Example sentences of "as it [was/were] sometimes [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Athleticism ’ , as it was sometimes called , was a kind of moral code or system of ideas . |
| 2 | According to this view the existence of stable or viable democracy in a particular society depends primarily upon certain values being held by the people in that society ; that is to say , upon the existence of an underlying consensus , or , as it was sometimes called , a common value system . |
| 3 | I also found a modest typed item : ‘ Newton or Easter Newton , as it was sometimes designated , was a possession of a branch of the Roses of Kilravock , having been rebuilt in about 1650 … ’ |
| 4 | His mission was to show that socialism was not only politically possible but could work well in practice , a natural extension and not ( as it was sometimes portrayed by the left ) a betrayal of his previous commitment . |
| 5 | But at the end of the thirteenth century Pope Boniface VIII tried to condemn the practice , especially as it was sometimes carried out in the side chapels of churches , which were deemed appropriate ‘ kitchens ’ . |