Example sentences of "[is] [adv] [verb] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | Simply put , during waking consciousness there is a demand by the alert cortex for perceptual information from the senses , and the senses provide an abundance , which is mostly disregarded as only topically relevant information is attended to . |
| 2 | If the cause or matter is properly characterised as criminal , it can not lose that character simply because at one stage it is carried forward by techniques which closely resemble those employed in civil matters , or which lead to relief often granted in civil matters , or which are available in civil or criminal matters alike ; any more than , having gained this new character by the employment of such techniques , it would revert to its former status when the deployment of the techniques came to an end . |
| 3 | But while ( 57 ) is certainly ungrammatical , this is much less clearly true , if at all , of cases where happy is properly marked as non-restrictive : ( 58 ) Stephen , happy , seemed to have recovered all his lost energy |
| 4 | On this analysis the medical-legal dilemma is properly identified as being one of determining whether , and if so , for how much longer , further treatment should be continued . |
| 5 | Overall , however , the railways are likely to be one of the toughest state sell-offs of them all , for BR has not made a profit for 40 years and is widely perceived as demoralised and run-down . |
| 6 | IT DIDN'T. 1988 is widely perceived as Reading 's nadir , poorly attended and with a woefully average line-up , even by Reading 's by now hopeless standards . |
| 7 | The breakdown of the control apparatus is widely perceived as liberating managers to pursue economically sub-optimal goals , and as causing insufficient pressure to be imposed to promote managerial vigour and to ensure the competence of the management team . |
| 8 | In the South Wales case , for example , there is a zone called the ‘ golden triangle ’ which is widely perceived as especially attuned to the specifications of the new , ‘ high tec ’ , mainly Japanese industries . |
| 9 | The lack of substantial commitments to action is widely seen as reflecting conflicting interests and clashes within the government , particularly among the Departments of Transport , Energy , Agriculture and Trade and Industry where the environment is a contentious issue . |
| 10 | It overlooks the fact that the very notion that the market is capable of legitimating power is widely acknowledged as being open to serious doubt today . |
| 11 | The size of the problem from the point of view of governments is widely acknowledged as large and growing . |
| 12 | For example , an increase of approximately 100 per cent in vehicle mileage by 2025 is widely acknowledged as likely to be responsible for huge increases in energy consumption and pollution , yet the Department of Transport " is n't interested in energy efficiency " . |
| 13 | A baby conceived by in vitro fertilization in this way is as genetically related to its father and mother as a normally conceived baby , and the technique is widely accepted as ethically acceptable , although not , of course , by the Catholic Church , for the reasons that have been mentioned above . |
| 14 | ’ The IoT examination is widely accepted as being of a uniquely high standard , and the revised syllabus for 1994 , incorporating a new paper on Tax Ethics and Administration , will ensure that the IoT examination retains its relevance for the future . |
| 15 | Is he aware that the chain and cable industry in this country is widely accepted as being the best in the world in terms of both technology and workmanship ? |
| 16 | The Cullen report is widely recognised as one of the most excellent reports that has ever been produced on matters that affect industrial safety . |
| 17 | The introduction of newly-developed linings that can be pushed down into crumbling sewers to extend their life is widely touted as bringing the cost of renovating the nation 's sewers down somewhere nearer to what impoverished water authorities can afford . |
| 18 | Britain is widely regarded as having a political system which scores high on political institutionalization and low on personal leadership . |
| 19 | ‘ American culture ’ is widely regarded as inferior to ‘ European culture ’ , even as a threat . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | But even setting aside such terminological differences , it remains true that whether or not any animals employ symbolic representations is widely regarded as doubtful . |
| 23 | Its scenery is widely regarded as being among the best in the country . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | In broadcasting the French predilection for state leadership , fresh starts and grand plans is widely regarded as being less than a great success . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | ‘ Ecstasy is widely misrepresented as being a safe drug , ’ said Dr John Henry of the National Poisons Unit at Guy 's Hospital , London . |