Example sentences of "may be regarded [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In addition to rot and insect attack which may be regarded as defects intrinsic to timber , problems also arise from the way timber elements of traditional buildings were assembled . |
| 2 | Agency may be regarded as an extension of legal personality . |
| 3 | Intent to kill may be regarded as the most obvious and indisputable form of fault element for murder , but to some extent that depends on the meaning of ‘ intent ’ . |
| 4 | In short , we should call the offence reckless driving , but the occurrence of death , even though it may be regarded as bad luck , should aggravate the sentence . |
| 5 | Lady Antonia 's biography is the most substantial example of what may be regarded as the new and sober school of historians of Mary Queen of Scots . |
| 6 | The emergence of the so-called ‘ new narrative ’ presupposes the existence of an ‘ old narrative ’ which it superseded and , in effect , the early 1940s may be regarded as a watershed . |
| 7 | Laundering of cloths in the ‘ hot wash ’ cycle of any machine may be regarded as disinfection . |
| 8 | Any time spent in doing other things than attempting to transmit the meme may be regarded as time wasted from the meme 's point of view . |
| 9 | However , this may be regarded as a longer-term aim . |
| 10 | Ending discrimination against older consumers may be regarded as a moral imperative , but it also makes sound economic sense . |
| 11 | The back may be regarded as the gateway to the whole person — body , mind and psyche . |
| 12 | The Public Health Act of 1875 which may be regarded as a landmark in the advancement of local administration , gave to these Boards a code of powers in relation to public health and other matters , and established urban and rural sanitary authorities . |
| 13 | Roman monuments and inscriptions may be found , but the majuscule writing employed on these may be regarded as a subject separate from the general theme now being explored . |
| 14 | It is most unlikely for an odour per se to cause actual physical damage , but where it causes a diminution in the selling value of the property or injures the plaintiff 's business by , for example , causing potential customers to be lost , this may be regarded as sufficient invasion of the plaintiff 's interest to be tortious . |
| 15 | Even though odour emission may be regarded as a major consideration , as shown above , only rarely is planning permission refused on that ground alone , generally permission is granted but the development modified in some way to minimise any potential odour nuisance . |
| 16 | After all , the impulsive waves considered by Khan and Penrose may be regarded as idealizations of such waves . |
| 17 | The learner may be regarded as a resource person by encouraging intercommunication between learners in role playing , and experiential learning , which are then followed by discussion and analysis of the effectiveness of the situation enacted , and the feelings which were generated towards each other . |
| 18 | He tells us that a concentration of lead in water of 50 g/litre may be regarded as an ‘ upper safe limit ’ and yet later on mentions with approval a suggested limit ( for children ) of 0.1 ug/g for lead in food . |
| 19 | This contribution to the accumulating ‘ goodness ’ may be regarded as the first which is not due to the ruthless survival laws which belong to the second period of this book . |
| 20 | Thus , for example , left-wing authorities go out of their way to ban what seems to be racist matter , and right-wing authorities tend to be careful to exclude what may be regarded as homosexual literature . |
| 21 | A book may have to be examined for the author 's motives in writing it and for the librarian 's motives in buying it ; and though one copy purchased may be regarded as a reflection of user interest in the title the purchase of five may be regarded as instructional support . |
| 22 | A book may have to be examined for the author 's motives in writing it and for the librarian 's motives in buying it ; and though one copy purchased may be regarded as a reflection of user interest in the title the purchase of five may be regarded as instructional support . |
| 23 | Quite unconsciously , children may be regarded as rivals for a partner 's attention , or , when they cry inconsolably , critics of a mother 's competence . |
| 24 | Infra-red may be regarded as a form of light to which the human eye is insensitive — that is , it can not be seen but otherwise behaves in practically the same way . |
| 25 | If blood-sugar level rises too high then sugar also appears in the urine and the person may be regarded as a diabetic . |
| 26 | Wordsworth 's ‘ swing to the Left ’ may be regarded as part of a general sympathy on the part of English intellectuals towards the French Revolution , and it is extremely unlikely that he was ever regarded as a leader of opinion . |
| 27 | While this may be regarded as a sign of real independence it is probably more accurate to describe it as ‘ pseudoindependence ’ ( Kets de Vries , 1978 ) . |
| 28 | It was not the first African paper , although nowadays some Tanzanians think that it was ; nevertheless it is the only one whose direct descendants are still in existence , and may be regarded as the first successful , viable paper ( that term has to be used in a relative sense ) edited and produced by Africans . |
| 29 | BRAC 's efforts have brought attention to the concept of oral rehydration therapy in Bangladesh , and this may be regarded as a success . |
| 30 | In the mean time , however , the attempts to introduce Oral Rehydration Therapy to the people of Bangladesh may be regarded as a partial success , from which lessons can be learnt . |