Example sentences of "they considered [prep] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | The four Roman catholic archbishops replied on 28 April that they opposed divorce in general , and particularly the type of what they considered to be unrestricted divorce proposed in the constitutional amendment ( Irish Times , 28 Apr. 1986 ) . |
| 2 | The clergy had informed the people 's conscience on the basis of what they considered to be the essential religious interests of their flock . |
| 3 | So it was only on rare occasions that the issue of local sovereignty arose : usually when a person — a single individual — got carried away by indignation or by enthusiasm to raise points which prudent men , a little weary of what they considered to be rhetoric , tended to suppress . |
| 4 | The ASWs were asked to indicate which of these each individual suffered and which of these they considered to be severe . |
| 5 | ‘ Privacy ’ is a word even less susceptible of exact meaning , though probably everyone could define something they considered to be private . |
| 6 | But whoever is correct in the end on future forecasts of fuel reserves , the nuclear researchers had also developed what they considered to be an ace . |
| 7 | Apparently , not everyone agreed , or perhaps did not get what they considered to be their fair share , for eventually the Backless baron was transported to Australia , no doubt to become another ‘ Wild Colonial Boy ’ . |
| 8 | Is civic assertiveness now so strong that citizens would actually be prepared to break laws which they considered to be unjust ? |
| 9 | Some of them were really interested in meteorology , others only tolerant of what they considered to be a very inexact science . |
| 10 | Cromwell and his army colleagues considered the improving of the morality of the English people one of the chief priorities of their government , and they made every effort to eradicate a range of popular pursuits which they considered to be sinful , profane , or unseemly . |
| 11 | As was suggested earlier , the arguments put forward both by reformers and their opponents were closely tied to what they considered to be the especially ‘ sensitive ’ position of the ‘ young ’ in modern Britain . |
| 12 | Now the leading Republican spokesmen on foreign policy , Senator Vandenberg and John Foster Dulles , became openly critical of the administration for being too soft on what they considered to be the threat from Russia . |
| 13 | Young people whom we knew to be honest , stung as we were by the sufferings of our Fatherland , lived convinced that Cuba 's independence was a Yankee gift and that our denunciations of national oppression were simply ways of serving an idea that they considered to be ‘ anti-Cuban ’ ( ‘ Reflexiones ante un aniversario ’ , Hoy , 29 July 1959 , p. 1 , cited in Farber : 1983 , p. 61 ) . |
| 14 | In the December issue we asked readers what they considered to be their most treasured possessions in the home and whether they preferred to use or admire them . |
| 15 | His unpopularity with the more high-principled of the English derived from the same qualities , for he indulged or encouraged what they considered to be the king 's lechery and laziness . |
| 16 | However , Vauxcelles 's original references to the ‘ cubes ’ in Braque 's work and to his ‘ bizarreries cubiques ’ had been intended disparagingly , and the term ‘ Cubism ’ continued to be applied by hostile critics to the work of the more advanced painters whom they could not understand or appreciate , and by perceptive critics to these same artists whom they considered to be pioneers in a new movement . |
| 17 | Under the agreement five-member panels would review decisions made by either country to impose import duties on goods which they considered to be unfairly subsidized or dumped . |
| 18 | Others opposed what they considered to be the " insultingly low " compensation package offered by the USA . |
| 19 | The right-wing , ultra-nationalist Tehiya and Moledet parties resigned from the ruling Likud-led coalition on Jan. 19 , in protest at what they considered to be the start of autonomy negotiations with the Palestinians during the recent round of Middle East peace talks in Washington [ see this page ] . |
| 20 | While the Republican politicians dithered and the more violent partisans of the Popular Front vented their anger and frustration on people they considered to be right-wing , ecclesiastical properties and captured rebels , the insurgents entrenched themselves in the positions they had managed to take . |
| 21 | Mednick and his colleagues ( 1981a ) describe four characteristics of the sick group which they considered to be distinguishing features : |
| 22 | erm I suppose that would mean if they felt they were taking up so much of their time that they could n't do what they considered to be their job properly , and if they felt that I think the parents were persisting and insisting that their own children got more attention than the school could really afford to give them if they were going to be fair to everyone . |