Example sentences of "[pron] be considered [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm considered expendable , naturally , and it would please Artai if I failed to return . ’ |
| 2 | I did no work that I can remember — I know I was considered hopeless by my teachers and I was quite ready to believe I was hopeless — I can quite well remember keeping mice at the back of the classroom and I can remember the smell . |
| 3 | I was at the local convent school from twelve to eighteen years old and I was considered clever but ‘ strange ’ . |
| 4 | But the reason why Dworkin 's rights thesis appears too narrow to generate a right of participation is because it too is firmly grounded in a gesellschaft model of law and society in which virtually the only interests which are considered capable of generating rights in the strong sense are those appropriate for abstract individuals pursuing their own private interests . |
| 5 | This may lead to the destruction of further historic pubs which are considered redundant ; conversely , this may well lead to the further restoration and conservation of the best historic sites . |
| 6 | Typically in the business sector , it is the information needs of shareholders which are considered paramount . |
| 7 | Young people usually learn forms of sexuality which are considered appropriate to their gender . |
| 8 | The student may consider a number of strategies for the investigation and select those which are considered appropriate eg in investigating the phasing of traffic lights at a road junction , the student may consider using trial and improvement , graphical techniques , algebraic analysis , calculus etc as strategies . |
| 9 | Staw and Szwajkowski attempted to test the following hypothesis : ‘ when the organization is located within a scarce environment , one method of coping with intra- and extra-organizational demands may be to perform activities which are legally questionable … the more scarce the environment of a business organization , the more likely it will engage in activities which are considered unfair market practices or restraints of trade ’ ( 1975 : 346–47 ) . |
| 10 | There is considerable sympathy for members of the public who commit some minor infringement under circumstances which are considered justifiable and understandable . |
| 11 | They have , after all , been traditionally concerned with restricting the use of weapons which are considered indiscriminate or inhumane . |
| 12 | Here , the aim of the therapeutic intervention is specified in terms of the verbal responses which are considered desirable for a particular child but are as yet not part of the child 's verbal repertoire . |
| 13 | Again to quote Hopwood ( 1984 , p. 179 ) : ‘ Accounting , by shaping the realm of the visible , can have a major impact on the significance that is attached to both organizational life as it is and the directions of change which are considered desirable . ’ |
| 14 | We can identify three kinds of sentence which are considered wrong , in addition to those with writing errors of spelling and punctuation . |
| 15 | Descriptions of their behaviour show how many of the characteristics which are considered natural or essentially human are not instinctive but learnt , indicating the necessity of human contact and care for the development of social behaviour and for the development of fundamental human faculties . |
| 16 | Formation of clusters with unprimed T cells has thus been shown to be a functional feature of dendritic cells ; this may explain the striking appearance of S-100 protein + cells in Peyer 's patches , which are considered important sites for induction of primary immune responses . |
| 17 | In all there are 61 independent 4000m alpine peaks with a further 89 neighbouring peaks ( peaklets ) which are considered subsidiary summits . |
| 18 | This belief in a woman 's heightened sexuality during her period may also have contributed to her being considered dangerous and hence polluting to all males . |
| 19 | The Consumer Concerns survey carried out by the National Consumer Council ( NCC ) in 1979–80 revealed a quarter of all respondents encountering problems walking in the previous year , over half of which were considered serious . |
| 20 | They were not required to wear normal police uniform , or to cut their hair short , both of which were considered demeaning . |
| 21 | It is clear , too , that the exercise of statutory powers ( and the performance of statutory duties ) might be unreviewable in a court if the particular case raised issues , such as matters of national security , which were considered unsuitable for judicial review . |
| 22 | Controls during the colonial period varied considerably , but in most European colonies , including those in West Africa , measures of varying degrees of harshness were taken against those indigenous , privately owned papers which were considered troublesome . |
| 23 | He extracted the constant characteristics of their work to see which were considered essential to a profession . |
| 24 | There are numerous records of actions being taken against plays which were considered slanderous to nobles or which were perceived to be in political opposition to government policy , such as Middleton 's cause célèbre , A Game of Chess , which opposed James 's accommodating attitude towards Spain and attracted the protest of the Spanish ambassador . |
| 25 | There is much evidence to suggest that disability may be just one attribute which is considered undesirable in members of the health and caring professions ; race and class discrimination are well documented ( Young , 1981 ; Watkins , 1987 ; Baxter , 1988 ) and gender discrimination is also marked ( Young , 1981 ) . |
| 26 | Ozone levels were recorded which were well above the level which is considered dangerous ; the danger level was exceeded on 10 days in 1992 , compared to only six in 1991 . |
| 27 | Their lives are dominated by three main concepts — the male ego whose nurturing , preserving and boosting is considered of vital importance ; a sense of hierarchy which is considered synonymous with the existence of the family ; and finally the closeness of relationships — the bonds which provide consolation . |
| 28 | We start with the single node 0 , which is considered active , and set z large and negative . |
| 29 | Most of what passes for women 's education and which is considered different in kind and emphasis from that which is usually provided in mainstream education for women , is , in my view , a transparent variation on a familiar theme . |
| 30 | They also function as a focus for the generation of collective values and a group identity which is considered desirable given the fragmented and impermanent nature of pupil attendance . |