Example sentences of "was taken as [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The decision was taken as part of an initiative to cut funding of ‘ big ’ projects and put this money back into funding grants and studentships . |
| 2 | Mocked as Toom Tabard , the ‘ empty coat ’ , he was taken as prisoner to England along with other loot : the Black Rood of St Margaret , and the coronation Stone of Destiny from Scone . |
| 3 | Financial dependence was taken as evidence for agency status . |
| 4 | The resounding election victory of 21-year-old Bernadette Devlin , a student member of PD who stood as an anti-Unionist candidate , in the Mid-Ulster by-election on 17 April , was taken as affirmation of the minority 's support for Civil Rights movement . |
| 5 | This was taken as proof that the class was inferior to , and separate from , the main school . |
| 6 | This was taken as proof of his innocence , especially when the case had been brought on suspicion . |
| 7 | Analysis has been brought forward to show that what was taken as proof of a lack of logical processes amongst ‘ primitive ’ peoples was often simply misunderstanding by ill-informed European commentators of the meaning of what was being said and done . |