Example sentences of "is perceived to " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may find it increasingly difficult to hold the Government to its promise of a 50-frigate Navy when the Warsaw Pact military threat is perceived to be diminishing . |
| 2 | It is perceived to be a crisis of the very institutions of the Vth Republic themselves . |
| 3 | This can be described as the degree to which an odour is perceived to be agreeable or disagreeable , pleasant or unpleasant . |
| 4 | When that risk is perceived to be rising , companies will cut output and investment , the more so the more highly leveraged they are . |
| 5 | But the long-term trend in those areas in which the public interest in regulation ( or possibly politicians ' exposure to public criticism ) is perceived to be greatest , seems to be for both the volume of regulation and the role of government in it to increase . |
| 6 | They are concerned with what is perceived to be ‘ right ’ for individual old people and their supporters and what degree of professional responsibility and organisational accountability the workers have for such people . |
| 7 | Indeed , the very idea of resistance is generally excluded from social-control theories , because the deviant group is perceived to be powerless , forever the object of someone else 's control , never the subject of its own thoughts and actions . |
| 8 | The prestige and repute connected to sporting success at school made it a viable , intriguing and challenging venture for her , as it would be for many otherwise nondescript black kids already faced with the adversity of being black in what is perceived to be a hostile environment . |
| 9 | This diplomatic leverage , particularly over a divided Germany , ensures the USSR a powerful voice in NATO counsels even when Soviet military power is perceived to be in check . |
| 10 | Finally , our most recent results have shown that ( 1 ) the differential perspective cues described here also affect the perceived absolute distance to the surface ( such that a surface containing perspective cues appropriate for near viewing is perceived to be closer to the observer ) , and ( 2 ) the shape of the apparent fronto-parallel surface systematically varies with the differential vertical perspective cues generated by surfaces at different absolute distances from the observer , as Helmholtz informally demonstrated over a hundred years ago . |
| 11 | Despite the serious limitations to a general theory equating anomaly and mystical danger , there is respectable if sometimes ambiguous psychological evidence that what is perceived to be unclassifiable ( and this is perhaps the crucial thing ) is cognitively and emotionally disturbing . |
| 12 | The state has a monopoly over the use of coercion which is perceived to be legitimate only because those exercising such power have been democratically elected or derive their authority from a democratic legislature . |
| 13 | However , it would seem fair to say that in a western liberal democracy with a market based economy , society has a legitimate interest in protecting the market from conduct which is perceived to be an abuse of normal practice in that market . |
| 14 | Limitation of family size will not happen unless it can be done without trespassing on conscience and unless practicable means are available ; and unless it is perceived to be in the families ' interests to do so ( Coale 1973 ) . |
| 15 | Whatever is perceived to be traditional farming , any changes from the present need to be done only after careful consideration . |
| 16 | The officer is perceived to be in a position of authority ; the suspect may be intimidated or undermined . |
| 17 | If competition is perceived to be open , the ‘ rules ’ are seen to be fair , and the determinants of success are within the competitors ' control , competition can be extremely fruitful . |
| 18 | Renaissance poetry ( in Sidney 's sense of seriously crafted eloquent language which could include prose ) is perceived to be the province of the truly serious writer , and this is equated with elitism . |
| 19 | ‘ At the very least there is perceived to be an apparent disinclination to contact and involve Church spokesmen in matters like education or to approach the Moderator for his views on the circumstances of the Presbyterian community which is the second largest denomination in Northern Ireland , ’ one leading Churchman said . |
| 20 | It is perceived to be linked with : |
| 21 | Once the trust of the workforce has been lost , it is difficult to regain it , even if future change is perceived to be in the interest of employees . |
| 22 | For a monolingual speaker , it may mean a shift of style within what is perceived to be the same language . |
| 23 | On the other hand if it is perceived to be temporary , the effects on the supply of labour in the short run are likely to be substantial . |
| 24 | The Archive 's location in a university which has a reputation for excellence in social research ensures it is perceived to be upholding high standards . |
| 25 | Put briefly , once employment ends he can not , without a specific covenant , be prevented from doing anything unless his actions contravene what is perceived to be a proprietary right of his employer : Morris ( Herbert ) Ltd v Saxelby [ 1916 ] 1 AC 688 . |
| 26 | Secondly of course there are opportunities and limitations to your , the resources that you have and I 've mentioned resources before , they can be economic , military , your education system erm you know at the moment the government 's expanding higher education , going up , well we 've , we 've touched already I think thirty percent now in higher education one of the reasons for that is not just to , for self-fulfilment for those who are erm involved in higher education as I 'm sure you 're all self-fulfilling yourself here today , it 's because of what is perceived to be a national need for a highly educated workforce . |
| 27 | Most importantly , John Smith has finally backed moves to rid the party of what is perceived to be the biggest unwanted legacy remaining of its heritage , the voting power of the trade unions . |
| 28 | ‘ Technological capability is of great interest to the customer but above all he wants a quality product at what is perceived to be value for money . |