Example sentences of "it can be regarded [prep] " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 You may be able to claim constructive dismissal even if the incident which directly leads to your departure is minor , if it can be regarded as the last straw .
2 It can be regarded as a principle apart from morality on which morality can be based since it provides a reason why it might be worthwhile for a man to act morally .
3 It can be regarded as private ownership at least as readily as it can public ownership .
4 To a large extent , this implicit phonology is determined by choices of words and structures at the syntactic level , where it can be regarded as an important ingredient of stylistic value ( see 7.6 ) .
5 This is tantamount to saying that before it can be regarded as an adequate replacement for a falsified theory , a newly and boldly proposed theory must make some novel predictions that are confirmed .
6 Indeed for any particular finite value set it will be possible to give a complete finitary rule based on the fact that , since any program only contains finitely many variables , it can be regarded as a finite state machine ( with a huge umber of states ) .
7 In the present study , the thesis has been treated as a quasi-formal entity , which possesses enough attributes of the formal to enable comparisons to be drawn with fully formal conventional publications , such as journal articles , but which also possesses some elements of informal , personal communication , in that it can be regarded as the fulfilment of a one-to-one contract between the researcher and the university .
8 Mechanistically it can be regarded as the movement of a kink in the chain along its length ( see figure 12.5 ) until this reaches the end of the chain and leaves it .
9 Similarly an obligation of confidence may not be prayed in aid of a refusal to disclose secret information to a trustee in bankruptcy if it can be regarded as part of the bankrupt 's property ( see Keene , Re [ 1922 ] 2 Ch 475 ) .
10 The restrictive covenant cases demonstrate that a covenant will not be upheld on the basis of the status of the information which might be disclosed by a former employee if he is not restrained , unless it can be regarded as a business secret or the equivalent of a business secret .
11 It can be regarded as the culmination of a great German tradition of piano concertos , which had started with Mozart .
  Next page