Example sentences of "and [was/were] [verb] as the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were given permission and were destroyed as the herd of pigs drowned in the lake . |
| 2 | Heng Samrin retained his post as President of the State Council and was appointed as the party 's " honorary president " . |
| 3 | His photographic career began when he was working as Ape-keeper at Chester zoo and was commissioned as the zoo 's photographer . |
| 4 | His photographic career began when he was working as Ape-keeper at Chester zoo and was commissioned as the zoo 's photographer . |
| 5 | It is very probable that the seed sown on that day in Alloway , blossomed so many years later , and was harvested as the kernel of a fruit of genius . |
| 6 | The world 's gold-mining industry was stagnating , refining only about 45 per cent of metal from complex ores : the new process enabled 98 per cent extraction , and was hailed as the saviour of the industry . |
| 7 | Ennio Marchetto exploded on to the international comedy circuit in 1990 and was hailed as the cult hit of the Edinburgh Festival , since when he has delighted theatre audiences worldwide with his unique and highly-developed show featuring a multitude of paper showbusiness characters . |
| 8 | For a moment Luce had difficulty identifying Sagittarius ; then she saw it was symbolised by its ruling planet , Jupiter , and was portrayed as the Bringer of Joy . |
| 9 | It lay within the rich agricultural lowlands of the Welsh kingdom of Morgannwg which , towards the end of the 11th century A.D. , was conquered by the Norman lord , Robert Fitzhammon and was established as the lordship of Glamorgan . |
| 10 | The new Council was established hours after a state of emergency had been declared and was described as the country 's " supreme military and political organ " [ see p. 36449 ] . |