Example sentences of "[vb mod] [be] regard as " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Whether the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel or the Stanze of Raphael should be regarded as the culminating effort of modern art , has long been the subject of controversy ’ ; but they both received double asterisks . |
| 2 | ‘ A college education should be regarded as everyone 's birthright . ’ |
| 3 | In 1940 he wrote of an almost sanctified rural life as something vitally different from the separately developing urban culture which so disturbed him and pleaded that agriculture should be regarded as a vocation , rather than merely an industry , though he pointed out that such a view involved the whole orientation and scheme of values of a future society . |
| 4 | If such techniques appear to have been used , the structure should be regarded as suspect , because all reputable Victorian engineers were aware of the risks of making connections by these methods . |
| 5 | Very probably at least some of these patinated bronzes should be regarded as legitimate copies rather than as fakes , rather as today the British Museum produces and sells resin copies of some of the more famous antiquities . |
| 6 | The degree of risk created by the bad driving should be regarded as the crucial factor ; it is not so much a question of whether the sentence should be more severe when the risk eventuates , as whether the sentence should be more lenient when the risk does not materialize . |
| 7 | Walter Kauzmann , in a perceptive preface to his book on quantum mechanics , argues that chemical quantum mechanics should be regarded as a language rather than as a tool . |
| 8 | Rather than fall back on an increased emphasis upon managerialism based upon hierarchy and control , the Education Reform Acts should be regarded as an opportunity to review , not just in a coping way but in a maximising way , the management structures and processes of our schools . |
| 9 | This should be regarded as a reductio ad absurdum of the presupposition of Rawls ' theory of justice and especially the assumption of the overriding goal to reach a doctrine of justice at whatever cost to one 's conception of the good . |
| 10 | In April 1990 a new system of Independent Taxation was introduced , following longstanding criticism of the assumption that a woman 's income should be regarded as part of her husband 's for tax purposes . |
| 11 | In other words , active citizenship should be regarded as a supplement to , not as a substitute for , the citizenship of entitlement . |
| 12 | As my colleague N.K. Humphrey neatly summed up an earlier draft of this chapter ; ‘ … memes should be regarded as living structures , not just metaphorically but technically . |
| 13 | If Darwin 's theory can be sub-divided into components , such that some people believe component A but not component B , while others believe B but not A , then A and B should be regarded as separate memes . |
| 14 | Except in regions of very low rainfall April should be regarded as the safest month for sowing herbage seeds . |
| 15 | Any problems with drains should be regarded as a major defect and the details passed on to your solicitor . |
| 16 | Here , then , we have the most obvious , the most important , opportunity for bridge-building , so obvious and important in fact that , in my view — and here I echo a judgment of Stephen Clark 's which in times past I fiercely denied — an individual 's or organisation 's position on ‘ meat-eating ’ , so-called , should be regarded as the decisive litmus test of their moral credibility . |
| 17 | However , if you are carrying out skin-brushing ( which does almost the same job ) , the following simple self-massage sequence will be extremely beneficial and should be regarded as an important ally in any campaign against cellulite . |
| 18 | Fishing for predatory bream with imitation or real fish should be regarded as an opportunist method to be employed when you happen to see bream chasing fry , or when you have tried all conventional methods and failed ; or simply when you fancy your chances with a fish bait . |
| 19 | Perhaps smacking should be regarded as a last resort and even then as something of a failure in communication between parent and child . |
| 20 | These efforts should be regarded as exciting explorations and attempts to show the beauty that throngs around us , both within the senses and outside of them . |
| 21 | This reiterated the belief , common among all those concerned with the youth question , that ‘ adolescence ’ should be regarded as a period of education , supervision , control , and guidance . |
| 22 | Perhaps the most general point to be made about the survey proper is that it should be regarded as an end-point to be reached after careful preparation . |
| 23 | In practical terms , the audit process can be summarised as a sequence of stages ( Fig 13.4 ) although , like the SSM , these should be regarded as guidelines rather than prescriptive , as there may be a need to refer back to earlier activities and make adjustments as the audit progresses . |
| 24 | However , no one has seriously challenged the view that attempted suicide should be regarded as an inappropriate way of coping with problems . |
| 25 | Last month the American Psychiatric Association ( APA ) claimed that many of these people should be regarded as ‘ sociopaths ’ and should be convicted . |
| 26 | Wilson ( 1988 ) proposed that community groups should be regarded as the interface between structure and agency and that caution should be exercised in ascribing voluntaristic impetuses to them . |
| 27 | They should be regarded as basic guidelines and adapted to the many possible variables , such as type of employment , level of responsibility , age/experience of the candidates . |
| 28 | Now that the law embraced the principle of what lawyers called cessio bonorum — yielding up of goods — some thought imprisonment should be regarded as punishment and not just a way of preventing the debtor absconding . |
| 29 | The exercises outlined here should be regarded as steps in your learning process . |
| 30 | If they can not afford to have one installed , this should be regarded as a first priority and paid for by their children if they can afford it , which is often quite possible if there is a willingness on their part to make some small economy in their own spending each month . |