Example sentences of "[verb] [be] considered [art] " in BNC.

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1 Since ancient times , the rowan tree has been considered a scourge to witches .
2 Palm-greasing for just about anything from entry to a favoured school to obtaining a bank loan has been considered a fact of life .
3 Ever since the heroes in women 's magazine stories started being advertising executives , advertising has been considered a " glamour " job .
4 Declining gastric acid secretion has been considered a consequence of ageing but this view is being reconsidered as the importance of Helicobacter pylori infection to gastroduodenal function is recognised .
5 Laminin , a glycoprotein synthesised by Ito cells , has been considered a marker of fibrogenesis .
6 For many years this palazzo has been considered the most beautiful private house in Milan .
7 But when all has been considered the next and final step is the survey itself .
8 Endoscopic ultrasound has been considered the best procedure for assessing the preoperative staging of oesophageal carcinoma but few studies have considered its efficacy in evaluating the response to chemo or radiotherapy .
9 Rehydration with oral rehydration solutions ( ORS ) containing monomeric glucose as substrate has been considered the most important therapeutic breakthrough of this century .
10 It soon failed , but the novel idea has been considered an important precursor of the later work of Sir Ebenezer Howard [ q.v . ] .
11 Naturally , amongst other things that we took out into the desert with us was the long-established tea swindle , which we all subscribed to , It was considered a most heinous offence if pupil or anyone else taxied within the proximity of the tea swindle and the great volume of sand engulfed those who were engaged in making the tea — indeed , getting any sand anywhere near the brew as it was being prepared was considered a serious offence .
12 Since one main aim of the interventions was to delay the onset of smoking , never smoking was considered an appropriate primary indicator given the age of the pupils at baseline ( relatively few were current smokers or had previously experimented with smoking ) .
13 The fact that the bride and groom are usually wedded long before they are bedded is considered the height of wisdom .
14 The first day of bleeding is considered the first day of the menstrual cycle , when the unfertilised egg and the lining of the womb is shed and discharged .
15 Later on in the day he will be seen hanging unfeasibly heavy weights from various parts of his anatomy , in a freak show where fainting is considered a standing ovation .
16 Until last week this latter option might have been considered a possible piece of government lunacy .
17 For instance , domestic violence is now seen as unacceptable , whereas until recently it might have been considered a ‘ private ’ affair .
18 Despite their being one of the most common types of artefact in female graves , they may have been considered a personal luxury .
19 Their favourite was the great Barbarian Conspiracy of AD 367 , and had the Great Casterton villa been dug in the nineteenth century , this would certainly have been considered a victim whereas , of course , the pottery is certainly not earlier than AD 375 , and maybe much later .
20 Having taken over from Michael Barton as captain , Surridge led boldly , the sum of his character and his various skills proving formidable even if , paradoxically , he would never have been considered a batsman or bowler of the highest class .
21 To Paykel , it would have been considered a positive event or ‘ entrance ’ event which he would therefore not expect to correlate with depression .
22 He had his widowed mother living with him and two sisters who had to get husbands ; both Mr James and Constanza say that it would have been considered an almost monstrous act of selfishness if the prince had insisted on marrying one of the Montecativi or Roccarosa girls for their beaux yeux .
23 Dr Jaeger may have been considered an eccentric , but the Rational Dress Society , which won so many adherents at the International Health Exhibition in 1884 , continued the battle on broader lines .
24 Just this once , she would risk being considered a bad loser .
25 The single women who hitherto had been considered a good influence on the girls were relegated to obscurity whilst the married heterosexual women were left to emerge as the ( acceptable and healthy ) role models .
26 He had been considered a de facto prime minister since his appointment in May 1990 as chair of an interministerial committee overseeing the economy [ see p. 37445 ] .
27 Malek , 54 , who had held several senior government and Republican Party posts and was noted for his managerial skills , had been considered a strong candidate for White House Chief of Staff at the time of Sununu 's appointment .
28 Until the start of reforms in late 1990 a beard had been considered an " alien manifestation " , and bearded men had been liable to arrest , but the Guardian of Feb. 9 , quoting an opposition activist , reported that beards were no longer illegal .
29 Although Dmitrii Miliutin 's predecessor as War Minister , General Sukhozanet , had been considered an unimaginative choice for the position at the time of his appointment in 1856 , he had instigated or been obliged to accept " Literally hundreds of changes " in the conduct of military affairs .
30 18–10- Recognition of Mulindry school which for " a short time and special purpose " had been considered the Congregational School , was withdrawn .
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