Example sentences of "[pers pn] was considered [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did no work that I can remember — I know I was considered hopeless by my teachers and I was quite ready to believe I was hopeless — I can quite well remember keeping mice at the back of the classroom and I can remember the smell . |
| 2 | I was at the local convent school from twelve to eighteen years old and I was considered clever but ‘ strange ’ . |
| 3 | She had great difficulty getting herself accepted on a government-sponsored TOPS course because she was considered over-qualified . |
| 4 | It was considered self-evident that it was in the general national , indeed imperial , interest to move towards free labour . |
| 5 | Mr. Gardiner relied on this case as demonstrating that it was considered self-evident that the right to recovery arose directly from the unlawful exaction irrespective of whether any element of compulsion existed . |
| 6 | It was considered incorrect , therefore , ‘ to measure all the military groups by the same yardstick ’ . |
| 7 | However , because of the deeply held pessimism in Whitehall it was considered pointless to make detailed plans for an evacuation that would take place in an atmosphere of panic and confusion ; railway timetables would matter little if bombs were raining down . |
| 8 | There was no indication of any desire on the part of the appellant to change his behaviour , and it was considered unsafe to release him into the community . |
| 9 | It was considered bourgeois to own or rent an appartement , so the artistic community of St-Germain-des Pres lived in hotels , paying daily for their night 's — or day 's — rest , flitting from one to the next as circumstances demanded . |
| 10 | It was considered inhumane to move out the large number of ‘ old long-stay ’ residents who had been there for many years . |
| 11 | Although at one time it was considered relevant only to study child language when words appeared , we are now able to consider language development as a continuous process from birth . |
| 12 | To achieve that ownership , it was considered necessary to establish a high quality of working life in the plant through : |
| 13 | The US Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs , Herman Cohen , visited Mauritius on Nov. 9-11 and reaffirmed that the USA would maintain a presence in the Indian Ocean region as long as it was considered necessary . |
| 14 | If the husband did not fulfil his obligation to maintain , then on balance it was considered preferable for the wife to go out and earn than for the whole family to become chargeable to the Poor Law . |
| 15 | Such areas as staffing and physical resources were monitored by CNAA and , thus , it was considered unnecessary duplication to seek to do this again . |
| 16 | In the late 1960s it was considered impossible to generate computer imagery at a high enough resolution to project onto a Cinerama screen — the electronic equivalent of ‘ grain' would have been unacceptably coarse and spotty . |
| 17 | Even without rearranging the order of the records in the database , it was considered possible to use them to examine the actual organisation in a manner similar to that of the comparison stage of the SSM , ie by listing all activities and posing questions about their existence and effectiveness in the real situation , at the same time considering information-related problems . |
| 18 | It was noted that a number of forms and procedures had been devised by the Clerical Assistant and the OIC , and it was considered possible that the analysis might have been more revealing in other establishments where the approach to administrative work was not so methodical . |
| 19 | Perhaps it was considered possible , though doubtless unjustifiably , that some sharp practice might result , such as admixing rich ore from other parts of the mine with that at the reduced Royalty ! |
| 20 | Fish knives were therefore only used by the middle and lower classes , and in this way it was considered non-U . |
| 21 | However , it was considered unlikely that the USA would actually withdraw , since the Soviet Union was expected to join soon . |
| 22 | Before we reached an age at which it was considered improper , the three of us used to sleep in one big bed and keep each other awake most of the night , giggling and speculating on the mysteries and wonders of Christmas morning . |
| 23 | In other cases it seems that some assessment was made , at a high level , of the general condition of a school , so that it was considered inappropriate for project status . |
| 24 | Thus it was considered inappropriate to overrule a previous decision if : |
| 25 | For the next couple of days , the Britannia will be anchored up the coast , where Prince Charles will work on a BBC film about the environment and talk to government radicals with whom it was considered impolitic for him to spend time during his official itinerary . |
| 26 | Following the rout of the Allied ground forces with the fall of France , it was considered vital to perfect methods to assist rapid deployment of men and equipment to the future battlefields of re-occupied Europe . |
| 27 | Whilst recognising the need to introduce measures that would make Colleges more self-supporting , it was considered unrealistic to expect such measures to be effective immediately . |
| 28 | In the same year it was considered likely that a commercial FBR would be ready in 1965 . |
| 29 | The reply to my letter tamely confirmed this , explaining that it was considered wasteful and expensive to train anyone of that age , for their service would be too short . |
| 30 | In the Store it was considered bad manners , while Outside … well , there were so many other things that killed nomes in any case . |