Example sentences of "[det] [vb mod] [adv] be [verb] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | That may also be construed as a counter offer , which the customer accepts by retaining the goods ; however , if a delivery note is sent with goods , and received by the buyer 's warehouse staff , the buyer may be able to argue that those staff have no actual or apparent authority to accept an offer . |
| 2 | ( f ) The new partnership agreement Whilst agreements on particular matters should be set down in writing as soon as they have been concluded , that should not be regarded as an adequate substitute for a properly drafted partnership agreement for the new firm to be in place from the outset of business . |
| 3 | I think I need to say on that , that that should not be taken as the county council sitting on the fence between two opposing er extremes . |
| 4 | But that should not be taken as a serious disappointment . |
| 5 | Unfortunately this may easily be overlooked as the offending animal often just appears to prosper while its neighbours shrink away and finally die . |
| 6 | This should normally be specified as SYS$LIFESPAN : Note that this parameter is not required if CREFDL.COM is run in the Installation Directory . |
| 7 | For example if a person who has £3,000 capital receives a monthly pension of £200 paid into their bank account , this should not be assessed as an increase in savings unless it remains unspent at the time the next payment is due . |
| 8 | This should not be seen as a deterrent . |
| 9 | But this should not be seen as a criticism ; the role and scope of audit is somewhat narrowly defined in law , and any change is almost bound to have legal ramifications . |
| 10 | This should not be seen as an attack on a balding old Pole but on the institution he leads — ie the hierarchy of the Catholic Church , whose attitudes towards gays , women and other oppressed groups belong in the dustbin of history as do those of most religious hierarchies . |
| 11 | Data analysis is an iterative process : the final model will not be obtained until after a number of tries and this should not be seen as slowness , but care for accuracy . |
| 12 | Just to finish up colleagues this should not be seen as a willingness for local authority workers to give up their jobs , but it needs to be sorted so that our brothers and sisters who are forced into redundancy receive fair recompense for their loss . |
| 13 | This should not be used as an excuse for making references more legalistic . |
| 14 | Our table lists the factor that influences most choices — the price per gallon — but this should not be taken as a measure of value for money merely as an indicator of price . |
| 15 | This should not be taken as an affront to Philip 's power and prestige . |
| 16 | Whilst the liberal-historians are less likely to be openly damning of the social changes they identify than are the conservative-historians , this should not be read as a sign of their approval . |
| 17 | This should not be interpreted as lack of real feeling or a sign that the end of her grieving is in sight . |
| 18 | This should not be interpreted as an attempt to violate the contract , but rather the desire of the Japanese to allow both sides the ability to adjust to unforeseen circumstances . |
| 19 | Nevertheless , the training is sometimes unavoidably accompanied by the infliction of punishment in some form or other , but as is very well-known , this should never be done as a result of a fit of anger . |
| 20 | This should then be taken as an acceptable distribution across society . |
| 21 | They were for all ages , from the very young to the schoolroom young lady ; some might even be classed as adult fiction , though they were never again to be published as such . |
| 22 | While this might well be regarded as an extreme example of questionable missionary methods , there may be an element of justification in Gandhi 's injunction to those who would convert India by such dubious means , namely , ‘ Physician , heal thyself ’ . |
| 23 | This might well be stabilised as the main course and result in the construction of a new delta segment , until the gradient advantage of the distributaries over it was nullified by the extent of the segment . |
| 24 | Thus , if a merger was to lead to the creation of a dominant position and a consequent restriction of competition , this could arguably be classed as an abuse . |
| 25 | It was plain that this could not be regarded as a trust of the estate in favour of her sister , who was coheir , since the testator wanted not to dispose of his own money but on the pretext of advice to derogate from her rights by prohibiting her from making a will . |
| 26 | This could not be used as a base for blocks |
| 27 | This could not be described as a substantial source of income . |
| 28 | Lord Osborne told the accused that it was a very serious offence and the happy feature of the case was that the baby had apparently not suffered very much at all in the long term — and this could only be seen as a miracle . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | Clearly , when real output per capita rises , it must be theoretically possible for the gainers to compensate any losers , but this could only be interpreted as an actual improvement if full compensation were actually paid . |