Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb mod] be [vb pp] [conj] [being] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Policies may be understood as being interlocked with other policies . |
| 2 | The photocopied forms should be filed as being actioned . |
| 3 | Birt added that his plans must be seen as being about ‘ greater freedom to operate , not less , greater initiative and enterprise within mutually agreed strategies . ’ |
| 4 | Consequently , the overlaps can be seen as being ’ pre-processed ’ into the definitions of each word . |
| 5 | But unless elderly parents can be regarded as being , in the eyes of equity , significantly less worthy of protection than married women , it is difficult to reconcile the ‘ agency ’ approach adopted in Coldunell Ltd.v . |
| 6 | The results of the 19 in-depth Case Studies extracted from the interviews indicate that the micro-computer has a role to play in supporting farm managers and his software needs may be described as being the areas of normal productivity tools plus some system of integrating the information systems used by his advisers into his own farm system . |
| 7 | Some conventions may be described as being stronger than others . |
| 8 | While such statements could be interpreted as being passive rather than negative in terms of the advancement of building surveying , the Report went on to state that building surveyors ‘ have been less ebullient [ than quantity surveyors ] in recent years — partly because they are less numerous and their work less homogeneous or well defined ; but , to a large extent because they have made a less prolonged and concerted effort to develop their skills and explore the horizons of opportunity , although there has of late been a welcome resurgence in this respect ’ . |
| 9 | The data common to all reviews can be discounted as being neither criticism nor evaluation . |
| 10 | Dicey , however , believed that , on a true appreciation of the constitution , the principles should be viewed as being complementary . |
| 11 | The elaboration and detail of the scheme and the variety of techniques available under it to protect investors suggests that it would be wrong to assume that the statute and its rulemaking powers should be interpreted as being in the shadow of the common law . |
| 12 | Larger quantities will be regarded as being for commercial purposes , unless buyers can prove otherwise . |
| 13 | In the social sciences , concepts can be distinguished as being universal or particular . |
| 14 | These histories may be pictured as being like the surface of the earth , with the distance from the North Pole representing imaginary time and the size of a circle of constant distance from the North Pole representing the spatial size of the universe . |
| 15 | All post-operative temperature rises should be considered as being due either to chest problems , wound infection , urine infection , deep vein thrombosis , or the introduction of bacteria during transfusion , until proved otherwise . |
| 16 | Again , these subordinate bodies might be described as being concerned with implementation and not with policy making . |
| 17 | I make no apologies for concentrating on issues which in environmental terms could be considered as being relatively minor compared with some of the major problems facing us today . |
| 18 | Except in larger firms , unanimity might be thought to be desirable in the interests of preventing further splits in the firm , and even where a majority decision is available , a genuine attempt to achieve unanimity should always be made : save in any but the clearest case , exercise of the power by a permitted majority without consultation with the remaining partners would be regarded as being in bad faith . |
| 19 | The Restrictive Practices Court does recognize certain gateways through which such agreements may be ratified as being in the public interest . |
| 20 | Since in the case of a solicitors ' partnership all parties to such agreements should be taken as being familiar with the legal principles governing covenants in restraint of trade as well as with the particular circumstances of the practice with which they have all been involved , it might be thought that the court would be unwilling to substitute its own ideas as to what might constitute reasonable protection for the business . |
| 21 | After ‘ hanging around ’ bars in which gambling , drug and vice connections might be made and being involved with card schools , Chambliss found various contacts with inside knowledge . |
| 22 | Any damage occurring after the novus actus interveniens will be regarded as being too remote . |
| 23 | The review of directors ' managerial decisions can be viewed as being motivated by a similar desire to ensure that directors exercise their powers only in accordance with the will of their constituents ( the shareholders ) and that they are subjected to the controls often associated with the Rule of Law to prevent them from using their power arbitrarily . |
| 24 | Viewed in this light , the Norwegian proceedings would be categorised as being concerned with fiscal , and therefore public law , matters and not with matters civil or commercial . |
| 25 | Fighting instinct has a direct parallel with play instinct and in puppies can be observed as being one and the same . |
| 26 | Over the course of the year prior to the interviews only 8% of island women could be categorised as being depressed in a psychiatric sense as compared with 15% of Camberwell women ’ . |