Example sentences of "[modal v] be [vb pp] as [adj] " 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 | As the minutes of the conclusions of the conference stated : " Various cases have recently been referred to this HQ in which doubt has been raised as to whether certain formations and groups should be treated as Soviet Nationals in so far as their return to the Soviet Union direct from 5 Corps is concerned . " |
| 3 | As we have seen , the order which summarised the rulings of this conference began by stating that " various cases have recently been referred to this HQ in which doubt has been raised as to whether certain formations and groups should be treated as Soviet Nationals " . |
| 4 | In his analysis of disease , he presented a similar critique of the four — humor theory to that of Paracelsus , developing the view that diseases should be treated as specific disorders of specific organs requiring specific chemical remedies . |
| 5 | But the Court of Appeal , no doubt alarmed by the prospect of large numbers of public sector employees seeking similar review , held that such cases should be treated as ordinary master-and-servant situations governed by private law . |
| 6 | Merton was dismayed that Mannheim distinguished between ‘ cultural science ’ and ‘ exact science ’ ; for Merton they should be treated as similar forms of knowledge because they are based on equivalent epistemologies . |
| 7 | All that would be necessary is that England , Scotland , Wales and Northern Ireland should be treated as distinct electoral entities . |
| 8 | Many professionals find it difficult to accede , in practice , to the values and philosophy of normalisation — that people with learning difficulties should be treated as equal citizens , with the same rights and access to valued social roles as everyone else . |
| 9 | Although there is an intention to use these parts in the business they are essentially part of the operating cycle of the business and should be treated as current assets . |
| 10 | These should be treated as secondary sources , " interpretations " of the past . |
| 11 | Councillors should be treated as intelligent people who make decisions based on information . |
| 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 | They have got to demand in the politest possible way , but in the most determined way , that they should be treated as responsible citizens whatever their walk of life People take others at their own evaluation . |
| 14 | Exhibitions should be treated as interpretive media in their own right . |
| 15 | It is undoubtedly Chairman something of a compromise , but it should be moved as significant portion of the noise on the back roads although not all . |
| 16 | It reveals clearly that neither central nor local government should be seen as monolithic blocs and that the relationship varies according to the agencies , personnel , policy areas and goals involved . |
| 17 | Mosca , like Pareto , had at one stage of his writing career some sympathy for the socialist parties of the period , and like Pareto he is more remembered for his argument that socialists should be seen as dangerous purveyors of an illusory hope of democratic participation . |
| 18 | They should be seen as complementary contributions to the wider management of our transport , environmental and social objectives . |
| 19 | It is not inconsistent with this interpretation that managerialist goals are sometimes pursued , but it argues that such conduct should be seen as aberrant behaviour , contrary to the dominant management culture . |
| 20 | Nevertheless I shall argue that the idea that the National Curriculum ensures a common entitlement for all should be seen as persuasive rhetoric , rather than as an indisputable truth . |
| 21 | I have always thought that a promise to perform an existing duty , or the performance of it , should be regarded as good consideration , because it is a benefit to the person to whom it is given . |
| 22 | It is pointed out that all the climbs on Nelion and Batian should be regarded as two-day ascents . |
| 23 | If Darwin 's theory can be sub-divided into components , such that some people believe component A but not component B , while others believe B but not A , then A and B should be regarded as separate memes . |
| 24 | As my colleague N.K. Humphrey neatly summed up an earlier draft of this chapter ; ‘ … memes should be regarded as living structures , not just metaphorically but technically . |
| 25 | The stone was placed within a specially designed chair in Westminster Abbey to make it symbolically clear that all coronations of English kings henceforth should be regarded as simultaneous coronations of the kings of Scotland . |
| 26 | It is significant that having conducted a review of the ‘ state of the art ’ in these areas , and drawn up a list of generalisations about the change process in education , Bolam cautions that generalisations ‘ should be regarded as working hypotheses and pointers for future study since their basis in research is weak ’ . |
| 27 | Very probably at least some of these patinated bronzes should be regarded as legitimate copies rather than as fakes , rather as today the British Museum produces and sells resin copies of some of the more famous antiquities . |
| 28 | Such expenditure should be regarded as special damages and recovered in full . |
| 29 | If this proposition is valid , our insistence that companies should be regarded as social enterprises is undermined . |
| 30 | They should be regarded as basic guidelines and adapted to the many possible variables , such as type of employment , level of responsibility , age/experience of the candidates . |