Example sentences of "[be] regarded as [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Both accepted what might have been regarded as a rather dubious honour . |
| 2 | This was not , of course , just a Protestant response , although it benefited the Protestants that the great Catholic powers of France and Spain should tear one another apart ; their temporary truce in 1556 had been regarded as a significant reversal to the cause of reform , and when the war was renewed one of the leading English preachers , Christopher Goodman , was to urge the English not to fight for Spain , just as Knox urged the Scots not to fight for France . |
| 3 | For 200 years City offices have been regarded as a near certain store of value . |
| 4 | But generally these researches have been regarded as a branch of historical studies , suitably only for professed historians . |
| 5 | Often , however , the facilities provided for them have been lamentable , not merely basic but squalid — safety and comfort has not been regarded as a priority — a prevailing stench of stewed onions — in stark contrast to the different world , only yards away , in the board room and the lucrative executive boxes . ’ |
| 6 | Sharing the problem at once halves it , reduces the feeling of victimisation , and helps to establish the larger dimensions of what had previously been regarded as a local problem . |
| 7 | Although they are commonest in rocks of the Late Palaeozoic , some Mesozoic plants have been regarded as a later branch of the seed ferns . |
| 8 | The University of San Carlos has long been regarded as a hotbed of opposition , and the list of those imprisoned , tortured and murdered is long , even since 1986 . |
| 9 | This latter has been discussed by Cater ( 1987 ) who states that ‘ … the development of tourism has been regarded as a panacea for the economic malaise of many of the least developed countries ( LDCs ) faced with a narrow resource base and serious balance of payment difficulties ’ . |
| 10 | Thus , persistent gambling or the squandering of large sums of money upon it has been regarded as a sin . |
| 11 | For some departments in local councils , the Urban Programme has been regarded as a way in which capital schemes cut from other mainstream budgets might be reinstated . |
| 12 | The affair had been regarded as a tragic accident , and Fedorov severely censured for negligence . |
| 13 | IT HAS always been regarded as a guilty but harmless secret shared by thousands of women . |
| 14 | Since the enactment of s 459 1985 , it has been regarded as a better remedy for a minority affected by prejudice in a company to ask for a share purchase order under s 461 rather than to seek a return of share capital through a winding-up petition which results in the liquidation of a solvent company ( a member can not petition under s 122(1) ( g ) if the company is insolvent because he has no interest ) . |
| 15 | Metal whiskers of this kind had been known of , in a general sort of way , for a long time but had been regarded as a nuisance or a curiosity . |
| 16 | Mrs Clinton , the new First Lady , has supported the magazine since it was founded in the United States in 1972 , where it has been regarded as a valuable weapon in the campaign for women 's liberation . |
| 17 | The trial of his killers has been regarded as a test of the political will of the authorities to put an end to the climate of impunity prevalent in the rural areas of Brazil , where scores of peasants and their leaders have been killed by hired gunmen . |
| 18 | Until now , the six year-old Kontrax Group had been regarded as a Hungarian success story . |
| 19 | Admittedly , a No from the Bosnian Serbs should not be considered as an unequivocal , irreversible rejection of the peace plan , any more than a Yes should have been regarded as a wholehearted acceptance of it . |
| 20 | It is smaller and cooler than the Sun , but is not too unlike it , and has often been regarded as a possible planetary centre . |
| 21 | What I am most conscious of is that I have been regarded as a controversial figure : until the age of sixty I was seen either as a subversive or as an enfant terrible . |
| 22 | The research focus shifted to the role of the message in referential communication , and also to listeners who had hitherto been regarded as a somewhat passive element . |
| 23 | Given the apparent sexist bias of much humanities and social science teaching , it seems odd that it is in these subjects that women are numerous ; it is the absence of women in physical science and engineering that has generally been regarded as a ‘ problem ’ . |
| 24 | The British countryside has long been regarded as a source of out-migration and a pool of reserve labour for urban areas . |
| 25 | Marxism has sometimes been regarded as a positivist approach since it can be argued that it sees human behaviour as a reaction to the stimulus of the economic infrastructure . |
| 26 | Her life had not been particularly adventurous and at school , where her friend Rosie Fortinbras courted adventure , she had been regarded as a dull girl and a plodding worker . |
| 27 | A lifelong supporter , I have always been regarded as a tactical genius by the Duck and Forceps regulars and , from day one , my appointment has brought renewed hope to the terraces . |
| 28 | In Britain , with its strong two-party system , a government defeat on a vote of confidence has long been regarded as a theoretical possibility rather than practical politics . |
| 29 | Second , income tax has long been regarded as a tax of central importance in government management of the economy ; it is a major financial and psychological weapon in securing the success of the Cabinet 's economic strategy . |
| 30 | The following have in the past been regarded as a natural user of land ; water installations in a house or flat , a fire in a domestic grate , burning stubble in the normal course of agriculture , electric wiring and gas pipes in a house or shop , the ordinary working of mines and minerals on land , erecting or pulling down houses or walls , trees whether planted or self-sown ( if not poisonous ) . |