Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] [verb] as part " in BNC.

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1 The moves were widely seen as part of an attempt to end the 15-year civil war by meeting conditions demanded by the opposition UNITA rebels .
2 Franco had been grateful to receive Italian planes in July and August , but he was not happy with the massive despatch of foot-soldiers , partly because Mussolini had the temerity to send more than had been agreed , and partly because the Duce insisted that they were not deployed as part of the Spanish Army , but formed an independent corps , with their own officers .
3 But these were accidental acquisitions ; they were not collected as part of a coherent plan ’ .
4 The activation of SMA , cerebellum and possibly of sensory-motor areas suggests that these structures were automatically engaged as part of a more general neuronal network devoted to language planning and execution .
5 I have explored some of the basic issues related to modular courses in two previous reports ( Squires 1979 , 1986 ) but academics were also asked as part of this study about the advantages and disadvantages of modularizing degree courses in their subject .
6 These oolites were probably deposited as part of the coastal sand-barrier complex as it prograded basinwards , before becoming stabilised at the edge of the platform .
7 They found themselves sharing stages with other guitar bands like The June Brides , Big Flame , and Age of Chance ; outfits who were later viewed as part of a new scene with The Wedding Present .
8 Passengers were later used as part of Saddam 's ‘ human shield ’ .
9 These six-sided bricks , each facet displaying part of a printed map , when correctly positioned display six maps by W. and A. K. Johnston , including England , Scotland , Europe and the World , and were neatly boxed as part of the original product .
10 There was some opposition in the Committee but it was not pressed to division , and it seems that the restrictions were reluctantly accepted as part of a package deal to get agreement on the report as a whole .
11 National Insurance reforms ( such as the modifications to the State Earnings Related Pension Scheme — SERPS ) were therefore introduced as part of a broader review of the Welfare State in 1985/86 , with the intention of reducing the cost to the state and the taxpayer ( see Ch. 16 ) .
12 The move was widely seen as part of the Socialist Party 's strategy for the regional elections in March to counter the growing popularity of far-right views .
13 Our present VAT rate , at 15% , is lower than in many countries : As part of a general restructuring , it could rise to 25% , the level that was once adopted as part of a two-tier system .
14 In branches of physical geography the systems approach was also used as part of a fundamental basis for the study of drainage basins , ( Gregory and Walling , 1973 ) or of alluvial river channels ( Richards , 1982 ) and it has been used as the basic vehicle for other branches of geomorphology .
15 The mill was originally run as part of the adjacent farm and , not surprisingly , was used to provide power for a number of other uses .
16 The jail was originally built as part of William the Conqueror 's castle .
17 A study to investigate similar effects for the right hemisphere was originally considered as part of this work , but was abandoned due to lack of availability of subjects .
18 While previously residential care had been seen as the solution for many young children , it was now considered as part of the problem .
19 The actual founding of the town is obscure , but it was well established as part of the Royal hunting lodge before 1066 and so has no separate entry in the Domesday Book , since Snaith was a royal manor held by the King ‘ for the support of his table ’ , and therefore already documented .
20 The first case to consider is that in which , in many relatively early societies , an artist of a certain kind — often in fact a poet — was officially recognized as part of the central social organization itself .
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