Example sentences of "[was/were] consider [prep] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Areas where the legislation was felt to be insufficiently strong included many rights which were considered to be beneficial in theory but ineffectual in practice . |
| 2 | For the second survey a sample of 1.7 million volumes was taken from a number of areas of the Library which were considered to be representative of the book collections as a whole . |
| 3 | These environmental objections were considered to be serious enough to outweigh the economic benefits of allowing the proposal . |
| 4 | The majority of interviewees were not well informed about the services provided by the CSSU , and , partly as a consequence , the services were considered to be inadequate . |
| 5 | His landscapes were considered to be supreme examples of photographic technique , a number of them being published . |
| 6 | His landscapes were considered to be supreme examples of photographic technique , a number of them being published . |
| 7 | Jewel Lafontant , the United States co-ordinator for refugee affairs , said on March 16 that the United States would accept half of any new Vietnamese boat people fleeing to Hong Kong , as long as they were considered to be genuine refugees ; only 11 per cent of those as yet screened in the colony had been classified as such . |
| 8 | Phasic contractions in the lower oesophageal sphincter , were considered to be present when resting pressure slowly but transiently increased to more than 50% of its basal value . |
| 9 | These complications all occurred within three months of operation and all were considered to be technical in nature . |
| 10 | Despite objections from United 's machinists ' union , the participation of management , and BA 's equity contribution , were considered to be ample assurance to potential investors in Airline Acquisition 's junk bonds . |
| 11 | The timing of the election was also influenced by disarray within the opposition Liberal-National Party coalition arising from what were considered to be ill-conceived policies regarding health care and labour relations , and continuing problems within the leadership . |
| 12 | well we were considered to be fortunate that we did n't , we only had a small percentage that we had a problem with |
| 13 | Only letter strings which appeared in this dictionary were considered to be correct . |
| 14 | Two points were considered to be crucial . |
| 15 | Brownie and Lola were young and defiant at a time when those who went their own way were considered to be delinquent . |
| 16 | This fascinating document , completed in 1941 , after its aged author had once again perambulated the African continent , shows the extent to which accommodation to change and the continuation of control were considered to be compatible goals of policy . |
| 17 | Public utilities such as electricity , gas , water and telecommunications provided the best examples of what were considered to be natural monopolies , although when technological advances are made , certain industries formerly classed as natural monopolies may cease to be so ( eg telecommunications ) . |
| 18 | After further assessment six patients were considered to be inappropriate referrals and were returned for surgery ( two total obstruction , one tumour invading anus , three fit for surgery and resectable by anterior resection ) . |
| 19 | The test was used with continuity correction , and values of p<0.05 were considered to be significant . |
| 20 | Statistical analysis was performed with the Mann Whitney U test and values of p<0.05 were considered to be significant . |
| 21 | Given any example of a classic scientific theory , whether at the time of its first proposal or at a later date , it is possible to find observational claims that were generally accepted at the time and were considered to be inconsistent with the theory . |
| 22 | There is a great deal more tolerance and enlightened thinking about sexual practices and principles which until comparatively recently were considered to be abnormal , outlandish and even criminal . |
| 23 | In the days when Lewis Carroll wrote these stories , people who made hats were considered to be mad , because of the fibrous fumes they inhaled . |
| 24 | Its housing , shopping , school and medical facilities were considered to be excellent and so very attractive to the London-based staff . |
| 25 | The amount of industrial waste imported into Britain has multiplied dramatically in the last six years : in 1986/87 some 183,000 tonnes of waste were imported into Britain for treatment or incineration , of which 53,000 were considered to be hazardous . |
| 26 | This was considered to be due to the limited involvement of the officers and the clerical assistant in certain parts of the analysis . |
| 27 | This was considered to be due to recognition of semantically similar words to those seen in the course of the experiment . |
| 28 | Given the changes over the previous decade , a further review of the size and distribution of the Leicestershire residential care sector was considered to be essential both to set an information baseline before the implementation of the National Health Service and Community Care Act and to document changes in the demography and levels of dependency of the residential care population . |
| 29 | which can yield 2 tonnes/hectare year of dry wood even on unfertilised , very dry soil , was considered to be crucial for upgrading the environment as a whole . |
| 30 | Later this choice was considered to be pagan by the Church because of the festivities traditionally associated with it . |