Example sentences of "the [noun prp] be [vb pp] as [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | By the end of the nineteenth century the Guernsey was described as native to Alderney , Sark and Herm as well as Guernsey and was still kept pure by restrictions on imports . |
2 | A man who throws in his job as a bank manager for life as a fisherman in the Orkneys is seen as individual-minded . |
3 | For its first season the driver and guard of the Gondola were dressed as Venetian gondoliers , much to the amusement of the other platform staff . |
4 | That is to say , is it not the case that a religion in which the Godhead is represented as male , or central to which is a male human being , necessarily acts as an ideology which is biased against half of humanity ? |
5 | The US dollar and the euro-currency markets were the main providers of additional liquidity , and therefore liquidity provided by the IMF was regarded as unnecessary or even potentially inflationary . |
6 | While there is no convincing evidence that the TNCs can bring salvation to the Third World , in many poor countries the TNCs are seen as responsible for the only bright spots in the economy and society . |
7 | In making such an appraisal , the MMC is not limited to competition questions , but is supposed to consider all factors which appear relevant : the balanced distribution of industry and employment in the UK is listed as relevant and , in the past , the MMC has also examined the effect on the balance of payments and on imports . |
8 | The free trade agreement with the US is seen as significant , and UK publishers with American English lists look set to benefit . |
9 | The growing indebtedness of the USA is regarded as unacceptable because it is draining savings away from other , less prosperous economies . |