Example sentences of "[modal v] be [vb pp] as the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Which category should be selected as the base for comparison ? |
| 2 | In so far as insolvency law is committed to the principle that property within the apparent ownership of the company should be treated as the company 's in the event of its insolvent liquidation , permitting party autonomy to effect automatic crystallisation undermines this policy . |
| 3 | The Crown argued ( unsuccessfully ) that the transactions constituted a settlement within what is now TA 1988 , s663 and that the income of the property transferred to the company should be treated as the income of the transferor ( the case also involved legislation repealed by FA 1972 ) . |
| 4 | He also says that ‘ the decoding of sentence meaning should be treated as the end point of development ’ as though the universal superiority of the essayist technique had been firmly established . |
| 5 | Since a residence order was in substance what the foster mother sought , it was agreed between counsel for her and the local authority : ( a ) that the local authority would not object to the foster mother 's application for a residence order being made before the expiry of the six months period ; ( b ) that the hearing before the judge should be treated as the hearing of that application ; ( c ) that if , in the event , the foster mother were to be given leave to apply for a residence order she would agree to the formal dismissal of her application for judicial review without any penalty as to costs ; but ( d ) that , if leave under the Act were to be refused , it would be open to the foster mother to continue the judical review proceedings . |
| 6 | P appealed to the High Court , contending that no part of his interest ‘ came to an end ’ within para 4(2) ; he had merely disposed of shares in Q. Similarly , para 4(2) was not deemed to operate by virtue of para 4(1) , which provided that a disposal of an interest in possession of any property was not a transfer of value , but should be treated as the coming to the end of an interest in possession , bringing into play para 4(2) . |
| 7 | Frederick II himself had argued a few years earlier that ‘ useful hard-working people should be guarded as the apple of one 's eye , and in wartime recruits should be levied in one 's own country only when the bitterest necessity compels ’ . |
| 8 | The advantages of such a close integration into the existing administration seems to have been obvious , as no doubt were those of a prominent site for a building which should be seen as the expression of a desire to give India a better government . |
| 9 | ‘ The software package selected for implementation should be seen as the vehicle for a solution rather than the solution itself . |
| 10 | Parents ' main interest was seen as the opportunity to influence the quality of their children 's education … the view was expressed that the APM should be seen as the climax to a continuous relationship between various parties and an opportunity for them to come together and ask questions about what had happened over the course of the previous 12 months . |
| 11 | Retirement should be seen as the start of a new phase of life , not just the end of an old one . |
| 12 | During the later years of Henry 's reign , a number of radical Protestants , such as John Bale , took such comments to their logical conclusion by arguing in a series of historical and theological works that the pope and the Roman church should be seen as the Antichrist — the powerful antithesis of Christ and the fount of all evil whose downfall was a necessary forerunner of the second coming of Christ . |
| 13 | ‘ The health risks to nonsmokers [ of passive smoking ] provide added argument for the reduction of smoking in the community , and nonsmoking should be regarded as the norm in enclosed areas frequented by the public or employees , special provision being made for smokers , rather than vice versa. ’ [ 4 ] . |
| 14 | The law respects the right of the shareholders to determine the objectives of their association through contract and accepts that by virtue of their capital contributions they should be regarded as the owners of the company . |
| 15 | The Nagas should be regarded as the initiates and the guardians of the ancient esoteric knowledge . |
| 16 | Better contraception should be regarded as the means whereby desired family size , and short-term accommodation to economic circumstances , can be more efficiently accomplished . |
| 17 | Wilson ( 1988 ) proposed that community groups should be regarded as the interface between structure and agency and that caution should be exercised in ascribing voluntaristic impetuses to them . |
| 18 | The state should be regarded as the victim 's proxy … . ’ |
| 19 | As with primary bone tumours , MRI should be regarded as the investigation of choice before surgery for soft tissue sarcoma and is also helpful for monitoring the response to treatment and detecting any recurrence . |
| 20 | The NZRFU must also accept the fact that these days touring teams such as Ireland will not fill major grounds , and that 30,000 — which was the top crowd for the entire tour — should be regarded as the benchmark . |
| 21 | Their belief is that TM should be recognised as the work of God 's Spirit . |
| 22 | Putting the question this way makes clear that a justification in terms of wealth relies on a trade-off : corporate decision-making power should be accepted as the price of efficient wealth creation . |
| 23 | The first meaning should be understood as the inspiration which has urged the choreographer to create . |
| 24 | This definition should be understood as the choreographer 's ability to establish a style of movement through which the audience will feel and understand what the performers are communicating through a particular way of dancing . |
| 25 | Consequently , he proposed that the reporting unit should be defined as the fund and that organizations should be seen as one fund or a series of funds . |
| 26 | In the consolidated balance sheet , the investing group 's interests in associated companies should be shown as the total of : |
| 27 | Can I take you back to the er the Good Report er about Trust Law , i it the report er concludes that it should be retained as the framework for er occupation of pension schemes . |
| 28 | Thus , amoxicillin plus omeprazole should be recommended as the treatment of choice in eradicating H pylori in patients with duodenal ulcer disease . |
| 29 | If the Queen dies before Prince William is of age to take the throne , Princess Anne should be considered as the monarch , he said . |
| 30 | Rather does he venture to ask that it should be considered as the conclusion of an imaginative tragedy ( if he may so call it ) whereof one half has been already published . |