Example sentences of "[coord] [is] [adv] [verb] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | Overall , however , the railways are likely to be one of the toughest state sell-offs of them all , for BR has not made a profit for 40 years and is widely perceived as demoralised and run-down . |
| 2 | Whereas in ( 1 ) B's talk is received seriously — without laughter , in fact with silence followed by supportive agreements — in ( 2 ) , V 's talk is met with laughter and is clearly perceived as joking . |
| 3 | However , PCR is expensive and time consuming , and is generally regarded as unsuitable for the mass screening of clinical samples . |
| 4 | It is often represented in rugs as a cloud with a short tail , and is generally accepted as symbolizing a wish , or the hope that a wish be fulfilled . |
| 5 | Common to most ceramics , alumina does not cause adverse reactions on implantation and is generally classified as being inert , or nearly inert . |
| 6 | She is also rumoured to have turned her attention to acting , and is reportedly starring as Joan of Arc in a new film about the dangers involved when you get tied to a wooden stake with lots of sticks around it which is then deliberately set on fire by your political opponents . |
| 7 | Version 1 of Rescalc has been around for some years and is today regarded as rather palaeolithic . |
| 8 | ‘ Legal theory ’ is sometimes taken as being synonymous with ‘ jurisprudence ’ and is sometimes regarded as concerning itself with a narrower range of questions — in particular , What is the nature of law ? |
| 9 | H. gallinarum is the commonest nematode parasite of poultry , and is usually regarded as being non-pathogenic . |
| 10 | Although he has lived in the UK since 1969 , Zarei was born in Iran and is often listed as Iranian , but he is officially a British athlete , and won an England vest when competing in the Milton Keynes 24-hour Championships in 1989 . |
| 11 | In this situation the contingent relation results in the strengthening of the behavioural response and is therefore described as reinforcing . |
| 12 | The completed version of this famous composition belongs to the National Gallery of Victoria , Australia , and is now regarded as being too fragile to travel . |
| 13 | She is , however , only two years old but is often mistaken as being older . |
| 14 | The worst target of all is the one that seems to be near but is forever receding as one gets closer to it . |
| 15 | Long jumper Yinka Idowu from Carterton who competes for the Oxford City club won her place in the team a couple of weeks ago when she won the British title at Sheffield … she only finished third in trials at the weekend but is still regarded as one of our best young athletes … |
| 16 | Long jumper Yinka Idowu from Carterton who competes for the Oxford City club won her place in the team a couple of weeks ago when she won the British title at Sheffield … she only finished third in trials at the weekend but is still regarded as one of our best young athletes … |
| 17 | The novel opens with a page-long diatribe about the age of middlemen which appears to be the opinion of a third-person narrator but is subsequently identified as ‘ disloyal thoughts … not precisely verbalised as they turmoiled through the hazily discontented soul of Rusty Conway ’ ( 5–6 ) . |