Example sentences of "is [adv] regard [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Britain is widely regarded as having a political system which scores high on political institutionalization and low on personal leadership . |
| 2 | ‘ American culture ’ is widely regarded as inferior to ‘ European culture ’ , even as a threat . |
| 3 | But it is rich that John Major should talk of earning honours when his own Government is widely regarded as inept in so many ways . |
| 4 | DESERT Victory , which relates how Monty 's Eighth Army drove back Rommel 's Afrika Korps at El Alamein 50 years ago , is widely regarded as one of the greatest war documentaries ever made . |
| 5 | But even setting aside such terminological differences , it remains true that whether or not any animals employ symbolic representations is widely regarded as doubtful . |
| 6 | Its scenery is widely regarded as being among the best in the country . |
| 7 | McKinsey is widely regarded as one of the top business consulting companies in the world and Gerstner has been characterised as one of its stars . |
| 8 | As with support in the other direction , although it is widely regarded as legitimate for parents to look to their children , it is also possible for them to overstep the boundaries , and the way in which support is requested and delivered is important . |
| 9 | In broadcasting the French predilection for state leadership , fresh starts and grand plans is widely regarded as being less than a great success . |
| 10 | There is a reluctance , prima facie , to regard a breach of regulation as morally reprehensible , since the conduct addressed is widely regarded as ‘ morally neutral ’ ( Kadish , 1963 ; also Ball and Friedman , 1965 ; Fuller , 1942 ; Yoder , 1978 ) , in contrast with those behaviours which are the stuff of traditional criminal law . |
| 11 | Early detection of cancers is widely regarded as clinically important in that early treatment usually improves prognosis , and curative surgery may even be possible — for example , in colorectal cancer . |
| 12 | He will reject what a conventionalist accepts as law only in special cases , when a statute is old and out-of-date , for example , or when a line of precedent is widely regarded as unfair or inefficient , and it is difficult to see what of value is then lost . |
| 13 | Because the Treasury wants to have the final say on all public spending , however financed , each year 's chunk of ERDF cash is merely regarded as one source of finance for the total that authorities are permitted to spend each year . |
| 14 | I agree with Sir Frederick Pollock 's note on the case of De La Bere v. Pearson , Ltd. when he wrote in Pollock on Contracts ( 13th ed. ) , 140 ( n. 31 ) that ‘ the cause of action is better regarded as arising from default in the performance of a voluntary undertaking independent of contract . ’ |
| 15 | Olivier 's performance in this role is generally regarded as somewhat flattering . |
| 16 | Any additive given an ‘ E ’ number is generally regarded as safe to use . |
| 17 | It has won greater favour in the US than in Britain where it is generally regarded as conceding too much to a particular , and somewhat incoherent , philosophical system . |
| 18 | The carriage of goods for a subsidiary or for a holding company and for other companies which are subsidiaries of the same holding company is generally regarded as own account for these purposes . |
| 19 | While some behaviour , such as violence against the defenceless or excessive exploitation of the weak is generally regarded as unacceptable , there are many grey areas . |
| 20 | The importance which Ellis laid upon the drafting and promulgation of such rules is generally regarded as one of his major contributions to the civilizing of Texas prisons . |
| 21 | It goes without saying that his accomplishments did not match his campaign rhetoric — taxes were increased , the state budget more than doubled while he was in office and there were no significant reductions in the size of the state workforce yet his ‘ record in Sacramento is generally regarded as favorable ’ . |
| 22 | Language understanding is generally regarded as being of greater importance than generation , since understanding requires the recognition of many paraphrases for the same command or information , whereas generation may be satisfied with the production of just one . |
| 23 | Whilst the student grant contains a fixed amount for housing , it is generally regarded as well below market rates that , of course , vary according to area . |
| 24 | ‘ Art ’ music , for example , is generally regarded as by nature complex , difficult , demanding ; ‘ popular ’ music then has to be defined as ‘ simple ’ , ‘ accessible ’ , ‘ facile ’ . |
| 25 | Audit of general practitioner services is generally regarded as desirable , but funding is scarce . |
| 26 | The blood loss — which can last a week or so — is generally regarded as tolerable and there are no unpleasant side-effects . |
| 27 | ( Like tragedy , its " sublime " sister art , the " Old " ( Aristophanic ) Comedy of classical Athens is generally regarded as having originated in the worship of Dionysus . |
| 28 | However , PCR is expensive and time consuming , and is generally regarded as unsuitable for the mass screening of clinical samples . |
| 29 | The expression of Oct-1 is generally regarded as ubiquitous and our results agree with this , although the relative amount of product appears to vary slightly between RNA samples ( Figure 4a ) . |
| 30 | Thus , a language teacher who has qualified to teach in the Federal Republic of Germany is already regarded as having ‘ qualified teacher status ’ ( QTS ) here and can apply for teaching posts in UK schools . |