Example sentences of "were [vb pp] [adv] as [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To detect contamination occurring during preparation of samples , negative control samples containing only water were treated exactly as the tissue samples and examined by polymerase chain reaction techniques . |
| 2 | In Africa and Asia most LDCs were former European colonial possessions and as such were considered primarily as a source of raw materials and food . |
| 3 | The doors were flung open as the occupants climbed out , one of them dragging the girl behind him . |
| 4 | Closely packed terraces of Victorian houses were spread outwards as the population grew . |
| 5 | Existing traction resources were trimmed severely as the new , more efficient types entered service . |
| 6 | And conditions were still at just about the same , but it had been an old hotel , so all the rooms at the top were left just as the bedrooms would have been , so you went up and down steps , and along corridors . |