Example sentences of "is [adv] [vb pp] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sub-littoral is mostly known as the submerged seas over the Continental Shelf ( see diagram ) . |
| 2 | Bentham ( 1748–1832 ) is properly regarded as the founder of utilitarianism . |
| 3 | ( b ) Transfer of work A client is properly regarded as a client of the firm and not of the individual solicitor unless there is some personal , often family , connection between the two . |
| 4 | Even though the statutory offence that replaces it reduces the public order characteristics of the offence and raises doubts as to whether affray is properly characterised as a public order offence at all , the likelihood is that it will continue to be employed in the prosecution of spontaneous brawls that result in no great injury in circumstances where the evidence of specific offences against the person is deficient . |
| 5 | International law forbids outsiders to intervene in civil wars , and premature recognition of breakaway states is properly seen as interference in the domestic affairs of the state endeavouring not to fragment . |
| 6 | I have not yet challenged the assumption with which conventionalism begins : that whatever consensus lawyers have achieved about legislation and precedent is properly seen as a matter of convention . |
| 7 | What we seek is school management which more fully reflects this diversity of opinion , rather than what is widely seen as the inflexible dogma of the current approach . |
| 8 | This self-actualization ( " becoming your best self " ) is widely seen as the most valuable benefit of college study . |
| 9 | The pact is widely seen as one of the environmental fruits of glasnost in the Soviet Union . |
| 10 | Despite these criticisms , the new programme is widely seen as an advance on the Karnataka Social Forestry Project , inaugurated in 1983 with World Bank funding , which led to the expropriation of common land for eucalyptus plantations , and clashes between vilagers and foresters . |
| 11 | It may be noticed that insensibility both to moral appeals and to appeals to one 's future interests , imprisonment within both ‘ I ’ and ‘ Now ’ , are often combined in the same person , and that the combination is widely accepted as the strongest criterion for classing him as ‘ psychopathic ’ and exempting him from moral judgment . |
| 12 | He is widely accepted as a decent and honourable man . |
| 13 | The level of income at which SB is received is widely accepted as a crude and basic measure of the ‘ poverty line ’ , that point below which people may be said to be ‘ in poverty ’ . |
| 14 | Work Experience is widely accepted as a force for maturing and motivating pupils . |
| 15 | Orange is synonymous with piety and devotion in Muslim countries , while red , the most universal rug colour , is widely accepted as a sign of wealth and rejoicing . |
| 16 | it is widely accepted as a supreme achievement |
| 17 | The problem here was that genuine open dialogue is unpredictable and can lead anywhere ; it is not consistent with the pursuit of a detailed prearranged plan of work , yet it is widely accepted as an appropriate medium for teaching . |
| 18 | Either of these styles — which here represent different ends of a spectrum — is widely accepted as a norm of academic discourse . |
| 19 | So although the pluralist decision-making system is widely supported as a process in which diverse political interests can wield influence , the outcomes of the political bargaining process are frequently allocatively inefficient or fail to promote social justice . [ … ] |
| 20 | At Marlborough College , where he runs what is widely recognised as the best art department at any school in Britain , his students have repeatedly achieved the highest A-grade results in the country . |
| 21 | We are lucky in this country that we have some of the better zoos , and indeed host what is widely recognised as the best , Jersey . |
| 22 | This is widely recognised as one of the more remarkable achievements of Lubavitch . |
| 23 | Interactive spoken language is widely recognised as a powerful means of learning ; it is also obviously essential in the world outside school . |
| 24 | Abbey National , the UK 's second largest lender , is widely recognised as a major market player . |
| 25 | This is widely understood as a call to arms to defend the movement against a takeover by Mr Klaus . |
| 26 | Leicestershire is widely regarded as a pioneer of ‘ progressive ’ primary methods . |
| 27 | Bournville , the community that has grown up around Cadbury 's Birmingham factory , is widely regarded as a company town , although from its foundation it has been open to people who do not work for the company and only a minority of the residents now have any link with Cadbury 's . |
| 28 | In the Commons Mr Field is widely regarded as one of the most thoughtful and persuasive MPs . |
| 29 | The ECMT , which is not part of the EC , is widely regarded as an ineffectual organisation . |
| 30 | Mr Gonzalez managed to win a vote of confidence in the first round only with the support of a Canary Islands deputy who is widely regarded as a parliamentary spokesman and lobbyist for the Tenerife banana planters . |