Example sentences of "[vb pp] as [be] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Regretfully , this weekend has had to be cancelled as is now living in Malaysia and is unable to fulfil her commitment . |
| 2 | Here belief in such portents is presented as being highly suspect , and possibly an excuse for more sordid political ends . |
| 3 | The Cult of Pleasure is revealed as being secretly given over to the worship of Slaanesh . |
| 4 | If the tendency towards crime is not seen as being already determined at the point of conception through the genes we inherit , then the obvious conclusion is that it must be subsequently acquired in some way . |
| 5 | If then , as I have already suggested we must , we challenge the formal distinctions of the analytical method , Dicey can be seen as being deeply rooted within this tradition of thought . |
| 6 | Individuals ' 'ego ideals ' are seen as being systematically transferred to charismatic leader figures , organisations and the values ( including those of family , church and patriarchal authority ) which are no less than a displaced version of the all-providing ‘ father ’ or ‘ mother ’ figure of childhood . |
| 7 | Elsewhere , particularly in sitcoms , older people are crudely portrayed as being either enfeebled , vague and forgetful or , at the other extreme , cantankerous battle axes . |
| 8 | It was symptomatic that when the judges were excluded from membership of the area consultative committees in the formative stages by a ruling by Lane , that it was the Circuit or courts administrators from the Lord Chancellor 's Department who were identified as being best placed to act as chairmen , rather than Home Office officials who were unable to draw on any existing regional organization . |
| 9 | The campaign is identified as being primarily directed at the government , yet , as mentioned , local authorities have a role to play . |
| 10 | Although its ultimate destruction has left no trace of the shrine 's location or size in the cathedral , it is recorded as being amply covered in gold and jewels . |
| 11 | After the talks Kaifu said on March 3 that he would make " maximum efforts " to accelerate the structural reform of the Japanese economy in such a way as to improve market access for foreign traders while also improving the quality of life for Japanese consumers — a phrasing which was regarded as being carefully chosen so as not to imply unconditional concessions to the United States . |
| 12 | Findings based on very limited evidence can not be regarded as being firmly established and need to be verified by means of additional observations and cases . |
| 13 | Sometimes , as in Kant 's theory , the idea of irreducibility of spatio-temporal relations is defended on general epistemological grounds and is regarded as being inseparably interlinked with the idea of an all-embracing unitary space . " |
| 14 | Chomsky has claimed that the principles underlying the structure of language are so specific and so highly articulated that they must be regarded as being biologically determined ; that is , as constituting part of what we call " human nature " and as being genetically transmitted from parents to children . |
| 15 | Women who have no objection to abortion in principle feel that it is entirely within their right to abort babies who have been diagnosed as being mentally handicapped ; certainly at present there are few legal restraints , but there are practical as well as moral problems involved . |
| 16 | Why are such patients described as being inappropriately placed ? |
| 17 | The couple , who are both in their 30s , are described as being heavily built with Irish accents . |