Example sentences of "may be [vb pp] as a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If grouped together ( within 5″ of another chariot ) they may be treated as a unit for leadership tests testing on the value of the highest . |
| 2 | The tax treatment of discounted debentures is very complex but in many cases the " discount " may be treated as a deduction when computing the profits of a company which reduces the cost of the discount to a company . |
| 3 | However , some parts of the lease will be construed against the tenent , since by a legal fiction he may be treated as a grantor . |
| 4 | At one level , the spectrum as a whole may be treated as a fingerprint , which can be used simply to recognize the product of some reaction as a known compound . |
| 5 | The danger with regard to capital gains tax is not so much that the protector may be treated as a trustee , which is very unlikely in a properly drawn protectorship clause in the deed , but that he may de facto intervene in the way the trust is carried out so that the Revenue may argue that the general administration of the trust is not ordinarily carried on outside the United Kingdom . |
| 6 | A member who is dismissed under this Article may be reinstated as a member on payment of all arrears of his subscription due at the time of his dismissal , and also any appropriate admission fee which may be decided by the Council . |
| 7 | They may be summarised as a revolt against the normal . |
| 8 | A Recorder who has served for five years may be appointed as a Circuit judge . |
| 9 | Acknowledging that more than one sort of link may be formed as a result of even simple conditioning procedures helps explain the way in which these effects show in behaviour . |
| 10 | A CONSTITUTION MAY BE DEFINED as a body of laws , customs , and conventions that define the composition and powers of organs of the state and that regulate the relations of the various state organs to one another and to the private citizen . |
| 11 | And in the most final sense of all , to be arrested while fighting opposing supporters may be felt as a way of conveying to the management by means of some psychic process the nature of the ‘ really genuine supporter ’ , and the character of his identification . |
| 12 | Under the Judicature Acts no injunction can be granted by one division of the court against proceedings in another division ; but in every branch of the court an equitable right may be directly asserted and may be pleaded as a defence to a legal claim . |
| 13 | BRAC 's efforts have brought attention to the concept of oral rehydration therapy in Bangladesh , and this may be regarded as a success . |
| 14 | Also , cancers found at the screening ( first ) colonoscopy may be regarded as a success when the examination is performed according to the protocol . |
| 15 | An ontogenetic change may be regarded as a change in state , for example the change from the vegetative to the flowering state probably arises from a switch change between sets of genes . |
| 16 | The percentage of effective votes , that is votes which clearly contributed to the election of a candidate and which may be regarded as a measure of voter satisfaction , throughout the Province remained unchanged at nearly 88% . |
| 17 | Roman monuments and inscriptions may be found , but the majuscule writing employed on these may be regarded as a subject separate from the general theme now being explored . |
| 18 | A book may have to be examined for the author 's motives in writing it and for the librarian 's motives in buying it ; and though one copy purchased may be regarded as a reflection of user interest in the title the purchase of five may be regarded as instructional support . |
| 19 | While this may be regarded as a sign of real independence it is probably more accurate to describe it as ‘ pseudoindependence ’ ( Kets de Vries , 1978 ) . |
| 20 | In Latin America a second wave of nationalism , which may be regarded as a continuation of the national independence struggles against the Spanish and Portuguese empires in the early nineteenth century , has developed vigorously in the present century in opposition to American economic dominance , and has been connected more or less closely with socialist and reforming movements directed against the internal domination of these societies by an upper class composed of landowners , and more recently , of elements of a national bourgeoisie . |
| 21 | ONE bomb in the City of London may be regarded as a misfortune , as Lady Bracknell might have put it ; two looks like carelessness . |
| 22 | ‘ To experience one transmat journey may be regarded as a misfortune , ’ she said . |
| 23 | It brings to mind the old dictum that a Tory soliciting the vote of one prominent Labourite may be regarded as a misfortune , but to solicit the vote of two looks like carelessness . |
| 24 | Parsing may be regarded as a search for the syntactic representation of the input . |
| 25 | Infra-red may be regarded as a form of light to which the human eye is insensitive — that is , it can not be seen but otherwise behaves in practically the same way . |
| 26 | 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 ) . |
| 27 | To that extent , therefore , Article 130R(5) may be regarded as a limitation of previous theories as to Community competence . |
| 28 | The learner may be regarded as a resource person by encouraging intercommunication between learners in role playing , and experiential learning , which are then followed by discussion and analysis of the effectiveness of the situation enacted , and the feelings which were generated towards each other . |
| 29 | Broadly the period 1951–87 can be divided into four parts : 1951–64 , a period of comparatively little social policy innovation which may be regarded as a time of consolidation or stagnation , according to one 's political viewpoint ; 1964–74 , a period of fairly intense policy change stimulated by both political parties , in which considerable difficulties were experienced in translating aspirations into practice ; 1974–78 , a period in which rapid inflation and government by the Labour party without a parliamentary majority administered a severe shock to the political and social system , and to all who believed that there was still a need for developments in social policy ; and 1979–87 , when much more explicitly anti-welfare state Conservative administrations reinforced that shock by deliberately treating inflation as more deserving of its attention than unemployment , attacking public services which were seen as inhibiting economic recovery and seeking ways to ‘ privatize ’ public services . |
| 30 | If blood-sugar level rises too high then sugar also appears in the urine and the person may be regarded as a diabetic . |