Example sentences of "understood [conj] [vb pp] as [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Far from being invalidated by the fact that , for instance , a perfect balance of power policy will scarcely be found in reality , it assumes that reality , being deficient in this respect , must be understood and evaluated as an approximation to an ideal system of balance of power . |
| 2 | The more that addiction comes to be understood and accepted as a disease beyond the control of the sufferer then the less acceptable or defensible will be dismissal . |
| 3 | In time it will be both understood and accepted as a disease that is not the fault of the sufferer and from which full recovery is possible . |
| 4 | Regardless of their initial intentions , their work has been understood and accepted as an open manifestation of political support . |
| 5 | Hereafter the penicillins were studied in countless laboratories , academic and commercial , and discoveries were made which enabled them to be better understood and used as the foundation for many new drugs . |
| 6 | Although there are differences in emphasis in the contributions of individual Formalists , the theoretical value of their work is best understood and appreciated as a collective effort to establish a coherent theoretical basis for literary studies . |
| 7 | In the space of a few years the word ‘ hooligan ’ had outstripped its humble local origins and its specific reference to London gang life ( it had also begun to lose its capital ‘ H ’ ) and had come to be understood and feared as a much more general affliction among the nation 's youth . |