Example sentences of "often [verb] as [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Recently , however , it has been pointed out that mansi absi were often registered as owing dues , which were always in cash rather than labour services . |
| 2 | Loudon himself , though anxious to ‘ discard those fanciful comfortless dwellings which are often erected as ornamental cottages ’ , admits that he would ‘ scarcely have courage to pull down a fine old specimen of a picturesque cottage , unless in a case of extreme necessity ’ . |
| 3 | The truth is that they 're so often used as fast turnover test beds for review equipment , and new fishkeeping ideas , that they are probably less interesting than the majority of our readers ' tanks . |
| 4 | is often sold as dried seeds but is really more useful in powder form , when it is a vital ingredient in many curries . |
| 5 | All the plants mentioned are likely to be available from good garden centres , but cannas are not often sold as growing plants , and Perilla frutescens may be difficult to find as plants ( seed is widely available ) . |
| 6 | The plants are often preserved as dark markings on shales , and were less than half a metre in length . |
| 7 | Such views are often condemned as blind acceptance of authority without any reason . |
| 8 | For this reason the image was often worn as small bronze amulets , especially by children and soldiers , and it also commonly appears on buildings , as at Pompeii . |
| 9 | SACRISTON entertainer Brenda Collins is often billed as Little Miss Dynamite for her role as singer-comediennne , a description which could also apply to her everyday life . |
| 10 | Because they continued to be economically independent , these working older people , both men and women , were often remembered as strong characters , like the Lancashire shopkeeping grandmother , a ‘ powerful personality ’ who was without any doubt ‘ boss of the concern ’ , or the old North Welsh woman who ‘ was doing all the cobbling for the neighbours in Berthengam , and … they were done by her well . ’ |
| 11 | Ramblers were often trained as weeping standards , with their stems tied to a vertical pole and then fanned out over a series of hoops to cascade down to the ground . |
| 12 | Although that curriculum is often represented as diminishing teachers ' choices and initiatives , it is important for heads and their colleagues to note how matters of culture which have many facets can be handled alongside a national concern that schools should be more readily comparable with each other and should be readily accountable , not least in their pupils ' attainment levels . |
| 13 | Benjamin Libet of the University of California at San Francisco has been responsible for two sets of experiments which are often cited as crucial evidence in the debate about the relationship between brain and mind . |
| 14 | However , although in wartime married women were positively encouraged and in some cases required to re-enter or remain in the labour market , working in those very occupations from which they had previously been ‘ barred ’ , such women were often categorised as temporary workers , or were employed part-time . |
| 15 | Often described as automatic dosing equipment they have one or two delivery systems for the detergent and for the rinse additive if fitted . |
| 16 | Microcomputers are often described as personal computers In fact it can be quite helpful to think of them in this way when considering the differences between them and mainframe or minicomputers Usually microcomputers are used by only one person at a time ; for example , a personnel manager might have one on his desk top which he uses to examine trends in recruitment . |
| 17 | These are most often described as giant squid and octopuses ( see pages 18–19 ) or as " sea serpents " . |