Example sentences of "may [be] regarded [prep] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Life may be regarded as an austere struggle , blighted by fate , where only the rich and the lucky fare well . |
| 32 | Or life may be regarded as a battlefield fit for conquerors , with rich pickings for the strong . |
| 33 | The feelings may be regarded as an interpretation of the activity . |
| 34 | In addition to rule-making , thereby reducing the degree of uncertainty confronting workers and management , it can also be a vehicle for resolving disputes , a power relationship and , where it takes place at enterprise or plant level , it may be regarded as a form of participation for workers or their representatives ( see Chapter 7 ) . |
| 35 | By this means a single employer is selected for the initial claim and the resultant settlement is then extended to the rest of the industry — an arrangement which , in some respects , may be regarded as a de facto form of industry-wide bargaining . |
| 36 | Bulgaria was an autonomous though tributary principality under the suzerainty of the sultan ; it may be regarded as an independent state although a weak one . |
| 37 | So much then for what may be regarded as general principles , applicable to all . |
| 38 | There are two main methods of budding — that which may be regarded as the traditional way , and another ‘ new ’ method that is more often used for other shrubs and trees — although we were using it 40 years ago on both bush and standard roses . |
| 39 | What may be regarded as a great bureaucracy has in fact great achievements to its credit . |
| 40 | Every accident may be regarded as the result of the action of a human being somewhere along the line . |
| 41 | The requirement of the Education ( No. 2 ) Act 1986 Section 17 that each LEA should formulate a written policy on the range and balance of the school curriculum , and then that each school should consider but not necessarily follow that LEA policy , may be regarded as a brief , and confusing , interlude in the movement towards a national curriculum . |
| 42 | ONE bomb in the City of London may be regarded as a misfortune , as Lady Bracknell might have put it ; two looks like carelessness . |
| 43 | Thus , the 10cmkyr -1 rate for the LDO may be regarded as a minimum . |
| 44 | H1 and H5 are homologous , and H5 , which is the predominant form of linker histone in avian erythrocytes , may be regarded as an extreme variant of H1 . |
| 45 | To some extent these differing viewpoints may be regarded as ideological positions advanced in the defence of the interests of particular groups , notably the natural parents and the ‘ substitute carers ’ ( foster- and adoptive parents ) . |
| 46 | They are irregular systems , and may be regarded as companions of our Galaxy , since both lie within 200000 light-years of us — as against over 2000000 light-years for the Andromeda Spiral . |
| 47 | It follows , too , for anyone who refuses to believe that universalizability is a necessary element in the meaning of ‘ ought ’ as opposed to the meaning of ‘ all ’ , that such a normative system , replete with content flowing from the ‘ millenary labour ’ of many heads , hearts and hands , constantly in flux , but also sufficiently determinate to guide conduct , may be regarded as a socially valid positive system of morality . |
| 48 | The Crusades may be regarded as wars fought in the name of ideology and religion . |
| 49 | This may be regarded as the last fling of this relationship . |
| 50 | In one sense they may be regarded as the successors to , sometimes the heirs of , the small- nationality movements directed against the Habsburg , Tsarist and Ottoman empires , that is to say against what were considered historically obsolete modes of political organisation , in the name of a model of political modernity , the nation-state . |
| 51 | If people are accorded status because of the respect in which their achievements are held , then status may be regarded as a normal part of social life . |
| 52 | Shiels or shields are cottages , direct from the Anglo-Saxon , so the town of Galashiels may be regarded as cottages by a stream , or as scattered cottages . |
| 53 | The etymology here could well indicate the contact during sleep between the living and the dead , in which case sleep may be regarded as a miniature death that takes a person away from the conscious life of the day . |
| 54 | We may write this equation as unc Equation ( 5 ) is known as a parametric solution : since we have only n — s independent relations we can determine only n — s unknowns ( y ) in terms of the remaining s quantities ( z ) , which may be regarded as arbitrary parameters in the problem . |
| 55 | It may be regarded as a set of techniques , rather than a theoretically predetermined system for the writing of linguistic ‘ rules ’ . |
| 56 | ‘ To experience one transmat journey may be regarded as a misfortune , ’ she said . |
| 57 | Donoghue v. Stevenson may be regarded as a milestone , and the well known passage in Lord Atkin 's speech should I think be regarded as a statement of principle . |
| 58 | Nationalism may also contain racial elements in so far as particular nations may be regarded as deriving from specific racial stocks ; and biologically defined communities may be regarded as the prime source of cultural characteristics . |
| 59 | Although they may be regarded as suitable accommodation by some people , especially retired couples able to afford good-quality mobile homes , relatively poor facilities and frequently isolated locations make them less than ideal for the majority of inhabitants . |
| 60 | In my view , that provision lends support to the view that a receiver appointed over the property of an unregistered company may be regarded as an administrative receiver within the meaning of the Act of 1986 . |