Example sentences of "and [was/were] [verb] as the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As Jo Grimond he was MP for Orkney and Shetland for thirty-three years and was seen as the last traditional Liberal . |
| 2 | This was the first official Israeli representation in China and was viewed as the first step towards the establishment of diplomatic relations . |
| 3 | Generally speaking the ‘ political ’ cure for inflation comprised some form of prices and incomes policy , and was regarded as the only alternative to the less palatable ‘ economic ’ cure of demand deflation . |
| 4 | After returning to Soho , Murdock was put in charge of the mechanical department and was regarded as the right-hand man of Boulton & Watt . |
| 5 | The Winston Cup series was started in 1949 and was known as the Grand National series . |
| 6 | The news that the Collector had been seen doing his own laundry caused a mild sensation at first and was interpreted as the long-awaited collapse , particularly by those members of the garrison who had once belonged to the " bolting " party . |