Example sentences of "[noun prp] was [adv] [verb] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | These have now been put in place , whilst in July 1976 Brezhnev was publicly identified as Chairman of this body as well as C.-in-C . |
| 2 | The Lancashire and Yorkshire Company 's service to Blackpool and Southport was regularly criticized as slow , uncomfortable , and dilatory . |
| 3 | Rex was then re-elected as Premier when the Assembly reconvened . |
| 4 | First Deputy Prime Minister Eriya Kategaya was also named as National Political Commissar . |
| 5 | The choice of Gore was also seen as reinforcing those areas — particularly foreign policy and environmental issues — where Clinton was seen as vulnerable . |
| 6 | Ruth was still laughing as she closed the bathroom door after her . |
| 7 | ‘ It really is the most beautiful place on earth , ’ Ruth was still enthusing as she bearded mussels and washed prawns for the paella Fernando had promised her . |
| 8 | Inflation for the month of December was officially stated as 40.1 per cent but was unofficially recognized to be much higher . |
| 9 | Sar Kheng was also appointed as Interior Minister , replacing Gen. Sin Song who took charge of the new Ministry of National Security . |
| 10 | A general election was held on May 8 , 1991 , ( with an additional round of run-off contests on May 15 — see p. 38196 ) ; Teatao Teannaki was subsequently elected as President in July [ see p. 38345 ] . |
| 11 | The Picts and the Irish of western Scotland recovered their independence , the Forth was probably re-established as Northumbria 's northern frontier , and the bishopric at Abercorn on its southern shore , established by Ecgfrith for the Picts , was abandoned . |
| 12 | Croatia was effectively split as eastern Slavonia and a stretch of the Zagreb-Belgrade motorway near Okucani came under Serbian control . |
| 13 | Matthew was wrongly diagnosed as having a bone tumour . |
| 14 | But even Mr Hurd was loudly heckled as he insisted Maastricht was good for Britain . |
| 15 | Before the advent of molecular genetics , screening of newborns in the United Kingdom was generally regarded as ethically unsound because no treatment was available ; it offered little advantage to the family other than the possibility of terminating all subsequent male fetuses , more than half of whom would be normal . |
| 16 | By the time of Wellcome 's death in 1936 , Dale was long established as Director of the National Institute of Medical Research , and soon afterwards ( 1940- 1945 ) became President of the Royal Society and a principal scientific advisor of government during the war . |
| 17 | Pons was much occupied as chair of the chemistry department and the detailed day to day work with the fusion cells was carried out by Hawkins and Fleischmann . |
| 18 | Will Lee was recently quoted as saying , ‘ The ways I approach grooves are either to lock with the kick drum and playing fills around that , or to ignore the kick drum and create a melodic hook that allows the bass part to shine . ’ |
| 19 | Originally scheduled for November 1991 , the tour had been postponed following opinion surveys which suggested that Bush was widely perceived as concentrating too much on foreign affairs and too little on domestic considerations . |
| 20 | Both sides said that Bush was too busy with the Gulf War , but US unease about events in the Baltic was widely assessed as having also been a factor . |
| 21 | German reconnaissance was less reliable , and Kluck was largely misled as to Allied movements . |
| 22 | Jack was just arriving as she walked back into the department , and a police car drew up with the still-hysterical mother inside . |
| 23 | Gooch was yesterday confirmed as skipper for the rest of Ashes series despite England 's defeat in the first Test . |
| 24 | To Neil , hide-bound Englishman that he was , Philip Arbuthnot was best described as Irish , because he could n't account for him in any other way . |
| 25 | But Mackenzie was greatly missed as his devoted service to deaf people was universally acknowledged , and he was a man of great charm and Christian virtue who had many friends among the deaf community . |
| 26 | The release of prisoners of war by Iraq was officially described as completed when a total of 45 prisoners-of-war had been handed over to the International Committee of the Red Cross ( 10 on March 4 , comprising six US personnel , three British and one Italian , and 35 on March 5 , comprising 15 US , nine British , nine Saudis , an Italian and a Kuwaiti , who were flown from Baghdad to Riyadh on March 6 ) . |
| 27 | Despite the Iraqi president 's failure to win the Gulf War , Saddam was still regarded as something of a hero by the Delhi Muslims , although this failed to explain why the pin-up most popular in the city was that which showed Saddam dressed in full Austrian costume : lederhosen , braces , Tyrolean hat , knobbly knees and all . |
| 28 | On 13 March 1990 Winchester was formally appointed as appointed representative of Norwich Union by a letter of that date . |
| 29 | At Brigade H.Q the Brigade Major was just leaving as I arrived and there was no sign of Shimi Lovat . |
| 30 | O'Neill was also cautioned as tempers frayed . |