Example sentences of "it can [adv] be regarded as " in BNC.
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| 1 | Expressed differently , if a thing exists genuinely in se ( i.e. if it is a true substance ) , then a description of its defining features can not involve references to anything outside that thing ; by the same token , if what purports to be a description of a substance involves references to different substances , then it can not be regarded as a genuine description of any substance . |
| 2 | It can not be regarded as a matter of indifference whether the unfilled portions of the world shall be peopled by Eastern races , by negroes , by Slavonic or other Eastern European peoples , by the Latin races , or by the races of Northern Europe . |
| 3 | And just as the Spirit can not be equated with any property in man , equally it can not be regarded as the stuff of which the world is made , the comprehensive life principle which integrates the universe , as the Stoics maintained — a view which , through pagan philosophical influence , crept into the inter-testamental books of the Apocrypha . |
| 4 | However , where such a term is used simply to define the consequences of breach of an express term in the contract it can not be regarded as an exclusion clause . |
| 5 | Furthermore , since the board is dominated by the most senior representatives of management ( this term will be used , except where the context requires otherwise , to refer to the executive directors and senior managers ) it can hardly be regarded as a body providing independent supervision of management on the shareholders ' behalf . |
| 6 | For public transport flights it is a very small risk indeed , but it can only be regarded as a prudent action to take out personal life insurance before one voluntarily exposes oneself to the hazards of flight . |