Example sentences of "[vb mod] be considered a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 This 24 hours is only two-thirds of the 36 hours available ; it should be considered a minimum time to allocate to private study .
2 These paints should be considered a temporary measure until the cause of the damp has been found and cured .
3 Similarly , the use of time-sheets , hourly cost rates and profitability forecasts for each work type should be considered a vital part of every surveyor 's armoury .
4 The Council of the Law Society 's unfavourable reaction to critical reports was predictable but it is more interesting to note the strong sense of resentment that the profession should be considered a proper subject for such investigations .
5 Standard forms of tender and subcontract are issued by the JCT for use in conjunction with this method , which is far less complicated than full nomination and which , because the main contractor takes greater responsibility , must be considered a useful alternative by surveyors .
6 There followed a period when both these positions were held by hearing persons , which must be considered a backward development in the evolution of the BDDA .
7 Inspection in schools must be considered a vital part of the education system .
8 This traveller 's account from 1783 considered that outside , " the company is generally low " , but with fares equal to a fortnight 's wages for even a skilled craftsman , that must be considered a relative judgement on status .
9 Now , as far as I know , mechanical missionaries from the copper-capped brigade made various sorties on the L.M. main line over the years , but only one expedition by what might be considered a top-link engine is on record having penetrated further than Mold Junction .
10 I am hoping , with all my artistic heart , that this report turns out to be a myth , as I have tested a whole range of media including oils , only to discover what could be considered a negative quality in me : I am too damned impatient to allow the oils to dry before continuing with the painting !
11 It was true : I was spending every evening and night with my owl , so I was n't leading what could be considered a normal teenager 's life .
12 Indeed , not even Eratosthenes presented what could be considered a decent amount of information according to the standards of later times .
13 Livestock was also carried , but especially from Ireland , so that it could be considered a true food import rather than a coastal one .
14 This may be considered a typical penalty . ’
15 Is there any way in which characters in dramatic texts may be considered a worthwhile object of criticism ?
16 In port it may be considered a cosy double .
17 Water transparency may be considered a simple measure of increased acidity since the microscopic single-cell plants ( phytoplankton ) decline with increasing acidity .
18 Given that what may be considered a minor development elsewhere could have a serious impact on the landscape quality of a designated area , we believe the need to prove ‘ exceptional circumstances ’ must apply to all new proposals .
19 Given that what may be considered a minor development elsewhere could have a serious impact on the landscape quality of a designated area , we believe the need to prove ‘ exceptional circumstances ’ must apply to all new proposals .
20 However if the 18 year old could pick up languages merely by exposure they would be considered a real prodigy .
21 Will Douglas , who as Knight of Liddesdale , and Keeper of that unruly area , looked on all Armstrongs as eminently hangable , was doubtful , to say the least , but recognised that to refuse to take them would be considered a grievous insult and could endanger them all thereafter .
22 If you look hard you can still find old shops with window displays like an undertaker 's , where a single navy-blue woollen glove on a metal stand would be considered a showy Christmas display .
23 Access in contravention of these rules will be considered a serious offence .
24 In the Perfect Future Of Those Obsessed With Electronic Fantasy , Ted Hughes will be replaced by the Sega Laureate , who will spend his days inventing computer games especially for national occasions like royal divorces , and the rapper from The Shamen will be considered a cultural visionary .
25 His vision of the future also included a reduction in university support services for authors ; fewer editors working on more books ; cheaper typesetting and data processing costs ; significantly reduced print runs ( ‘ I expect 50 copies will be considered a large run for some titles ’ ) ; electronic customer catalogues ; improved customer service ; a merging of the jobs of copy editor , designer and production controller ; and dramatically improved distribution ( ‘ the 10 minute book run off locally in the shop could soon be a reality ’ ) .
26 If the long and complex passage of Athenaeus 6 ( 273a–275b ) , which Felix Jacoby gives as fragment 59 , can be considered a trustworthy summary of Posidonius ' views about Roman civilization , two features emerge : ( a ) the Romans preserved for a long time their extreme simplicity of life ; ( b ) in that long period they learnt many techniques from various foreigners ( Greeks , Etruscans , Samnites and Iberians ) and their constitutional principles from the Spartans .
27 In the same manner , Paynes Grey can be considered a dark violet-blue as it is primarily a mix of ultramarine blue and black .
28 Secondary information services typically index a document into terms of an indexing language which can be considered a semantic net .
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