Example sentences of "he is [vb pp] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | He is noted as drinking no more than three cups of wine or beer at a meal , and for punishing drunkenness among his followers . |
| 2 | Down in Ballymena , he is noted as his home town 's most fervent Liverpool supporter … |
| 3 | But he is regarded as one of the quickest men in Welsh rugby and has 198 career tries to support the claim . |
| 4 | He is regarded as one of the foremost poets of science , and you as the first novelist of science . ’ |
| 5 | The contractor responds to this and obtains the ‘ Conditions of Tender ’ , a written specification of the form in which the tender must be submitted and any special undertakings required from the contractor before he is regarded as qualified to tender . |
| 6 | The latter may , for instance , feel that if he is regarded as competent to take on the task by himself he ought to be in charge of his own department and that the manager is intentionally blocking his promotion . |
| 7 | Major may have made it to the White House before Chancellor Kohl and President Mitterrand , but that does not mean he is regarded as being more important than either of them . |
| 8 | There he became a renowned ornithologist where his work is recognised to-day as being of immense scientific value and he is accepted as being the father of American Ornithology . |
| 9 | If the beneficiary dies after the passing of the Finance Act , 1975 , then of course for CTT purposes any determination or disposal of interest which has taken place since 25/3/74 has constituted a transfer of value and in addition if he is entitled at his death to a beneficial interest in possession in any property remaining in settlement that property falls to be included in the aggregate of the estate immediately before his death , a transfer of value of which he is treated as having made at that time . |
| 10 | Unlike the others , however , he is presented as wholly admirable : ‘ much irreconcilable moral contradiction did he pass his life among ; yet his equality of compassion was no more disturbed than the Divine Master 's of all healing was … |
| 11 | Nor was Roland in reality quite the great man and imperial favourite he is presented as in the poem , but a fairly obscure governor of Brittany . |
| 12 | CD reintroduces Pickwick , not very happily , in Master Humphrey 's Clock , where he is represented as joining Master Humphrey 's circle and supplying the story of Will Marks . |
| 13 | He is represented as granting land at Hoo in Kent to an Abbot Ecgbald ( CS 89 : S 233 ) , and a grant of land at Farnham , perhaps dating to 686 , for the founding of a monastery reveals him with authority in Surrey ( CS 72 : S 235 ) . |
| 14 | It can be detected out on the fairways , where he is acknowledged as being among cricket 's best golfers . |
| 15 | In Israel , they have built an exact replica of the Rebbe 's house so he will feel at home when he is proclaimed as Messiah and brought to the Holy Land . |
| 16 | Now Amsterdam seem to be willing to take him on despite the scandal , and are presenting him as an exciting and controversial figure , while many of his former colleagues in The Hague admire him , as do the public ; he is seen as decisive , inspiring and provocative . |
| 17 | He is recorded as having said that no way would the Winslades get back their rightful estate save by going to law , ‘ … which by poverty they shall never be able to do ’ . |
| 18 | In Richmal Crompton 's School Is a Waste of Time ! , which we have recently published , he is recorded as saying that MP 's ‘ have n't anything to do but make speeches and they need n't even make speeches if they do n't feel like it and they 're paid money whether they make speeches or not , which seems very nice for the MPs … |
| 19 | ( 6 ) No liability shall arise by virtue of subsection ( 3 ) above if — ( a ) before the date on which proceedings to enforce the liability are finally disposed of , the former residential occupier is reinstated in the premises in question in such circumstances that he becomes again the residential occupier of them ; or ( b ) at the request of the former residential occupier , a court makes an order ( whether in the nature of an injunction or otherwise ) as a result of which he is reinstated as mentioned in paragraph ( a ) above … |
| 20 | He is entitled as of right to be present at all meetings of the council , its committees and subcommittees . |
| 21 | He is trapped as I can not be trapped . |
| 22 | He is described as playing tricks on Jewish moneylenders in order to finance his soldiery , and generally behaving in a manner very far from what one might expect from the deeds of similar heroes such as Roland , Ogier or Lancelot . |
| 23 | He features in Kirby 's Wonderful Museum ( p. 34 , vol. 4 , 1820 edition ) where he is described as having been ‘ tall and very slender ’ and ‘ as he was never seen in company , or speaking with any person , his real name and character remained enveloped in profound mystery , so that he was generally known by no other appellation than the ‘ Walking Rushlight ' ’ ' . |
| 24 | In this context , Thomas Eccleston of Scarisbrick Hall is important ; he is described as active in scientific farming and agricultural improvement , and seems to have treated Moorcroft as a son . |
| 25 | ( An understandable state , since he is described as having ‘ led the way ’ for Robert Frost — whose revered poetry is misquoted — which would make him at least 110 ) . |
| 26 | In fact when God created this world he is described as working ( Gen. 2:13 ) , and frequently the world is said to be the work of his hands . |
| 27 | He is described as ‘ great ’ . |
| 28 | He is described as white , 25–30 years , six feet tall , stocky , with shoulder length wavy brown hair . |
| 29 | He is described as white , 5ft 10 ins , about 40 years old , slim , with short , dark brown hair and a fair complexion . |
| 30 | As the award-winner , he is described as ‘ one of the foremost structural engineers of his time … |