Example sentences of "[Wh det] be [adv] [verb] as [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As originally constructed by a ninth cohort , probably of Legio VI , it contained only two or three suites of rooms together with some which are best interpreted as having a communal function.44 There was a small internal courtyard with an ornamental fountain and the old , first-century fort bath-house was rebuilt on a much larger scale . |
| 2 | Humans have a special affinity for dolphins , which are widely perceived as having a special degree of intelligence . |
| 3 | The other features which are often claimed as defining characteristics are at once both subordinate to this and , on closer examination , clearly visible in many non-scientific enterprises . |
| 4 | 1Off — the verses which are usually taken as belonging to the Priestly strand of the Bible — that we first find mention of the covenantal aspects of circumcision : |
| 5 | Up to this time many astronomers had regarded Venus as the Earth 's twin , and that beneath the clouds , which were widely regarded as consisting of water , there were oceans and perhaps vegetation and animals . |
| 6 | These groups have an acknowledged and often flourishing traditional linguistic culture , which is easily understood as arising from their particular history as geographically and socially segregated communities , and not from ‘ natural ’ , ahistorical difference . |
| 7 | These I do not repeat here , but my version of Boulestin 's sweet tomato conserve , which I had intended to include in the same book and which is indeed indexed as appearing in it , somehow got away . |
| 8 | The third , which is usually regarded as representing the rung of the ‘ ladder ’ below reckless wounding or GBH ( contrary to section 20 ) but above common assault , is assault occasioning actual bodily harm . |
| 9 | Another early concept was that of the Ba , which is usually translated as meaning the soul . |
| 10 | Gilles Deleuze describes ‘ organ-speech ’ as a result of the materialization of language which is then perceived as infiltrating the body . |
| 11 | The wartime state had many of the characteristics of the ‘ welfare state ’ , which is popularly regarded as having been created after the war . |
| 12 | Next in line is the Victorian era , which is commonly remembered as harbouring some kind of gold standard of untarnished moral worth . |
| 13 | The most controversial case of this is Gilligan 's humanist call for the integration of ‘ feminine ’ and ‘ masculine ’ perspectives in psychological theory , which is often read as implying the essential rather than the social femaleness of the different voice , and , more broadly , the need for a separate or separatist , gynocentric psychology . |
| 14 | No discussion of tribunals can ignore the impact of the Report of the Franks Committee , which is still viewed as laying down the ground rules for the operation of tribunals . |
| 15 | Bulgaria 's lack of a democratic tradition and organization was a stumbling block for the main opposition grouping , the Union of Democratic Forces ( UDF ) , which was also seen as striking too negative a tone in its campaign , and as having made a tactical error in spending time campaigning abroad , thus exacerbating the UDF 's image as a party of the intellectual urban elite . |
| 16 | For Mrs Thatcher and her government , antagonism towards the miners in part reflected a desire for revenge against the union which was widely perceived as precipitating the political crisis which led to the downfall of a previous Conservative government , led by Edward Heath , in 1974 . |
| 17 | In Byelorussia , which was widely regarded as retaining one of the most conservative republican leaderships , it had been decided to allocate a quota of reserved Supreme Soviet seats for official organizations ( a practice applied in the March 1989 elections to the USSR Congress of People 's Deputies but since labelled undemocratic and abandoned for national elections — see p. 36978 ) . |
| 18 | Planning and control in ‘ real money ’ — cash limits The first significant change from PESC volume control which was broadly recognized as having failed , came with the widespread introduction of cash limits . |
| 19 | No composer was considered worthy of the name until he had written an opera , which was then regarded as representing the peak of musical achievement . |
| 20 | For the purposes of this essay I will concentrate on associative learning which covers what is popularly defined as learning , as opposed to genetic learning which is instinctual , hereditary behaviour that has developed through evolution . |
| 21 | 1.2 Extension of the principles In recent years there has been an extension of the principles behind the restraint of trade doctrine so as to embrace : ( a ) restraints in contracts which do not fit neatly into what was hitherto regarded as amounting to a restraint of trade ; ( b ) situations where the contract in question was not between the plaintiff and defendant and to which the plaintiff was not privy although he was affected by the working of the contract ; and ( c ) situations when no contract existed at all but the plaintiff could claim that a set of rules or certain conduct affected him prejudicially . |