Example sentences of "[vb mod] not [be] [verb] as be " in BNC.

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1 This passage forcibly expressed Bukharin 's concern that , given the conditions then prevailing , the ‘ plan ’ should not be regarded as being actually able to control all the elements that had to be taken into account .
2 This career framework should not be seen as being wholly rigid or fixed .
3 Despite occasional conflicts between bishops and comites , and the apparent restriction of comital power in some towns , secular power and ecclesiastical authority should not be seen as being in conflict .
4 One is that latent inhibition should not be interpreted as being the result of a loss of stimulus associability ; Chapter 4 will discuss the most widely considered alternative , ‘ interference ’ theory .
5 The question should n't be misunderstood as being merely practical ( is your marriage free from scandal ? ) or sentimental ; it 's an exact enquiry about the candidate 's fitness to represent other people .
6 According to her , aggression ‘ involves the intention to hurt or emerge superior to others , does not necessarily involve physical injury ( violence ) and may or may not be regarded as being underpinned by different kinds of motives ’ .
7 ( v ) Mental patients may not be registered as being resident in a particular constituency solely by reason of being in a mental hospital within that constituency .
8 Secondly , we set about drawing attention , nationally and locally , to a threatened church that simply could not be described as being redundant , having a weekly congregation of over 1,500 worshippers !
9 Grunte could not be described as being a sensitive man , but even he had become aware of a general climate of disapproval .
10 Occasionally he will be accompanied by a ‘ qualified driver ’ but because such person was asleep , drunk or poorly etc. , the learner would not be classed as being supervised .
11 Generally , toys made and given to raise funds at a local fête or bazaar would not be considered as being a ‘ business ’ , unless , like Mrs Rees of Moor Farm , Walwyns Castle , you live in the vicinity of Haverfordwest , Pembrokeshire .
12 Eighteen months later , Thomas is making a good recovery , though he can not be diagnosed as being clear of leukaemia for another three years .
13 Findings based on very limited evidence can not be regarded as being firmly established and need to be verified by means of additional observations and cases .
14 For if such complexes ' are to play the role of particulars , they can not be regarded as being logically on a par with single qualities .
15 Even now , the categories of duty can not be regarded as being closed ; they have been held to include a general duty to enforce the law , to detect and prevent crime and to bring the offender to justice , to prevent harm to persons and property and to preserve evidence .
16 So the principles can not be regarded as being in any doubt .
17 However , a new approach to the question of remedies available for breach was occasioned by Diplock LJ in Hong Kong Fir Shipping Co Ltd v Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd [ 1962 ] 2 QB 26 ( at p70 ) : There are … many contractual undertakings of a more complex character which can not be categorised as being " conditions " or " warranties " , if the late 19th century meaning adopted in the Sale of Goods Act , 1893 , and used by Bowen LJ in Bentsen v Taylor , Sons & Co be given to those terms .
18 In my judgment , the Act can not be read as being constrained by the Rules to preclude an ex parte application .
19 His ethnographic boundaries can not be described as being geographically to the north of anywhere , for they are around him and within .
20 CPRW believes this point is of fundamental importance because although in planning terms many large , static caravan sites like Meadow House are considered to enjoy ‘ permanent ’ consent , the caravans themselves can not be construed as being ‘ permanent ’ in the same way as are brick and stone built properties .
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