Example sentences of "regard [subord] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For Hans Frank , the Führer had been ‘ a sort of superman ’ in whom he had believed ‘ without reservation ’ and whom he regarded as being right ‘ in all decisive matters ’ . |
| 2 | What is significant is the extension since 1979 of the range of issues in the first category which the Conservative leadership regards as ‘ high politics ’ , that is , which it regards as being within its own sphere of decision-making . |
| 3 | Now sheep are animals that we tend to regard as being pretty stupid and most of the time they 're timid creatures who will run away at the slightest sound or sight of something strange in their midst . |
| 4 | The ultimate sanction may be for them to sack the person whom they regard as being mainly to blame . |
| 5 | It does not go so far to ensure proportionality as other variants , but would involve the least departure from the existing system , would retain single-member constituencies which many regard as being a valuable feature of the present system , and would be much the simplest to understand in operation . |
| 6 | Soon amino acids linked together in groups and chains of ever-increasing complexity , when the small molecules became large ones , such as proteins , nucleic acids and enzymes ( i.e. all those we regard as being the real precursors of living matter ) . |
| 7 | Our main concern is with those policies and issues we regard as being the most important in determining the achievement of national goals through partnership with the multinationals . |
| 8 | They have skills and qualities which make them highly valuable and which most organizations regard as being in short supply . |
| 9 | That land you obviously regard as being properly included within the inset ? |
| 10 | SERAFIN : Which you regard as being different from using it in private conversation ? |
| 11 | I mean this is I er er there , there is a , a fundamental problem here I think th that i if you do the calculations in terms of how many calories per amount of grain it does seem that , that for what we regard as being an adequate diet and then again it 's a diet which is not being supplemented by meat okay there will be some vegetables but basically it 's grain , you , you do need somewhere between six and seven hundred . |
| 12 | Presumably another effect is that when people work , assuming they enjoy what they 're doing , they 're doing something which they regard as being reasonably important . |
| 13 | Quite apart from the fact that they find it very interesting , I think that people outside the university would be pleased to know that a course of such down to earth practical is taught in a place which they sometimes regard as being rather airy fairy . |
| 14 | Although they are generally regarded as being tender , many gardeners in cold northern areas have reported these plants to have survived several recent winters without harm . |
| 15 | The first view is associated with the late John Mackintosh and Richard Crossman and is regarded as being a trend , regardless of incumbent . |
| 16 | Its significance lies in its double message : that the aim of the Palestinian struggle is the establishment of Palestinian independence , and that this independence is regarded as being not at Israel 's expense . |
| 17 | Fish caught in gill-nets are generally regarded as being of poorer quality , because they are often dead for many hours before coming aboard the fishing vessel . |
| 18 | But the relations by blood or marriage of a wife are not regarded as being related to the relations of her husband : thus if A and B are two brothers and C and D two sisters , the marriage of A with C will be no bar to the marriage of B and D. |
| 19 | For them a build-up of the primary manifestations of commuters ' syndrome — tertiary dandruff and pyorrhoea of the gums — is regarded as being just a little bit natty . |
| 20 | Sleep had always been regarded as being in some way analogous to death ; the hypnotic trance was seen as having aspects of both conditions . |
| 21 | These are culpable acts , often regarded as being more serious than thefts of property . |
| 22 | His teachings were regarded as being of such importance that they are used unaltered to this day at the Spanish Riding School in Vienna . |
| 23 | I know that , like a lot of ordinary concert-goers and record collectors , you are not very much impressed by the slimmed-down sound of the present generation of period-instrument performers ; but your performances of the B minor Mass in the 1930s and '40s were regarded as being almost revolutionary , with very buoyant rhythms and slimmed-down textures . |
| 24 | It is regarded as being more important that the new appointee be familiar with the aims and methods which Highlander endorses rather than necessarily be able to present the best paper qualifications for the advertised job . |
| 25 | He is concerned only that the bishop denies the existence of those gods who were regarded as being essential protectors of the Roman Empire . |
| 26 | According to this reading , the repetition of episodes and the lack of a linear structure can be regarded as being in keeping with the formal realism of a narrative which is being conducted by someone whose overwrought state of mind colours his perception of the world around him , and who is no longer able to distinguish between imagination and reality . |
| 27 | Whereas in European antiquity the days of the week were regarded as being under the influence of the principal heavenly bodies — Saturn-day , Sun-day , Moon-day , and so on — for the Maya each day was itself divine . |
| 28 | Although they were expensive , public clocks were generally regarded as being very useful . |
| 29 | When the UK renewable energy programme began this was regarded as being the most promising alternative method of electricity generation and eight separate teams worked on different methods . |
| 30 | It does not mean , however , that he should not exercise his franchise and vote as he wishes at local government elections , but he should not be a party man otherwise his advice might be regarded as being tainted and the council as a whole , in the end , would cease to have confidence in his advice . |