Example sentences of "[was/were] [vb pp] [adv] as [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although many more ancient monuments and ruins existed than survive today , they were either thought of as relatively recent ruins or natural phenomena , or else they were explained away as having been made by gods or legendary heroes . |
| 2 | In February 1992 , however , Lautro 's Rules were amended so as to give other persons served with an intervention notice the right to appeal against it : see new rules 7.28 and 7.3(12) . |
| 3 | The rules of the Young Communist League were altered so as to widen its membership " not only to those who support its stated policy and aims , but also to those who , while not being actively hostile to its policy and aims , wish to study Socialism " . |
| 4 | If , however , the CLRC 's proposal were altered so as to make mercy killing into a new qualified defence to murder , with the normal maximum sentence of life imprisonment , the central plank of the opposition to an explicit recognition of this mitigation in English law would disappear . |
| 5 | This was followed in 1988 by a reform of the Community Budget in which steps were taken to shift expenditure from agricultural to the structural funds , that is those concerned with regional and social matters , and the expenditure rules were recast so as to concentrate such structural spending on the poorest regions . |
| 6 | Peptide stimulations and CTL assays were done essentially as described in the legend to Fig. 2 . |
| 7 | Where land was readily acquired so that the farmstead could be enlarged in a logical way , rather than the haphazard development which resulted from the erection of buildings on whatever sites became available , individual buildings within the grouping were sited so as to maximise efficiency . |
| 8 | Nuclear extracts from Hep3B cells ( either untreated or stimulated with 1000U/ml IL-6 ) were prepared essentially as described ( 34 ) except that the buffers contained the phosphatase inhibitors , sodium fluoride ( 50mM ) and sodium pyrophosphate ( 10mM ) . |
| 9 | His routines were organized so as to facilitate this intellectual process : weekends were reserved for Colombey , where he could take long walks and mull over problems ; workday schedules at the Elysée were strictly adhered to ; he insisted on absolute punctuality and an atmosphere of unruffled calm . |
| 10 | Under a presidential decree of Aug. 6 , oil and gas export prices were deregulated so as to bring them into line with world prices . |
| 11 | The items were selected so as to give a quick overview of performance in relation to a range of topics including number concepts , measures , spatial concepts , algebra , graphs and number patterns . |
| 12 | These types of problem extend even to the more commonplace types of metalwork in which the lack of replication might lead to the suggestion that everyday items were produced locally as required ; but were such technical skills possessed by someone on every farm or hamlet , at only a few locations , or was the craftsman a mobile specialist ? |
| 13 | The EMSA and the DNA probes used were performed exactly as described in [ 14 ] . |
| 14 | And these were performed mostly as mimes , for fear Gabriel should be overburdened with the learning of words . |
| 15 | DNA isolation , restriction enzyme digestion , agarose gel electrophoresis , Southern blot transfer , and hybridization were performed essentially as described ( 36 ) . |
| 16 | At two stores , cars were used unsuccessfully as battering rams to breach security shutters . |
| 17 | At two stores , cars were used unsuccessfully as battering rams to breach security shutters . |
| 18 | In medieval times , mirrors were sold by pedlars , and were used mainly as looking glasses . |
| 19 | IgG anti-bovine lactoferrin antibodies were measured essentially as described above , except that no negative or positive serum references were used . |
| 20 | Subjects were presented with a computer controlled tone in one ear and had to match this tone through movements of the tongue which were transduced so as to produce a sound which was relayed to the other ear . |
| 21 | Where mechanical clearance was undertaken , 200 mm of runoff and of soil were lost annually as compared to 48 mm of runoff and of soil wash where manual clearing , followed by mechanised tillage , were practised . |
| 22 | Curves predicting the numbers of damaged lymphocytes were constructed so as to allow for three possibilities : CD45RA cells die , CD45R0 cells die and CD45R0 cells change into CD45RA cells . |
| 23 | This liability would only be avoided if careful records of the sources of drugs were kept so as to pass on liability to the manufacturer responsible for any defect . |
| 24 | With effect from the general election of 1965 West German electoral law was amended so as to impose stricter limits on variations in constituency magnitudes . |
| 25 | With the help of an infrared converter , the measuring beam ( 2μm square cross-section ) was aligned so as to pass axially through a given cell while the reference beam passed either outside the retinal fragment or in a space between photoreceptors . |
| 26 | Yet he was to say that the entire enterprise of The Cantos was undertaken so as to uncover the reasons why war happens , so as to preclude its happening again . |
| 27 | This preoccupation with assessment was regarded both as demoralizing and excessively demanding on teachers ' time in 1989 , 1990 and 1991 . |
| 28 | The plan form of his Panopticon was designed so as to combine " … the apparent omnipresence of the inspector … with the extreme facility of his real presence " ( Bentham , Works , IV p 45 ) . |
| 29 | Among these benefits were : 1 ) Bill of lading provisions that granted the carrier the benefit of the shipper 's insurance were outlawed ; and 2 ) The right of the carrier to limit liability to a fixed sum per package or shipping unit was modified so as to specify a mandatory minimum of 100 Pounds Sterling ( or English Gold Sovereigns ) or the the national currency equivalent per package or unit . |
| 30 | The seat , provided with a division of about 6in. in height , was positioned so as to afford a clear forward view of the horses and the surrounding countryside . |