Example sentences of "regard [conj] be more " in BNC.

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1 These are culpable acts , often regarded as being more serious than thefts of property .
2 It is regarded as being more important that the new appointee be familiar with the aims and methods which Highlander endorses rather than necessarily be able to present the best paper qualifications for the advertised job .
3 Some methods in sociology are regarded as being more reliable than others .
4 A mid-1980s ' survey of 650 firms in 130 US industries found that for new processes , lead time and learning curve advantages were rated as being the most important methods of protecting new innovations , while secrecy and marketing-related advantages were generally regarded as being more important than patents .
5 Major may have made it to the White House before Chancellor Kohl and President Mitterrand , but that does not mean he is regarded as being more important than either of them .
6 Although agriculture hardly figured in the race to the White House , Presidentelect Bill Clinton is regarded as being more protectionist and the failure to resolve outstanding differences over oil seeds could well fuel an agricultural trade war .
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