Example sentences of "he could be [vb pp] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hatred of the absentee landlord , for instance , fitted the moral structure of the pueblo because he could be felt as an intruder from an alien city world : hence the emotional content of Andalusian village anarchism . |
| 2 | Conscious , like his rivals , that he could be seen as a Southern carpet bagger , he makes much fuss of the Labour stalwarts . |
| 3 | It was beyond possibility that he could be recognized as a policeman , yet he had not even been given a coquettish smile . |
| 4 | ‘ He could be used as a figurehead . |
| 5 | He could be described as an aquatic Concorde . |
| 6 | He could be described as the George Best of rugby except that his fame is confined , outside of Australia , mainly to those who follow his sport , rather than Best 's . |
| 7 | It may well be that he could be described as a statutory tenant ; but that description would not itself accurately define his precise position , for he was a statutory tenant against whom a final order had been made , under which possession was to be delivered up on a fixed date , 3 April 1950 , he having died on the previous 8 March . |
| 8 | As late as the 1760s an influential theorist could still argue that an ambassador who , on his own initiative , encouraged sedition within the state to which he was accredited , could be punished by it even with death , while if he had acted on the orders of his master he could be held as a hostage until the latter had given satisfaction . |