Example sentences of "[vb pp] as [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Shareholder monitoring may be depicted as taking an owner-like , internal form , involving scrutiny of management and replacement of under-performing directors via the company 's democratic channels , or an external form , whereby dissatisfied shareholders dispose of shares in the market , possibly triggering the removal of the board via the market for corporate control . |
| 2 | Isis was usually depicted as wearing a large pair of cow 's horns — an animal which was sacred to her — between which a disc representing the moon was suspended . |
| 3 | Middle-class children , on the other hand , drew explicit attention to the test conditions : ‘ this is a picture ; in the picture a boy is depicted as kicking a ball through a window … ’ ( ibid . ) . |
| 4 | The last and incomplete letter from Miller in the Darlington collection , dated 10 November 1769 , carried a wish for plants from Bartram 's garden , because he believed there to be new genera amongst them , but specimens had been ‘ so much compressed as to render the distinguishing characters very doubtful ’ . |
| 5 | In response to the coup the Prime Minster , Alfonso de los Heros Perez Alba , immediately resigned as did the Attorney General , Pedro Méndez Jurado , who was replaced by Hugo Ernesto Denegri Cornejo . |
| 6 | The particular business can be briefly summarized as filling the vacant patriarchate of Constantinople , hearing the primatial claims of the archbishop of Toledo and dealing with the heresy in the lands of the count of Toulouse . |
| 7 | The mother is reported as believing the separation is in Matthew 's best interests . |
| 8 | The referendum result was reported as approving the proposal by a margin of 62 per cent to 33 per cent ( 5 per cent spoiled votes ) , and the proposal was carried in 14 of the 16 states . |
| 9 | Before the High Court ruling , opposition parties had been reported as considering a boycott , amid allegations that Moi 's Kenya African National Union ( KANU ) was attempting to rig the elections . |
| 10 | The Civic Democratic Party was reported as favouring a continued federal structure , while the Movement for a Democratic Slovakia argued for a confederation of two sovereign states each of which would be a separate legal entity in international law . |
| 11 | Thatcher was reported as wanting the CSCE to set out the conditions for free elections , provide observers to monitor their observance , define the rule of law and human rights , set out the essential principles for sound legal systems and help to resolve minority rights issues . |
| 12 | They have been reported as spending a great deal of time analysing conversations that they have held with the various Ketamine entities . |
| 13 | Only 40 per cent of this age group was reported as having a freezer in 1986 , and the majority was therefore less able to store perishable goods . |
| 14 | Andropulos , whom Grierson had reported as having a remarkable affinity for scotch , seemed relaxed to the point of garrulity . |
| 15 | Being mostly confined to Buckinghamshire , the handful of parsons reported as having no personal property serve as much as anything to highlight doubts about the approach to clerical assessments there . |
| 16 | Lancashire was reported as asking the ministry to ‘ prescribe it under the Weeds Act 1959 ’ . |
| 17 | The referendum was reported as recording an 87.01 per cent turnout and 99.87 per cent approval for sovereignty for Kosovo . |
| 18 | In September 1989 , following a private conference , the Lord Justice was reported as launching an education programme for judges on sentencing and treatment of child sex abusers . |
| 19 | Only one member of the feudal class , Sir Robert Knolles , is reported as playing a major part in the attack on the rebels in London , although the earl of Suffolk and Bishop Despenser of Norwich were prominent in the repression in East Anglia . |
| 20 | In the wild this fish is reported as attaining a length of up to 18″ with a weight of 1½lb although this would appear to be the exception as species of about 6″ are more commonly the rule . |
| 21 | The Treasury Chief Secretary , Michael Portillo , is reported as saying the Government has a ‘ presentational problem ’ . |
| 22 | The problem is that our managerial hierarchies are so badly designed as to defeat the best efforts even of psychologically insightful individuals . |
| 23 | In fact , Abbey National was voted as offering the Best First- time Buyers ' Product on the basis of the good value of this good facility . |
| 24 | As a rule of thumb , this element in the main system model can be considered as monitoring the performance of the system as a whole ( for example , ensuring that residents are happily domiciled and day clients receive appropriate support ) , and setting , then maintaining , the standards of each sub-system ( Fig 11.8 ) . |
| 25 | The matrix of Sciences modules may be considered as providing a bank of competences to be drawn on by individuals through a number of outlets . |
| 26 | Histoire , whilst at one level a transposition of the discontinuity of experience , can at the same time be considered as providing an implicit commentary on the nature of fiction and writing : the text can be said to be formed from a meditation on a collection of postcards which the narrator is sifting through . |
| 27 | When the Ernst function ( 13.3 ) is considered as containing the metric functions , it leads to the Nutku-Halil solution described above . |
| 28 | The statute in pursuance of which the challenged action was done would provide guidance to the court as to what grievances were to be considered as giving a genuine cause for complaint . |
| 29 | If after a reasonable period of time has elapsed , the Insurer having examined all evidence available , has no reason to suppose other than an accident has occurred , the disappearance of an Insured Person shall be considered as constituting a claim under this policy . |
| 30 | Needless to say the electron is not to be considered as encircling the nucleus in a circular orbit but instead it is spread out in a way that is totally unpicturable classically . |