Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] as a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | KOMIKs were developed as a result of the work of SIDT 's SEI ! theatre group , which performs theme-based dramatisations of issues being discussed in workshops . |
| 2 | In the west and Wales , large numbers of churches were developed as a result of late/post-Roman Christianity by so-called ‘ Celtic Saints ’ . |
| 3 | CYNICS might argue that ‘ green ’ or environmental funds and their ethical counterparts were developed as a marketing tool to attract the conscientious investor . |
| 4 | The handsome wrought-iron gates of the Palace were erected as a memorial to Edward VII . |
| 5 | Effects of cimetidine and histamine of the cells were calculated as a percentage of the untreated controls . |
| 6 | Children were recognized as a cause for long-lasting happiness , so they are included in the vision of the happy family . |
| 7 | All-party talks on the future of Northern Ireland , initiated by Peter Brooke , the UK Northern Ireland Secretary [ see p. 38156 ] , which were due to start on May 7 , were delayed as a result of procedural disputes mainly concerning the venue and chairing of the second strand of discussions . |
| 8 | A further twenty-four lots were withdrawn as a result of uncertainty over ownership . |
| 9 | But their other eight awards were squandered as a result of a badly worked routine . |
| 10 | Into the nineteenth century , as I have mentioned , I middle-class houses were regarded as a scaling down of the houses of the great , while a majority of novels still referred themselves to the dominant mansion at their centre . |
| 11 | At best they were regarded as a distraction , if not a danger ; the assumption being that as they did not smoke or play outdoor games , ‘ they devote themselves … to inducing lads to leave humming-tops and marbles , and cleave only to them ’ . |
| 12 | Further discussions with instructors also confirmed that videos were regarded as a training aid of great potential which should never be overlooked . |
| 13 | Cakes baked on the gridiron were regarded as a luxury , and sometimes a substitute for tea was made by pouring boiling water over burnt crusts of bread . |
| 14 | From Palestine apples were taken to Egypt and cultivated in the Nile delta during the twelfth and thirteenth centuries BC , where they were regarded as a luxury . |
| 15 | Since offices were regarded as a form of property , reform could be stigmatized as an encroachment upon freehold . |
| 16 | One of my hands and ribs were broken as a result of torture ’ . |
| 17 | Oral hearings were justified as a means of enabling the General Assembly , as supervisory body , to obtain detailed information about conditions in the Territory . |
| 18 | As much of the diet was cereal based and mundane , strongly flavoured vegetables were favoured as a supplement : particular favourites were leeks , onions , chibols ( Welsh onions ) and garlic . |
| 19 | All sacrifices were intended as a means of obtaining the forgiveness of God . |
| 20 | Morley denied that they were intended as a prelude to parliamentary government . |
| 21 | They were tipped as a recovery stock after investors had lost much of their money in a few months . |
| 22 | Small doses of non-sophistication were amusing as a break from other things , but he would n't have been able to bear all that romance day in , day out . |
| 23 | Twenty subjects with normal colonoscopy and histologically normal colonic mucosa were included as a control group . |
| 24 | Unofficial strike action followed and the union 's own bankers were granted an injunction prohibiting the NUS from transferring any of their property abroad , on the principle that third parties must ensure that they gave no aid to any action which might occur if the union 's property were sequestrated as a result of some future contempt of court . |
| 25 | In 1957 a radical development took place when two railcoaches , 276 and 275 , were rebuilt as a motor and trailer set , in the style of the 1953 Coronation cars . |
| 26 | Neighbouring homes were evacuated as a precaution . |
| 27 | ( 8 ) In proceedings to enforce a liability arising by virtue of subsection ( 3 ) above , it shall be a defence for the defendant to prove that he believed , and had reasonable cause to believe — ( a ) that the residential occupier had ceased to reside in the premises in question at the time when he was deprived of occupation as mentioned in subsection ( 1 ) above or , as the case may be , when the attempt was made or the acts were done as a result of which he gave up his occupation of those premises ; or ( b ) that , where the liability would otherwise arise by virtue only of the doing of acts or the withdrawal or withholding of services , he had reasonable grounds for doing the acts or withdrawing or withholding the services in question . |
| 28 | Later , and also accidentally , they were found to damage and destroy living tissues , so they were applied as a kind of cautery to ulcerating cancerous growths as well as to other conditions such as inflammations and tuberculosis . |
| 29 | His remarks were seen as a sign that the community accepts that there could be a 20- or even 22-member organisation by the end of the 1990s . |
| 30 | Mosley 's turn to political anti-semitism was signalled by his Albert Hall meeting in October 1934 when he attacked both the ‘ big ’ Jews who were seen as a threat to the nation 's economy and the ‘ little ’ Jews who allegedly swamped the cultural identity of localities where they settled . |