Example sentences of "[noun prp] [be] regarded as " in BNC.

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1 By this time , Telford Avenue and Brixton Hill were regarded as one depôt for administrative purposes , they were not very far apart and were no longer shown separately in car allocation lists .
2 A dish in any Pacific city east of the longitude of Mexico City — Lima , say , or Quito , or Santiago — will be cranked down in the direction of an equally low point on the eastern horizon — for just as American naval vessels involved in exercises off the Pacific coasts of Peru , Ecuador or Chile are regarded as being part of the US Atlantic Fleet , so communicators , for reasons of pure geometry , think of these countries ' capital cities as part of the Atlantic communications network .
3 Bankers ' deposits at the Bank of England are regarded as being as good as cash by the banks because they can be turned into cash without delay .
4 The remainder of Scotland was regarded as ‘ rural . ’
5 The US dollar and the euro-currency markets were the main providers of additional liquidity , and therefore liquidity provided by the IMF was regarded as unnecessary or even potentially inflationary .
6 The events surrounding the creation of the PDS were regarded as having illustrated the difficulties awaiting Italy 's second-largest party in any bid to present a convincing challenge to the Christian Democrats ( CD ) through new alliances with the PSU , independent leftists or radical Catholics .
7 China is regarded as possessing the largest untapped hydro potential of any country and projects to a capacity of over 6,000 MW are currently under construction .
8 The son of former President Eduardo Frei Montalva ( 1964-70 ) , Frei was regarded as on the right of the PDC .
9 Even God was regarded as being the ‘ Shepherd of Israel ’ ( Psalms 23:1 ) .
10 FROM the earliest days of European conquest in the Pacific , the people on the island of Bougainville were regarded as stubborn and easily provoked .
11 Although agriculture hardly figured in the race to the White House , Presidentelect Bill Clinton is regarded as being more protectionist and the failure to resolve outstanding differences over oil seeds could well fuel an agricultural trade war .
12 In the old days , Japan was regarded as one of the worst culprits , happily pumping its electronic goods into duty-free Europe , while imposing horrendous taxes on any attempt to sell European goods there .
13 As a rough guide , four Highers are regarded as equivalent to two A levels .
14 Coppell 's regarded as intelligent because he 's been to university , ’ the Irishman said .
15 Although only 10 years into production , Magnus is regarded as having reached middle age and approaching the point where production should begin to decline .
16 A lot of things which are thought rather wicked in North America are regarded as normal in Europe .
17 The growing indebtedness of the USA is regarded as unacceptable because it is draining savings away from other , less prosperous economies .
18 Cambodia was regarded as under pressure from offers of ‘ assistance ’ , interference in its affairs and the organisation of incidents against its borders .
19 Because Messiahship was regarded as something dynastic , something in part dependent upon a bloodline , people 's attention , as we observed before , would have been focused on a relatively small network of interlinked families who could claim descent from both David and Aaron .
20 I mean the Welsh population in percentage terms is now rising more rapidly than that of England and therefore by the year two thousand and one when the next review would take place er we er will certainly fully occupy if you like , that fifth seat in terms of the average size because Welsh Euro constituencies were during the past ten years , very slightly larger on average than those in England and so er we are moving from under representation to slight over representation for a temporary period er simply because er you know Wales is regarded as indivisible for this purpose and that 's why we welcomed this debate .
21 Even in the Principality , Webster is regarded as much more a blindside flanker than an authentic openside wing forward .
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