Example sentences of "[modal v] be [vb pp] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | The commissioner had statutory jurisdiction to decide whether the road verges should be registered as common land . |
| 2 | He blamed France for the delay , which he said was caused by Paris 's continuing insistence that Strasbourg should be confirmed as the permanent site of the EC Parliament 's plenary sessions . |
| 3 | Which category should be selected as the base for comparison ? |
| 4 | Which categories , then , should be selected as bases for comparison among father 's class and school type ? |
| 5 | The concern of the six states of the Gulf Co-operation Council ( GCC ) stemmed from several considerations : regret that two neighbouring Muslim states should be spilling one another 's blood ; anxiety lest the conflict provoke the intervention of one or both superpowers , with dangerous consequences ; fear lest member states be attacked by one of the belligerents if they were suspected of sympathizing with the other ; a feeling that a conflict of this sort diverted Arab and outside world attention and resources from the paramount issue of palestine ; a desire not to see either belligerent emerge from the conflict so strengthened by the spoils of victory as to become the most powerful entity in the Gulf ; and , finally , anxiety lest their internal security should be threatened as a by-product either of the war or of Iran 's revolution . |
| 6 | Even so , a link between desire and routine behaviour should be noted as an important element in preserving the right of elders to ‘ want something ’ , and thus to avoid depersonalising them . |
| 7 | ( 3 ) If the property is sold subject to restrictive covenants contained in the title deeds , these should be noted as burdens on the property . |
| 8 | 1812 " It is proposed that the Clergymen of the Island shall … convene the poor of their respective Parishes , & to such as they find needy , to issue a Ticket of his or her name & Parish Written thereon , who only should be served as the Poor , & impostures excluded — It is Represented to this Meeting that a number of Beggars keep dogs at home and abroad — and as Scarcity is apprehended , it is considered proper that every person should this year Discharge every unnecessary Dog … " |
| 9 | If in both cases passive surrender to an omnipotent phantasied father-figure is the centre of the conflict , then it is intelligible that this should be projected as the infantile equivalent of castrating , homosexual , anal rape . |
| 10 | Severe icing seems rare , but even slight jamming of the controls should be treated as a serious warning to leave the cloud immediately before all control is lost . |
| 11 | She is a teacher of primary school kids and decides , probably rightly , that these two English boys are really only ten years of age and should be treated as such . |
| 12 | FIVE children lying bloody and broken in the road below a high tenement window in Glasgow helped substantially reinforce ambulanceman Jack Kirkland 's belief that his colleagues should be treated as dedicated professionals and not as cab drivers . |
| 13 | The Court of Appeal dismissed an Inland Revenue challenge to a High Court ruling that £75,000 paid to England and Derby County goalkeeper Peter Shilton by Nottingham Forest when they sold him to Southampton in 1982 should be treated as a ‘ golden handshake ’ . |
| 14 | When the next Rushdie has his book put to the torch , incitement to violence over a book , whether for or against it , should be treated as a criminal offence . |
| 15 | First , they argued that a Maximum Admissible Concentration should be treated as an absolute limit not to be breached , and not the basis of an average . |
| 16 | Instead it proposes that the 50 mg/litre limit should be treated as an average not a fixed limit . |
| 17 | the organization of social insurance should be treated as one part of a comprehensive policy of social progress . |
| 18 | As was pointed out in the judgment , ‘ In some contractual relationships , for example life assurance and pensions schemes — some aspects of the law regulating conditions of employment , and … various state-run schemes such as national insurance ’ , 35 it is ultimately a matter for the parties concerned whether the individual should be treated as a man or a woman . |
| 19 | Similarly Emperor Marcus answered by rescript that the words in which a testator had provided that ‘ he did not doubt that whatever his wife had received she would restore to his children ’ should be treated as a trust . |
| 20 | The rescript is of great utility in ensuring that the honour of a happily concluded marriage and indeed the faith of common children should not deceive a father who had thought better of the mother : therefore the emperor , most provident and most devoted to the cause of law , when he observed that the words of a trust were lacking , ruled by rescript that this expression should be treated as a trust . |
| 21 | But even where the additional word lego is used , there is no suggestion that Scaevola thinks the disposition should be treated as a legacy . |
| 22 | They have a right to have their feelings respected and should be treated as any other residents . |
| 23 | Parental responsibility should be treated as the greatest and most important undertaking of human life , albeit the one potentially holding out the promise of the greatest happiness . |
| 24 | In the budgeting process the firm should decide on what should be treated as profit centres and what as cost centres . |
| 25 | All of these are varying intensities of the same basic sound unit and should be treated as such . |
| 26 | A pamphlet published by the American Library Association , Patrons are people : how to be a model librarian , originally Published in 1945 ad revised in 1956 , illustrates the approach of the time : ‘ Whether six or sixty , a person is a person and should be treated as such , so the Model Librarian avers . |
| 27 | These consultations are to all intents and purposes interviews , and should be treated as such . |
| 28 | The UK has decided that UK-registered EEIGs should be treated as bodies corporate with separate legal personalities like companies and should be registered with the Registrar of Companies . |
| 29 | A dog is part of God 's creation and should be treated as such . |
| 30 | But it is arguable that the fishing licence money should be treated as a one-off bonanza , since there is no guarantee that it will continue . |