Example sentences of "[adv] [be] regard [conj] " in BNC.
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1 | It would probably unleash another burst of investment as firms took advantage of opportunities which had hitherto been regarded as too risky . |
2 | ‘ In the case of SO&sub2 ; and NOx emissions from combustion processes , ’ said the Department , ‘ prevention , or partial abatement , has hitherto been regarded as impractical on grounds of cost , and operators are therefore required to render ground-level concentrations of the emissions harmless by dispersal from high stacks and dilution in the air . ’ |
3 | They may also depend upon getting people from within the department to work to change old policies which have hitherto been regarded as quite satisfactory . |
4 | This extraordinary process of programmed cell death has long been regarded as essential to development , the process of growth from spherical egg to an entire human being . |
5 | With this the criticism of traditional orthodox formulations , which had long been regarded as absolutely central and essential to Christian belief , came on the stage in a new way and ushered in a debate which has continued up to the present . |
6 | Again , the executor and administrator have long been regarded as having the deceased 's possession continued in them ; when they assume office their title relates back to his death . |
7 | The city , located in a desert basin with little rainfall , has long been regarded as being among the most wasteful of water resources in the Western United States . |
8 | The Court of Appeal held that the unlawful act would only be regarded as ‘ dangerous ’ if it was likely to cause physical harm , not if mere emotional shock ( unaccompanied by physical harm ) was foreseeable . |
9 | What evidence there is can only be regarded as peripheral . |
10 | In its first year of rail operations based solely on the seven-mile Paignton to Kingswear line , these figures can only be regarded as poor . |
11 | Apprehension over Japanese revival was not as great as the Soviet fears over a German revival but the trend of American policy towards Japan could only be regarded as alarming from the Soviet perspective . |
12 | He argued that education for understanding can only be regarded as successful to the extent that it makes behavioural outcomes unpredictable . |
13 | Ecgberht may have received wide support in Kent and can not necessarily be regarded as wholly dependent on Offa for his kingship . |
14 | The following study of Owen may perhaps be regarded as only a partial success . |
15 | The public interest would not perhaps be regarded as well served if a fully qualified solicitor was effectively deprived of the opportunity of practising his profession : this may be behind the Scottish decision of Dallas McMillan & Sinclair v Simpson ( 1988 ) SLT 454 where the covenant purported to prevent the outgoing partner from practising as a solicitor within 20 miles of the centre of Glasgow , an area in which roughly half of Scotland 's law firms were said to be located . |
16 | In the machine 's heyday , the deficiency had not been regarded as crippling . |
17 | In Fletcher , a nineteenth century case involving a mentally deficient 16-year-old girl , three judges expressed the view that , if such a girl acted out of ‘ animal instinct , ’ she would nevertheless be regarded as having consented . |
18 | A second instance of political change which can scarcely be regarded as minor is the rise and fall of the fascist regimes in Europe . |
19 | If the document is provided merely to cover the seller , it could scarcely be regarded as fair and reasonable in most cases . |
20 | Whilst at one time the personal characteristics of children , and the circumstances in which they were received into care , set them apart from other children not admitted into care , the norms of family life for children inside and outside of public care could no longer be regarded as so different from each other . |
21 | They fear that responsibilities and attitudes once a prominent part of a teacher 's life may no longer be regarded as essential ; they fear an erosion of the teacher 's role and status , and see changes as signalling moves to squeeze him out of concerns that were and are rightly his . |
22 | Although amber can no longer be regarded as among the more precious substances , it was certainly rated as precious in former times . |
23 | But what must finally be regarded as its most revolutionary feature is the importance that it attributes to language : not only is language a major preoccupation of structuralist thinking , but language itself is used as a model for all sorts of non-linguistic institutions . |
24 | They thrive on what would normally be regarded as overcrowding , as this reduces the potential for territoriality and hence aggression . |
25 | It is the latter 's contention that Ultimate Concern , the holy or unconditional , expresses itself in a variety of forms : in painting , which may have no religious content in the traditional sense ; in philosophy , when attempts are made to understand the nature of ultimate reality ; in ideologies which might normally be regarded as secular , such as , nationalism , socialism and humanism ; and in traditional religions . |
26 | In a block of premises each tenant can normally be regarded as consenting to the presence of water on the premises if the supply is of the usual character , but not if it is of quite an unusual kind , or defective or dangerous , unless he actually knows of that . |
27 | In spite of the absence of any pause , the utterance would normally be regarded as divided into two tone-units : ‘ John ’ and ‘ is it you ’ . |
28 | So here was another demonstration to WEA members that the resident professional officer , whether Extra-Mural Board tutor or WEA tutor-organiser , need not be regarded as essential . |
29 | These tips are intended to help , but should not be regarded as foolproof . |
30 | There are , of course , considerable variations in shape , size , and appearance of genitalia and any such differences should not be regarded as abnormal . |