Example sentences of "not [be] regard [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This can not be regarded as good practice . |
| 2 | By itself this statement , unequivocal though it was , could not be regarded as decisive evidence . |
| 3 | Whatever properties are delineated as especially appropriate to material artefacts in general , these can not be regarded as necessary attributes of an individual artefact when considered in any particular social context . |
| 4 | The space-time co-ordinates can not be regarded as simple unstructured cues to interpretation in context . |
| 5 | Similarly , the other co-ordinates relevant to the deictic context , speaker , hearer and indicated object , can not be regarded as simple unstructured cues which demand standard specification . |
| 6 | Er it 's really is to follow on from this debate that we 're having about what should happen if a shortfall occurs , erm and we 've heard , I 've been listening carefully to your views about er the way in which you agree with the Good Committee that a shortfall is an employers debt , the employers responsibility to meet that shortfall and we 've been talking about that shortfall should be met , but the Good Committee also concluded that er pensioners should not be regarded as preferential creditors erm and you also agreed with that . |
| 7 | Tempting though they are , books should not be regarded as natural repositories or presses , especially for botanical specimens . |
| 8 | The range of quality from very good to squalid is of significance , because at one end of the range many authorities view mobile homes as being more or less equivalent to permanent dwellings , while some of the poorer , less well serviced , caravans can not be regarded as permanent homes . |
| 9 | The defendants successfully applied to the English court for this service to be set aside on the grounds that personal service by the agent of a foreign litigant without the approval of the Swiss authorities was a criminal offence under the Swiss Penal Code and could not be regarded as valid service , as no English court could authorise service which was contrary to the internal law of the country in which service was to be effected . |
| 10 | The Guidance tells us that interim orders represent a substantial , if temporary , intervention in the child 's life and " should not be regarded as routine parts of an application for a full care or supervision order " ( vol 1 , para 3.38 ) . |