Example sentences of "it [modal v] be consider [prep] be " in BNC.
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1 | It may be considered to be a vital British interest that we are not on the outside of the single currency in five years ' time . |
2 | It seems rather grandiose to label a talk with a colleague in the same office or department as an ‘ interview ’ , but in some ways it could be considered to be one , especially if our colleague is an expert in the field in which we ourselves have become interested . |
3 | If it 's a small discharge and say it 's twice the limits , three times the limits , then it would be considered to be needing improvement . |
4 | If the information is commonplace or is common knowledge to a group of persons ( for example , it is well known to computer programmers ) or to the public at large , it can not be confidential ; instead , it will be considered to be in the public domain . |
5 | In this respect , although usually referred to as empirical , it can be considered to be scientific . |
6 | This is an exaggeration , but you should remember that the older the history book ( especially over 20 years ) the less reliable it can be considered to be , because ( i ) new evidence is always being unearthed ( ii ) all historians tend to write from within the perspective of their own times ( " every generation writes its own history " ) ( iii ) most professional historians update their own interpretations according to personal preference and in the face of scholarly criticism . |
7 | It can be considered to be the microelectronic equivalent of a mainframe 's central processing unit ( CPU ) . |
8 | Even if a database contains pre-existing works , it can be considered to be a new work of copyright if it is the result of selection and judgment . |