Example sentences of "they be [verb] [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | Feminist ideas are presented as extreme , and women who hold them are described variously as unfeminine , man-hating , aggressive , ugly and perverted . |
| 2 | Front leg kicks travel the shortest distance , though they are regarded generally as too weak to score . |
| 3 | One views unusual vertical arrangements with suspicion , presuming that they are made so as to prevent others entering the industry , to raise margins and thereby increase profits at the expense of consumers . |
| 4 | However , such groups possess a wider significance if they are seen either as representing the last stages of a long , discreditable history , or as one of the means by which this history is transmitted into the future . |
| 5 | On the " substantial " interpretation , they are seen simply as relating to certain terms which if substituted for variables in the relevant propositional schemata yield ( contextually ) true propositions , irrespective of whether or not such terms stand for actually existing objects . |
| 6 | In fact , as I write I realize that the whole mess of Primavera must be handed over to you — TAKE OVER THE WHOLE BLOODY THING and get this tremendous weight off my shoulders — change and edit the costumes , but not too much , as they are designed so as not to interfere with the movement of the ballet , as it includes curling up into small balls , rolling , lying etc . |
| 7 | Although they are discussed here as separate issues , tourism , recreation and sport are not mutually exclusive . |
| 8 | But yes , they are taken just as Abbot Radulfus said , and very solemnly , so I 'm told . |
| 9 | So all they 're asking really as you 're the landlords , do you have any objection to them building a new er mower store ? |
| 10 | ‘ Today they 're coming forward as they see their rights being taken away . ’ |
| 11 | Because what they 're doing now as you know , they can do closing , they can do these now . |
| 12 | The company also made records for the ‘ World-echo ’ and ‘ Siemens ’ labels , and they were given away as Christmas presents in giant Christmas crackers made by Mead & Fields Ltd . |
| 13 | They were turned away as eight fire engines brought firefighters to tackle the blaze at St Anselm and Cecilia church in Holborn , London . |
| 14 | They were buffeted psychologically as well as physically , and , although W.G. Quaife batted tidily for undefeated 40 , the crafty Hampshire pair , Alec Kennedy ( 4 for 47 ) and Jack Newman ( 5 for 53 ) ran through Warwickshire for 158 , the last wicket falling at 4.20pm . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | They were grouped just as he had left them , all looking warily after him . |
| 17 | To my amazement , they were burning brightly as the rain fell and water dripped from the ash trees . |
| 18 | They were caught red-handed as they carried part of a 200kg haul , worth £264,000 on the streets , into a warehouse near Madrid . |
| 19 | And now they were climbing again as the building grumbled and shook . |
| 20 | What he did wish was to emasculate his opponents , and then to pretend they were coming together as equals . |
| 21 | Diana was not so enthused by the architecture , which Charles delighted in , but there was no doubting the warmth of the welcome — they were greeted everywhere as ‘ Carlo e De ’ — and the sheer beauty of the place and the warm weather lifted everyone 's spirits after an English winter . |
| 22 | They were valued mainly as sources of timber for the Royal Navy but , in the absence of an effective forestry policy of conservation and production , the yields were small . |