Example sentences of "could be regard [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because still in 1988 , under the pressure of social instability and political crises , homosexuality could be regarded as a kind of privation or error , an ‘ inverted positivity ’ , an inimical , pernicious , inauthenticity always threatening to return from within the true and the authentic . |
| 2 | It could be regarded as the original monocoque , because it used a lightweight structure of four small-diameter steel tubes and a stressed aluminium skin . |
| 3 | Filmmakers were rarely imported from outside ( Thorold Dickinson , who was allowed in to make Secret People in 1952 , could be regarded as an ‘ old boy ’ since he had worked at the studio during Basil Dean 's time ) and , with five directors responsible for two-thirds of the films made at the studio between 1942 and 1955 , there was little competition inside the studio , and no exposure to fresh ideas from outside . |
| 4 | The Stock Exchange concluded that the accounts could be regarded as suspect because they made no reference to such business , according to Sir Anthony . |
| 5 | Dana was steadily centred right in the middle of Libra , and so could be regarded as a perfectly balanced human being , with a true equivalence of male and female , physical and intellectual , animal and spiritual , and I think it was from this delicate balance , never upset , that his magnetic force of personality derived . |
| 6 | Thirdly , it is doubtful whether the General Strike could be regarded as the watershed in British labour history , which it is sometimes claimed to be , or that it changed in any significant form the pattern of industrial relations . |
| 7 | A novel like The Middle Age of Mrs Eliot , for instance , could be regarded as a latter-day Middlemarch , with Meg rising up and breaking free as Dorothea does , and it is possible to detect the influence of Wilson 's favourite writer , Dickens , in works as dissimilar as Anglo-Saxon Attitudes and No Laughing Matter . |
| 8 | ‘ The government also believes , ’ said the Minister , that ‘ where farmers restrict their activities beyond the degree which could be regarded as good agricultural practice , they should be compensated . ’ |
| 9 | The Christian idea of God as Trinity could be regarded as a bridge between the traditions of the Near East and the Far East . |
| 10 | The care taken over the disposal of the dead indicates a deeply held conviction that , provided the appropriate steps were taken , death could be regarded as a transitional state . |
| 11 | The capture of two 10lb bream from Grafham reservoir on fish imitating lures was treated as though the incidents were especially significant ; that lure fishing could be regarded as a specially good method for catching exceptionally big bream . |
| 12 | Such a commodity , once acceptable , performed the role of a medium of exchange and could be regarded as money . |
| 13 | Indeed , it could be regarded as a measure of the previous work how little needs doing after the pilot . |
| 14 | By analogy , therefore , where the refusal of planning permission makes it impossible for a defendant to comply with the terms of a nuisance order , this could be regarded as a reasonable excuse . |
| 15 | If the intensification of use could be regarded as a material change of use , then planning permission would be required thus enabling any odour emission to be controlled by planning legislation . |
| 16 | Although the brief for the study could be regarded as a loose one , the full SSM was not formally applied by moving deliberately through each of the SSM stages , although in retrospect there were many similarities . |
| 17 | Similarly , the library and student services functions , which also related to the delivery of courses , could be regarded as part of the operations group . |
| 18 | This fusion cell , which is technically known as a zygote , could be regarded as the foundation stone of the new individual . |
| 19 | It would be a mistake , in Gandhi 's view , to allow ahi sā to become a fetish , and not to kill in certain circumstances could be regarded as a form of hi sā rather than ahi sā . |
| 20 | Certainly , if the memorandum could be regarded as a contract , there might be difficulties because the transaction was not supported by consideration . |
| 21 | It has been held that while mezzanine platforms erected in a warehouse could be regarded as plant for capital allowance purposes , ancillary lighting could not ( p 119 ) . |
| 22 | The question of whether mezzanine platforms and ancillary lighting erected in a warehouse could be regarded as plant for capital allowance purposes was considered in the case of Hunt v Henry Quick Ltd ; King v Bridisco Ltd [ 1992 ] STI 665 . |
| 23 | The following year he could comment to journalists that he , as President of the Commission , could be regarded as a kind of European prime minister . |
| 24 | None of these could be regarded as solutions in themselves , but taken together , and in combination with other measures outlined in the new deal , they can make a substantial improvement . |
| 25 | A factor which could be regarded as an act of God now intervened . |
| 26 | These collocations could be regarded as extensions to the base meaning of a particular word ; for example , in the case of ’ weak ’ , we could regard the base meaning as ’ lack of physical strength ’ and then acknowledge modifications to this base meaning when used in the context of describing solutions . |
| 27 | This sentence could be regarded as an elliptical version of the deductive explanation given in ( 27 ) . |
| 28 | Alternatively , sentence ( 29 ) could be regarded as an incorrect empirical explanation . |
| 29 | The costs for the US would be enormous , indeed the requirement of the French was that the US would pay the entire cost , but money and munitions could be regarded as the essential calipers which might allow the rickety infant to walk ; and as long as it had an American account it would grow up and would be able to buy everything that was needed for a new nation state . |
| 30 | This could be regarded as a superior explanation to the others . |