Example sentences of "could [adv] [be] regarded [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is doubtful whether these last two charges could properly be regarded as offences , for such licences had frequently been sold in the past , and the surviving evidence does not provide conclusive proof one way or the other about the usurious nature of Latimer 's and Lyons 's financial dealings . |
| 2 | From this point of view , which could make no place for miracles understood as cases of divine , supernatural interference with the laws of nature , reports of alleged miracles could only be regarded as evidence of credulity and ignorance on the part of those who originated and passed on the stories . |
| 3 | And this , in turn , would seem to justify Professor Gaddis 's conclusion that the assumption was that such governments , whether in Western Europe or Japan , and whether or not they came to power by legal or illegal means , could only be regarded as instruments of the Kremlin and hence not truly independent . |
| 4 | In this instance the reader is concerned that marks or stamps the auditor made on a document in the course of preparing accounts could mistakenly be regarded as evidence of authentication when such had not in fact occurred . |
| 5 | Clearly not all determinations of the artificer could reasonably be regarded as doorways and even more clearly should he step outside the ‘ frame ’ and install a window no one could reasonably regard that as a determination of the architect 's concept . |
| 6 | For example , in Littlewoods Organisation Ltd v Harris [ 1978 ] 1 All ER 1026 Megaw LJ said : … it is appropriate that a covenant , restricting an employee from full freedom of taking other employment when he leaves his existing employment , should be included in the contract of employment where there is a real danger that the employee will in the course of that employment have access to and gain information about matters which could fairly be regarded as trade secrets ; and that applies even though the information may be carried in his head and even though ( perhaps , particularly though ) it may be extremely difficult for the employee himself , being an honest and scrupulous man , to realise that what he is passing on to his new employers is matter which ought to be treated as confidential to his old employers . |
| 7 | Finally came a state of detachment which could misleadingly be regarded as recovery . |
| 8 | Moreover , the owners of fishing vessels could legitimately be regarded as part of the fisheries community which the Common Fisheries Policy was designed to support . |