Example sentences of "[adv] be regarded [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The manner in which death came to men , including those innocent of any offence , could be so appalling that the final stroke could only be regarded as a merciful relief . |
| 2 | Furthermore , it was felt that the potential costs of providing the necessary microfilming equipment , plus additional staff time , would outweigh any benefits gained , particularly as this could only be regarded as an interim solution before progressing to greater computerisation . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | In the context of bureaucratic assessment , however , it could only be regarded as ‘ noise in the system ’ . |
| 6 | In what can only be regarded as the ultimate pilot 's ‘ Jim 'll fix it ’ fantasy come true , he persuaded the RAF to let him go through key parts of the four-year course that ends with a posting to an operational fighter squadron . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Not surprisingly therefore , the results of the 1983 survey show that mass unemployment ‘ has created a serious new risk of what can only be regarded as downward social mobility — and that risk is much greater for men in working class positions , by whatever route they come into them , than it is for others ’ ( p. 17 ) . |
| 9 | By strict standards , therefore , the memoirs must contain much that can only be regarded as fiction . |
| 10 | While most students not in receipt of a job offer were making applications and attending interviews at the time they completed the Initial destinations questionnaires , the fact that one third of students would be looking for employment at the end of the courses can only be regarded as a disappointing , and rather unexpected , finding . |
| 11 | I have come to the conclusion that the important points here are that ( i ) since there was no danger at this time in registering a protest , ( ii ) the final payments were made without any qualification , and ( iii ) were followed by a delay until July 31 , 1975 , before the owners put forward their claim , the correct inference to draw , taking an objective view of the facts , is that the action and inaction of the owners can only be regarded as an affirmation of the variation in June , 1973 , of the terms of the original contract by the agreement to pay the additional 10 per cent . |
| 12 | To present such fantasy in your article as though it were fact is unworthy of your newspaper and can only be regarded as malicious mischief-making . |
| 13 | A quarter of these conceptions or pregnancies were inside marriage but the others should not necessarily be regarded as an indication of increasing single parenthood since 59 per cent of these ‘ illegitimate births ’ were jointly registered indicating the child was part of a stable , though non-marital , relationship ( Central Statistical Office , 1988 ) . |
| 14 | But the question of the terms upon which an injunction may be granted to enforce , or to restrain the enforcement of , a law which is under challenge on Community law grounds , can not in my opinion necessarily be regarded as a matter of procedure for the national law where the imposition of the term under consideration is directed towards preserving rights which may arise under Community law . |
| 15 | It is clear , however , that there must be a sufficient inventive step and merely taking two older inventions and sticking them together will not necessarily be regarded as an inventive step . |
| 16 | Proof-pulling for instance can perhaps be regarded as a mixed process , requiring both strength and skill . |
| 17 | The other is that the English landscape has never been static but has always been changing , for better or worse Today we are passing through a period which can perhaps be regarded as a disaster . |
| 18 | ‘ In the first place , there is the doctrine , which may now perhaps be regarded as a rule of evidence , that , if a voluntary disposition in favour of the husband is impeached , the burden of establishing that it was not improperly or unfairly procured may be placed upon him by proof of circumstances raising any doubt or suspicion . |
| 19 | Like forest manipulation , afforestation also modifies the environment and must thus be regarded as a significant agent of environmental change . |
| 20 | Weber can thus be regarded as the founder of abstract field theory . |
| 21 | Nationalism may thus be regarded as one form of ethnocentrism , in which cultural groups and their essential characteristics are defined by nationality and the cultural attributes of one or more nations may be regarded as inherently superior or inferior . |
| 22 | The reserve , the indifference and the blasé outlook which urbanites manifest in their relationships may thus be regarded as devices for immunizing themselves against the personal claims and expectations of others . |
| 23 | Eric 's parents , who , according to him , could scarcely be regarded as enthusiastic churchgoers , now developed a strong feeling that any children that might result from our marriage ought to be brought up as members of the Church of England . |
| 24 | Drawings of it are given in his Codex Atlanticus of about 1495 , but Leonardo can no longer be regarded as its inventor . |
| 25 | Many , however , came to accept it in the context of their hopes for future labour success : capitalist bureaucracy was undesirable , but when labour came to dominate Parliament , the bureaucracy would act in sympathy with the needs and condition of the working class and would no longer be regarded as an alien intrusion . |
| 26 | Moscow 's current policy in Latin America is aimed at undermining US influence while seeking to develop its own ties with the more ‘ progressive ’ and independent governments , and events have demonstrated that anti-Communism can no longer be regarded as a significant impediment to the success of such a policy . |
| 27 | Because neither business organizations nor the public regard the maximization of owners ’ profit as the only legitimate aim of business , distributable profit can no longer be regarded as the sole or premier indicator of performance . |
| 28 | This demonstrates that criticism can no longer be regarded as a straightforward and unproblematic response to a given work of art . |
| 29 | Initially , the view in the United States was that the refusal had to be based on good grounds — for example , religious beliefs strongly held — but the position now is moving towards the idea that ‘ individual freedom here is guaranteed only if people are given the right to make choices which would generally be regarded as foolish ones ’ . |
| 30 | This would normally be regarded as a matter for economists and market-research specialists but behind the formidable array of evidence which they will generate are more fundamental questions of consumer preference , customer requirements and so on which are matters of human needs and prejudices . |