Example sentences of "were [vb pp] as [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The larger troops , plausibly , were developed as protection from diurnal predators . |
| 2 | Reservoirs at Sulby and Naseby , both in valleys of feeders to the Avon , were completed as part of the main construction programme in 1914 and 1921 respectively ; the head of Naseby was raised in 1934 and ‘ New Sulby ’ , better known as Welford Reservoir , came into use in 1837 . |
| 3 | Applied geology mapping Engineering geological interpretations of the soils and rocks of the Wrexham and Stoke-on-Trent areas were completed as part of the applied geological mapping of these areas for the Department of the Environment . |
| 4 | Both these numbers were given as part of a short questionnaire about their driving histories . |
| 5 | At Sketch-Club meetings his witticisms were regarded as part of the fun . |
| 6 | The breakdown of CENTO and SEATO were regarded as part of a historical process which paralleled the emergence of the Soviet Union as a superpower with its own ‘ legitimate interests ’ in the Third World . |
| 7 | This is partly because fishing rights erm were written in erm to the , to the European Community system erm as part of in a sense the agricultural policy , erm because they were regarded as part of food policy , and it was thought that you must have , if you 're going to have a common agricultural policy , and that was one of the important points erm of the negotiations for setting up the European Community , then a common fisheries policy went alongside with that . |
| 8 | The genera Ophialcaea and Ophiotreta were treated as subgenera of Ophiacantha by Mortensen ( 1936 ) and Fell ( 1960 ) , but H. L. Clark ( 1915 ) and Koehler ( 1922 , 1931 ) considered them to be of generic rank , a treatment followed here pending future study on the generic boundaries in this subfamily . |
| 9 | The development and dissemination of the family smoking education project were examined as part of the development of the English language version , but the project 's effect on smoking behaviour has not been thoroughly evaluated . |
| 10 | Global Marine were enrolled as part of the subsurface team and managed drilling operations under a novel performance-related contract . |
| 11 | REPORTS that the Government plans to save about 13 of the 31 coal mines threatened with closure — but only for about two years — were dismissed as speculation by Downing Street last night . |
| 12 | For many ‘ A ’ stream children there was little place on the timetable for music , dance , art , craft , poetry , the humanities — subjects which were dismissed as window-dressing by some of my professional colleagues . |
| 13 | On this and the following day , over 300 sorties were flown as part of preparations for the US Marine invasion of Tulagi and two smaller nearby islands . |
| 14 | It is possible that many cases of petty assault were instituted as retaliation for verbal abuse . |
| 15 | PEPs originally were designed as part of the Government 's plan to help more people become share owners by offering them the chance to invest in the Stock Exchange . |
| 16 | They were designed as part of a diploma intended for teachers in post with the title ‘ Teaching in the Multi Ethnic School ’ in the late seventies . |
| 17 | Where , for example , members of the patient 's social network were interviewed as part of the assessment process , these interviews were specifically carried out by the ASWs . |
| 18 | Ann and I even managed to find a boat and ventured out fishing on Dunalister Reservoir , a shallow , flooded loch between Rannoch and Tummel , formed when the waters of Rannoch were impounded as part of the Pitlochry Hydro Electric Scheme . |
| 19 | Beset by relative impotence in the international arena only rarely could abolitionists provide sustenance from ‘ agitation ’ for antislavery diplomacy or politics as when the 1814 petitions were seen as support for Castlereagh 's negotiations on suppressing the transatlantic slave trade at the peace congress . |
| 20 | The individual organism came first in the biologist 's consciousness , while the replicators — now known as genes — were seen as part of the machinery used by individual organisms . |
| 21 | The 1989 NHS Reforms were greeted with great hostility by much of the medical profession , partly because they were seen as part of possible moves towards dismantling the NHS , but also because of the changed emphasis brought about by the consideration of terms such as : ‘ efficiency ’ , ‘ internal market ’ , and ‘ payment by results ’ in areas where the role of the market had previously been much less prominent . |
| 22 | These changes were seen as part of a comprehensive strategy to foster exchange rate cohesion . |
| 23 | There was , however , overlap between the Stanley connection and the royal household , which confirms that the Stanleys were seen as part of the royal affinity rather than as part of Gloucester 's . |
| 24 | They were sometimes denied the authority necessary for the fulfilment of their expected role , and it was critically important that they were seen as part of a school 's management team rather than being relegated to the position of mere facilitator . |
| 25 | One has only to think of the Romantic period where poets became their own heroes , and their lives were seen as part of their poetic output . |
| 26 | There was , however , overlap between the Stanley connection and the royal household , which confirms that the Stanleys were seen as part of the royal affinity rather than as part of Gloucester 's . |
| 27 | With this conceptual framework , Van Helmont opened up neglected avenues of pathological research , and chemical cures were sought as part of a fully causal therapy . |
| 28 | Three theses were presented as part of an explanation of the concept of authority . |
| 29 | The defence of the format of these books is that they were written as part of a struggle . |
| 30 | Selected titles were featured as part of a p.o.s. promotion that was supplied to participating retailers . |