Example sentences of "[noun sg] [is] [adv] [verb] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | Borrowing and lending stock is officially regulated as there are both prudential and tax considerations : GEMMs are approved lenders and approved borrowers . |
| 2 | But because of the council 's incompetence , which has meant that her rent card is now marked as owing rent , and lacking a deposit , she would be dependent on a somewhat shady mortgage company for the mortgage to buy such a house ( rent cards are the easiest and most common means of checking on the credit-worthiness of a person on a low income ) . |
| 3 | For instance , domestic violence is now seen as unacceptable , whereas until recently it might have been considered a ‘ private ’ affair . |
| 4 | The combination seems to point to some underlying form of ‘ essential history ’ of which each individual provides his variant but which can only be hinted at , not revealed , because when the voices join across time they never quite marry , though their coming together is an attempt to generate something which like a collective emotion is necessarily felt as something more than the experience of the individual , as something dominant and external' . |
| 5 | It is hard to decide whether the result is better seen as self-indulgent twaddle , or , as Robert Lowell said of the Oxford Book of Modern Verse : ‘ Maybe it 's the ultimate Larkin poem ’ , so maybe this is the supreme Ted Hughes fiction . |
| 6 | Elsewhere , as in Australia , ‘ the half-trained pianist is often accepted as sufficient for the task ’ . |
| 7 | Inside , in the original 1902 library , Morgan 's study is fully restored as is the newly lighted East Room with its vault murals by H. Siddons Mowbray and two-storey glass-and-wood cabinets shelving a hoard of rare volumes . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | However , and to complicate the issue , it does not necessarily follow that all crime is always viewed as deviant . |
| 10 | Labour is typically characterised as simply waiting to be either exploited or abandoned by capital . |
| 11 | Each term is also designated as either ‘ preferred ’ or ‘ non-preferred ’ , i.e. deemed suitable for inclusion in a record , or not . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . ’ |
| 14 | The pig 's range is usually given as Java , Madura and Bawean , but you can subtract Madura now , since that 's been deforested and thus depigged ( de-everythinged , in fact ) . |
| 15 | Gaskell made a distinction between intercourse before marriage in agricultural areas , when marriage is tacitly understood as coming later , and the promiscuity of the town , which he condemned , but in fact there was probably little difference , as we shall see . |
| 16 | The organisation of work is highly structured as shown below : |
| 17 | Erm , Local Government and Local Council work is often seen as being very drab and indeed we all know that it 's becoming probably less exciting nowadays with the constraints that there are and what Councils still require er in abundance are characters , people who bring a bit of excitement to Council affairs w i at whatever level and I think that one thing that has is character , sadly missing in so many younger politicians I must say . |
| 18 | Archaeology is usually regarded as having its beginnings in the mid 16th century with the work of topographers such as John Leland ( 1506–1552 ) who was employed by Henry VIII as ‘ Keeper of King 's Libraries ’ and so travelled extensively . |
| 19 | Recently however , the former view has been gaining ground ( e.g. Keen & Coan , 1974 ; Smith & Carlton , 1975 ; Morris et al. , 1980 ) and the genus Nucella roding is currently regarded as comprIsIng : N. lapillus ( L. , 1758 ) -the type-from the North Atlantic N. canaliculata ( Duclos , 1832 ) N. emarginata ( Deshayes , 1839 ) N. freycineti ( Deshayes , 1839 ) from the North Pacific N. lamellosa ( Gmelin , 1791 ) N. lima ( Gmelin , 1791 ) . |
| 20 | On goes the road in a series of turns and twists and interesting situations , with intriguing glimpses of the coast and the wide sweep of Eddrachillis Bay , and then the vast seascape is fully revealed as the road comes alongside the lovely Clashnessie Bay , bounded and sheltered in the west by a peninsula that thrusts far out to sea and ends at the rocky Point of Stoer . |
| 21 | ‘ Surveys have shown that the added value gained by small companies from the audit is generally perceived as poor . ’ |
| 22 | Although scholars have noticed instability in initial h spellings in early English , the traditional view is that there is little reliable evidence for ‘ [ h ] -dropping ’ in English much before the end of the eighteenth century , and earlier instability in spelling is usually dismissed as unreliable in handbook accounts . |
| 23 | If so , natural law is again exposed as consistent with any possible content of positive law and it thereby loses its critical function . |
| 24 | English law is commonly portrayed as adversarial , embodying a series of safeguards to prevent an accused from being wrongly convicted . |
| 25 | Schleiermacher 's theology is commonly described as centred on ‘ religious experience ’ . |
| 26 | 124 — 5 ) , masculine honour is also represented as straightforwardly stupid and barbaric . |
| 27 | Whilst exercise is regularly advocated as essential to a healthy heart this recommendation is often misunderstood . |
| 28 | Exercise is now seen as being an important aspect of lifestyle which is associated with health status . |
| 29 | The true value of a lifetime 's loneliness is then seen as Nothingness , Emptiness , perfectly expressed in the minimal art of traditional ikebana , and in the minimal , marginal existence of the person without ties , without permanent position , situation , family , roots . |
| 30 | Because Richard usurped the throne , his retinue is inevitably seen as inimical to the crown and therefore in an important sense independent of royal authority . |