Example sentences of "is always [verb] as [art] " in BNC.

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1 However , whereas routine can become mechanical , ritual itself is always intended as a conscious act .
2 It seems that in any country , the Rottweiler is always recognized as a working dog first and a show dog as an after thought and then as only a show dog .
3 For being is always defined as the appropriation of either difference into identity , or of identities into a greater order , be it absolute knowledge , History , or the state .
4 Cos probability is always expressed as a fraction .
5 The instructor , who is always addressed as the sensei , instils principles of etiquette into every student .
6 I 've often wondered why Norman , if he is such a dreadful player , is always used as a bench mark for other people 's success .
7 It is the same for all the inherently restrictive adjectives ; inevitably , an adjective which is always used as a way of selecting restrictively from a set of items present in the mind of the speaker is liable to be thought of as a means of identifying an entity .
8 Aries is always classed as the first constellation of the Zodiac , though by now the First Point of Aries ( the position where the ecliptic cuts the equator ) has shifted into the adjacent constellation of Pisces .
9 He is the patron saint of England and is always shown as the dragon killer .
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