Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] as [art] second [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 To strengthen the validity of this conclusion , a group of symptomatic patients without coeliac disease with normal intestinal mucosa was added as a second control group , in addition to age matched normal controls .
2 In a Nottingham mining family the grandfather was named as a second father : ‘ I used to call him ‘ father ’ and me dad , ‘ dad ’ . ’
3 PRIME Minister John Major 's ‘ classless society ’ was revealed as a second class sham yesterday — from the school playground to the factory floor .
4 The effect was that Craig did not receive 1,476 out of the 3,813 papers on which he was shown as a second preference .
5 Non-smoking ( never smoking combined with tried but stopped ) was used as a second end point .
6 Clarke entered the Royal Military Academy , and in 1847 came first in his class and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Royal Engineers .
7 Law and Baker 's joint transfer was greeted as the second coming .
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