Example sentences of "[noun] [pron] is [adv] [verb] as " in BNC.

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1 Guy Gerlach 's relocation to Brazil indicates Heinemann 's commitment to the region , but Brazil itself is variously described as ‘ static ’ , ‘ highly complicated ’ and ‘ a nightmare ’ .
2 ‘ As a driver who is generally considered as being more level-headed than most , I want to know whether there is any danger of me being banned for two months if I have an accident here at Phoenix .
3 The Children Act 1989 is likely to require much more account to be taken of the children 's views and those of their parents and other interested parties , but it is a process which is still seen as difficult , and is less frequently carried out than is desirable .
4 The method of comparison which is increasingly accepted as most ‘ rational ’ , at least by large-scale enterprises with sophisticated calculation procedures , involves discounting future revenues ( or costs ) at a rate of discount equal to the ‘ cost of ( money ) capital ’ to the enterprise .
5 ‘ The new syllabus is required because marketing is highly dynamic subject which is now regarded as of key importance to many disciplines other than advertising and sales .
6 The subject of ideology is given a secondary position in the book , subordinate to that of style which is here treated as being only " incidentally touched " by ideological issues .
7 The Bohem itself is best described as ‘ smart ’ .
8 Although Reiter 's disease usually follows NGU in this country , in other parts of the world it is well recognized as following certain forms of dysentery .
9 Gilles Deleuze describes ‘ organ-speech ’ as a result of the materialization of language which is then perceived as infiltrating the body .
10 As in The German Ideology , we seem to start with a similar early evolutionary stage which is roughly described as ‘ tribal ’ and which in itself divided into three .
11 In one dispute he is twice quoted as saying , on different occasions , ‘ we intend , nor will none otherwise do at any time , but according to the king 's laws ’ — and there is no reason to suppose that he did not mean it .
12 In one dispute he is twice quoted as saying , on different occasions , ‘ we intend , nor will none otherwise do at any time , but according to the king 's laws ’ — and there is no reason to suppose that he did not mean it .
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