons , after what must have been a long and gruelling journey .
3 CDTV uses a CD-ROM system coupled to a powerful computer , disguised as a domestic electronic appliance .
4 In the nineteenth century , after the American and French revolutions , another distinction — between monarchy and republic — assumed great importance , and republicanism developed as a radical political movement directed against survivals or attempted restorations of the ancien regime , merging to a large extent with the general democratic movement .
5 Was the RHA aware of the conclusions of the Camden and Islington working party on Friern , that there should be new buildings for the old long-stay population on the Friern site , and that the hospital should be developed as a specialist psychogeriatric and teaching service ?
6 Forte applications are developed as a single monolithic application and then subsequently partitioned or automatically broken up to run on various computers within the distributed environment .
7 For example , long-run earnings per share ( ) could be calculated as a three-year moving average .
8 The Dowsing Fault-Zone can still be distinguished as a separate structural zone which has seen Tertiary re-activation , as shown in Profile 1 .
9 The relation in Lowland Amerindian societies between power , knowledge , scarce resources and social action is increasingly recognized as a key theoretical area for debate ; and for many investigators who specialize in South American studies they see a critical need for the elaboration of a theory of power ( or various of them ) that would make understandable the non-centralized authority structures of Tropical South America .
10 Whilst ‘ the elderly ’ have long been recognized as a distinct social category , ever-stricter stratification by age has emerged since industrialization ( Thomas 1976 ; Quadragno 1982 ) .
11 As a result , the ‘ inner city problem ’ has changed somewhat in character since it was first recognized as a major political issue in the mid 1970s .
12 There was a fondness for the strict classical style , as seen in Moscow Kiev Station , affirming a desire to be recognized as a fully-fledged European power .
13 The international automobile industry is a typical case where shortening the product development lead time is recognized as a valuable competitive weapon .
14 While both the philosophical and sociological responses to Mannheim 's work was critical and did not exactly embrace the sociology of knowledge as an exciting new project , it has been recognized as a promising new area for development .
15 Relief is available for any programme of activity capable of counting towards a qualification accredited as a National Vocational ( NVQ ) or Scottish Vocational ( SVQ ) qualification at Levels 1 to 4 inclusive .
16 The question is whether grammar ought to be taught as a separate formal study , like harmony or counterpoint , or whether a teacher can assume that it will be picked up through practice .
17 It is not intended as a comprehensive potted history of the subject ; it is , however , important to have a historical perspective , particularly on the relationship between social and political change , in order to understand the character of British social policy today .
18 The Association , intended as a moderate pro-Yeltsin group , combined deputies , ministers and political parties including the Republican Party and the Movement for Democratic Reforms .
19 Because of these interests she was designated as a dangerous subversive under the terms of the 1927 Public Safety Act .
20 All day and all night he would be there loitering in the streets of Chichester , either surrounded by hoards of admiring people or dismissed as a dirty scavenging wretch , ruining the ornate Georgian Streets .
21 This is fashionably dismissed as a sentimental modern aberration , but it is how I read the figure .
22 Durham was a regular attender at Mr Kendal 's church and he was regarded as a strong reliable man whose word could be trusted .
23 Each Phoenix King 's reign is regarded as a separate historical epoch .
24 Inflation is regarded as a serious macroeconomic problem and governments ( and economists ) around the world spend a great deal of their time , energy and resources in devising and applying policies to combat it .
25 Liu Huaqing , a 76-year-old general and the new vice-chair of the CMC , was elected to represent the military , as the sole military member of the standing committee ; he was regarded as a political neutral , and was described by the Far Eastern Economic Review of Oct. 29 as a " no-nonsense professional " who would push for depoliticization and modernization of the military .
26 Nie was regarded as a political moderate close to " elder statesman " leader Deng Xiaoping ; analysts said that his death was unlikely to have any major political impact .
27 People come from all over Darlington for some of the activities but in the Denes area the church is regarded as a genuine focal point for non-churchgoers as well as regular worshippers .
28 Within the Cabinet , it was , paradoxically , Snowden — usually regarded as a sea-green incorruptible on the issue of free trade — who , overcome by hatred of Labour and a desire to smash his old party , appeared to relish the idea of an early election in which Labour would go down to defeat .
29 Butler nevertheless felt the public would still misunderstand the intentions of the proposed legislative change , and argued that they would be deeply outraged by what they perceived , however mistakenly , to be the approval by Parliament of homosexual conduct , which was still regarded as a great social evil .
30 Their efficiency and reliability have also increased , to the extent that they can now be regarded as a primary recharging source for a yacht 's batteries alongside the engine alternator or the petrol generator .
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