Example sentences of "is [verb] as [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then Rolle describes two further stages in which his experience is illuminated as the truths of God on which he meditates are felt inwardly . |
| 2 | Smoked or tinted material is preferred as the instruments constructed can be more easily seen when set aside . |
| 3 | Might the hon. Member for Bolsover ( Mr. Skinner ) want more money for Derbyshire so that it can employ more people such as his brother , who is employed as a personnel liaison officer for Toyota , his sister-in-law , who is employed in the county publicity department — — and such as another sister-in-law , who is employed in the education department ? |
| 4 | She joined the Company in May and is employed as an Accounts Clerkess . |
| 5 | Star is what is known as a systems house . |
| 6 | Ours is known as the Sons of Dives . |
| 7 | Their clothes were expensive and had cigarette burns in them , their licenses had been taken away from them , their faces showed signs of what is known as the ruins of great beauty , they were always in various stages of depression ; and , being the way they were , this had the effect of making them exceedingly witty with the scaffold humour that Lydia preferred . |
| 8 | They operate by what is known as the venturi principle : water from the tap is forced through a restriction in the body of the dispenser which causes suction in the throat of the restriction . |
| 9 | One of the new cards will be located on the ground floor of what is known as the flats building , occupying space vacated by previous winding machines . |
| 10 | It is known as the Baronnies and fills the top half of a triangle formed by the main roads which run south from Bàgneres and from La Barthe-de-Neste and which cross the mountains to the south at the Col d'Aspin . |
| 11 | ‘ One part which has been spoiled by people taking short cuts is known as the Devils 's Staircase . |
| 12 | This group is known as the cetaceans and comprises 77 different species , ranging from the common dolphin to the blue whale . |
| 13 | The hotel is run as a sports club and offers a vast selection of sporting activities ( 1 June to 30 Sept ) included in the price . |
| 14 | This is defined as a goods vehicle which does not form part of a vehicle combination and has a relevant plated weight not exceeding 3500kg , or ( not having a plated weight ) has an unladen weight not exceeding 1525kg . |
| 15 | GREAT grand-dad Tommy Kirk is retiring as a meals-on-wheels driver — at the age of NINETY THREE . |