Example sentences of "were regarded as the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many state documents were regarded as the officer 's private property . |
| 2 | In the first place , diplomatic and political history were regarded as the centre of the discipline — the transaction of government business from month to month and year to year so that , according to the progenitors of the new approach , one could be forgiven for thinking that the only Frenchmen who had lived were cabinet ministers . |
| 3 | The zaibatsu — the powerful financial combines headed by Mitsui , Mitsubishi , Yasuda , Sumitomo and Okura — were regarded as the cornerstone of Japanese activities and it was accordingly a priority to break down their authority . |
| 4 | The rituals performed by the king-priest , particularly at the New Year Festival , were regarded as the repetitions of divine actions and were meant to correspond exactly in time as well as in character with the rituals on high . |
| 5 | Sometimes these were regarded as the product of individuals , sometimes of institutions . |
| 6 | Winans was aware that Journal policy was to keep the contents of the column secret prior to publication and that the contents of the column were regarded as the Journal 's confidential information . |
| 7 | Nor will we forget those hon. Members who were regarded as the darlings of the rioters . |
| 8 | Whatever the temptation to make films with what Robert Wagner called ‘ a strong sociological punch ’ there was never any danger that the studios would move away from what were regarded as the essentials of a Hollywood film . |