Example sentences of "[be] [adv] regard " in BNC.
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| 1 | The observers that took part in the raid do not in any way represent the residents of this estate and are widely regarded here as being little better than police stooges . |
| 2 | Even with the ending of East-West confrontations and the prospect of nuclear armouries being run down rapidly , it is hard to imagine a world in which civil reactors are widely regarded as safe and the problems of acceptable disposal of nuclear wastes are overcome . |
| 3 | ( 4 ) J. Martin Shaw , County Planning Officer of Norfolk , notes that ‘ schools are widely regarded as the focus of village life ’ . |
| 4 | The Russells are widely regarded as kind , trusting people , entirely without malice . |
| 5 | The most economically prosperous parts of the UK at the present time are widely regarded as the towns and cities located on a broad axis extending from Cambridgeshire to Dorset and Avon . |
| 6 | As a result , the waste is in danger of continuing to be stored in what are widely regarded as inadequate facilities . |
| 7 | a ‘ cultural heritage ’ view emphasises the responsibility of schools to lead children to an appreciation of those works of literature that have been widely regarded as amongst the finest in the language ; |
| 8 | At the extreme , France , which since the late 1940s had been widely regarded as the leader of European integration , even denied that the supranational bodies had the right to acquire and use emergency powers . |
| 9 | The Bourbon variety ‘ Mme Isaac Pereire ’ , with huge crimson blooms , has for long been widely regarded as the most powerfully scented rose of all . |
| 10 | Many similar examples can be found around the world , but in Britain there is substantial historical evidence which suggests that sharing with relatives outside the nuclear family in adult life has never been widely regarded as an ideal to be aimed for ( see chapter 2 ) . |
| 11 | The decision of the House of Lords in R v. Greater London Council ex parte Bromley London Borough Council ( 1981 ) , confirming that of the Court of Appeal , has been widely regarded as a political decision , no doubt because it gave a ruling in an acutely political controversy . |
| 12 | He replaced a health minister who had been widely regarded as extremely successful in increasing access to health services through the introduction of Medicare . |
| 13 | As a BCP politburo and secretariat member until mid-1988 , he had been widely regarded as the person most likely to lead political reform in Bulgaria , but he had been dismissed abruptly from the party leadership in July 1988 [ see p. 36304 ] . |
| 14 | With the NLD leaders Aung San Suu Kyi and Gen. ( retd ) Tin U respectively under house arrest and in prison , Kyi Maung had been widely regarded as the country 's principal unconstrained opposition figure . |
| 15 | During his 12 years in the post Späth had consolidated Baden-Württemberg 's reputation as a prosperous state and he had been widely regarded as a possible successor to Kohl . |
| 16 | Prior to his dismissal he had been widely regarded as Manley 's heir-apparent , and he had served as acting Prime Minister for several periods during Manley 's illness in 1990 . |
| 17 | However , as the sole candidate and with the very high rate of abstention ( only 28.28 per cent of voters turned out ) , his presidency had been widely regarded as lacking in legitimacy . |
| 18 | The extensive series of domal uplifts traversed by the East African Rift System has been widely regarded as a clear example of active rifting with uplift preceding the development of rift structures . |
| 19 | The environmental systems are effectively regarded as machines whose workings can all be discovered , described in differential equation form and whose future activities can thus be predicted in detail if their initial states are known . |
| 20 | As the top solicitors are highly regarded in the music business , sometimes this can be another way of getting a foot in the door . |
| 21 | English anglers have dominated the Gland Slam in recent years but the Eastern Europeans are highly regarded with both Poland and Czechoslovakia former winners of the world championship . |
| 22 | He claims that professionals make important contributions to the functional well-being of society and in addition , their services are highly regarded in terms of society 's values . |
| 23 | ‘ We are highly regarded in Japan for our technical quality and scientific approach , but we still have some way to go . ’ |
| 24 | Thus authors who are highly regarded by their peers tend also to be those who publish frequently , and whose papers are highly cited . |
| 25 | Thus authors who are highly regarded by their peers tend also to be those who publish frequently , and whose papers are highly cited . |
| 26 | However , I recently received some literature about the appalling treatment of dogs and cats in South Korea where they are apparently regarded as a gourmet food . |
| 27 | This overriding goal entails that the best constitutional arrangements each person can reach while acting in conformity with his own moral ideals are morally valid , and since the commonly agreed upon arrangements are so regarded by everyone , they are morally binding on all . |
| 28 | Physical strength has always been highly regarded . |
| 29 | As an example , when Ellis died in 1962 , a newly-recruited TDC guard received $256 per month with fringe benefits such as uniforms , and can not have been highly regarded in a society which measures status by money . |
| 30 | His achievement in bringing together such an elaborate code has been highly regarded , Stenton describing it as ‘ the work of a responsible statesman ’ . |