Example sentences of "and [was/were] [verb] as the " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were given permission and were destroyed as the herd of pigs drowned in the lake . |
| 2 | Heng Samrin retained his post as President of the State Council and was appointed as the party 's " honorary president " . |
| 3 | As Jo Grimond he was MP for Orkney and Shetland for thirty-three years and was seen as the last traditional Liberal . |
| 4 | This was the first official Israeli representation in China and was viewed as the first step towards the establishment of diplomatic relations . |
| 5 | The Guardian of April 3 reported that over the preceding months Treuhand had become the " focus of growing public anger " and was viewed as the " embodiment of eastern Germany 's economic misery " . |
| 6 | After returning to Soho , Murdock was put in charge of the mechanical department and was regarded as the right-hand man of Boulton & Watt . |
| 7 | Generally speaking the ‘ political ’ cure for inflation comprised some form of prices and incomes policy , and was regarded as the only alternative to the less palatable ‘ economic ’ cure of demand deflation . |
| 8 | His photographic career began when he was working as Ape-keeper at Chester zoo and was commissioned as the zoo 's photographer . |
| 9 | His photographic career began when he was working as Ape-keeper at Chester zoo and was commissioned as the zoo 's photographer . |
| 10 | It is very probable that the seed sown on that day in Alloway , blossomed so many years later , and was harvested as the kernel of a fruit of genius . |
| 11 | The world 's gold-mining industry was stagnating , refining only about 45 per cent of metal from complex ores : the new process enabled 98 per cent extraction , and was hailed as the saviour of the industry . |
| 12 | Ennio Marchetto exploded on to the international comedy circuit in 1990 and was hailed as the cult hit of the Edinburgh Festival , since when he has delighted theatre audiences worldwide with his unique and highly-developed show featuring a multitude of paper showbusiness characters . |
| 13 | For a moment Luce had difficulty identifying Sagittarius ; then she saw it was symbolised by its ruling planet , Jupiter , and was portrayed as the Bringer of Joy . |
| 14 | It lay within the rich agricultural lowlands of the Welsh kingdom of Morgannwg which , towards the end of the 11th century A.D. , was conquered by the Norman lord , Robert Fitzhammon and was established as the lordship of Glamorgan . |
| 15 | By the close of the 1980s the West Coast had started to regain some of its old vitality and was emerging as the most utilised and profitable part of the InterCity network . |
| 16 | Ellis Island lies off the tip of Manhattan , almost adjacent to the Statue of Liberty , and was known as the ‘ Gateway to Americas ’ — the land of fortune and freedom . |
| 17 | The Winston Cup series was started in 1949 and was known as the Grand National series . |
| 18 | The news that the Collector had been seen doing his own laundry caused a mild sensation at first and was interpreted as the long-awaited collapse , particularly by those members of the garrison who had once belonged to the " bolting " party . |
| 19 | The new Council was established hours after a state of emergency had been declared and was described as the country 's " supreme military and political organ " [ see p. 36449 ] . |