Example sentences of "it was [verb] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1965 it was condemned as unsafe and locked up . |
| 2 | It was seen as having both healing and destructive power . |
| 3 | The reported comments among Leipzig workers also hinted at a possible prolongation of the war through the entry of America into the conflict , and it was seen as vital that the Führer bring about ‘ a lightning quick destruction of England — with gas if necessary ’ . |
| 4 | In the 1960s and '70s it was seen as whisking people from a London roof-top to one in Paris in less than an hour . |
| 5 | It was seen as healthy for the British-American relationship and a good omen for Mr Bush 's re-election hopes this autumn . |
| 6 | In the early days it was seen as bringing a whirlwind of well-paid high-technology jobs to an area of record unemployment . |
| 7 | The time ranged from half an hour a day to 13 hours a day , depending on whether devolution was viewed as a separate activity concerned only with finance or whether it was seen as being curriculum driven and/or inseparable from all the activities performed by a head in a working day . |
| 8 | It was seen as sinister , however , and taken away . |
| 9 | The merger failed because , in the post-Westland environment it was seen as yet another sop to the United States , and more specifically , because GM insisted that Land Rover should be included in the package with Leyland Vehicles . |
| 10 | Yet even when ‘ agitation ’ played a large role , until the 1830s — and even then the traditional view was maintained by an older generation of abolitionists — it was seen as giving strength and support to parliamentary initiatives , backing to ‘ influence ’ over political leaders and entailing deference to the consensus of the leaders of parliamentary antislavery . |
| 11 | A whole series of arguments against correctionalism can be discerned , originating from various sources , but all gaining impetus in the 1960s and early 1970s : the corrective stance was seen as being inappropriate to an academic discipline in that its partiality had the effect of distorting the nature and appearance of the phenomena it was studying ; it was seen as neglecting the possibility that crime may have positive qualities and consequences ; correctionalism was seen as having led to the violation of fundamental human rights and principles of justice in its single-minded quest for efficient crime control . |
| 12 | It was seen as necessary to increase police powers to ban and control demonstrations and marches and to remove ambiguities in the existing law . |
| 13 | It was seen as being opposed to liberalism , as opposed to nationalism and perhaps there were , there were er , there were , there were good reasons er for that . |
| 14 | In a war presented by the government as a struggle between democracy and dictatorship , it was seen as essential that the normal political processes should continue , so the regular pattern of elections went on . |
| 15 | Again , because it was seen as being you know , an area of bad payers . |
| 16 | This being the case it was seen as essential to set a financial qualification for the franchise that would give the vote to " decent " farmers and shopkeepers whilst excluding the lower social orders who might use their votes to plunder the public purse for their own advantage . |
| 17 | Moreover , it was seen as too generous at a time when those parties had become more extreme . |
| 18 | The book was an immediate success , not only for its sexual interest and its association with the notorious Maundy Gregory [ q.v. ] , but also because it was seen as introducing a new mode of biography . |
| 19 | It was seen as particularly acute in June for S4 pupils . |
| 20 | It was seen as something to be avoided at all costs . |
| 21 | And then but it was seen as okay that the men could go to the pub after a funeral ? |
| 22 | This seems to have been revised twice , and by the third edition it was re-titled as Public Offices and Metropolitan Improvements , with an appendix added , comparing the cost of Hope 's plan with that of the Government 's . |
| 23 | It was concluded as agreed in the Treaty on the Final Settlement on Germany signed in September 1990 [ see p. 37834 ] . |
| 24 | It was recognized as valid . |
| 25 | At the same time , it was recognized as ‘ forming part of the Indo-Chinese Federation and the French Union ’ . |
| 26 | Painted around 1806 , it was catalogued as by John Opie ; the auctioneers later changed their minds and attributed it to George Chinnery . |
| 27 | With the RAF roundels removed it was repainted as ‘ DU–A ’ , the commander 's machine , and it now proudly again carries this livery . |
| 28 | At that point , the passenger-to-be produced her UWC pass and , on her assurance delivered in Ulster speech that the flight was indeed an essential service , it was accepted as valid for both herself and the pilot . |
| 29 | This year the catering team was led by Mrs Duff ; it was composed as ever of Crofters and ‘ Cathedral ladies ’ . |
| 30 | It was regarded as too narrowly based upon Mrs Thatcher 's wing of the party and insufficiently representative of , or capable of appealing to , the various other strands of opinion . |