Example sentences of "[be] regard [conj] [be] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He — um — he appointed you as his special envoy , you see — gave you carte blanche as far as time was concerned ; in fact he insisted that your entire stay here from day one should be regarded as being on company business . ’ |
| 2 | The evaluation could also be regarded as being of the summative type , in that information was given of the functioning of a nearly finalized course . |
| 3 | The implications of this paper could be regarded as being of considerable significance and must , therefore , be viewed with caution until further corroborative evidence can be produced by large-scale excavation on the site of the ‘ villa ’ and a detailed ground survey of the large area of the suggested tempelbezirk . |
| 4 | In this context , the material before the board indicated — ( 1 ) that investors were persuaded by company representatives employed by the Winchester Group to cancel their existing policies and to ‘ switch ’ to Norwich Union without their best interests and any disadvantages attendant upon so doing necessarily being considered ; ( 2 ) that other undesirable selling practices — for instance ‘ overselling ’ whereby investors are persuaded to take out a range of policies which they may not be able to afford in the long term — have been employed by company representatives selling on behalf of the Winchester Group ; ( 3 ) that the fact find forms completed by the Winchester Group for forwarding to Norwich Union were inadequate for the purposes of ensuring that products were only sold to investors on a ‘ best advice ’ basis ; ( 4 ) that the connections between Mr. Tee and Mr. Kissane ( a former director of the Winchester Group now awaiting trial on charges of theft of client moneys ) and also between the Winchester Group and Mr. Randhir Singh were such as to call into question the extent to which the controllers , directors and senior managers of the Winchester Group could be regarded as being of good character and competent or otherwise suitable to manage the marketing of investment contracts on behalf of Norwich Union and also whether the Winchester Group could be safely regarded as a fit and proper person for the purposes of enjoying appointed representative status ; ( 5 ) that policies had been sold by eight persons engaged by the Winchester Group who had not been appointed as company representatives of Norwich Union or in any other way authorised to sell investment contracts on behalf of Norwich Union and that other individuals who had been appointed as company representatives had not been registered as such with Lautro ; ( 6 ) that certain company representatives engaged by the Winchester Group appeared to be channelling client moneys through their own personal bank accounts . |
| 5 | Larger quantities will be regarded as being for commercial purposes , unless buyers can prove otherwise . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | [ In ] such a case , save in exceptional circumstances … it is suggested that the complaint should be regarded as being in effect sub judice and the investigation should ordinarily be deferred until the conclusion of the trial . |
| 8 | So the principles can not be regarded as being in any doubt . |
| 9 | This approach seems to beg the question as to whether a suicide can ever be regarded as being in their right mind . |
| 10 | Except in larger firms , unanimity might be thought to be desirable in the interests of preventing further splits in the firm , and even where a majority decision is available , a genuine attempt to achieve unanimity should always be made : save in any but the clearest case , exercise of the power by a permitted majority without consultation with the remaining partners would be regarded as being in bad faith . |
| 11 | The benefit of staff acting-up on a temporary basis , is that such staff will be regarded as being within the ring fencing arrangements for both the higher graded posts and their own posts . |