Example sentences of "[am/are] regarded [conj] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are 10 species in the UK whose breeding populations are dependent on moorland and upland rough grassland ; populations of Golden Eagle , Hen Harrier , Merlin , Red Grouse and Golden Plover are regarded as internationally important . |
| 2 | Gallup recently found that scientists are seen as responsible for environmental problems , although industrialists and politicians are regarded as even more responsible . |
| 3 | This is of importance as long as those over a certain age , as well as those under another , are regarded as economically and socially dependent on the rest of the population . |
| 4 | We are regarded as either inferior men or superior animals . |
| 5 | Yet simultaneously rapists , and indeed all men who commit violent sexual offences , are regarded as particularly villainous by the majority of the population , and these crimes have a high priority in the public 's demand for law and order . |
| 6 | Money is held to provide the basis for that level of abstraction at which people are regarded as fundamentally equal to one another , bereft for purposes of social construction of their personal characteristics . |
| 7 | Tea and marijuana have three things in common : they alter the moods of those who take them , they are regarded as tolerably safe , and they are addictive . |
| 8 | These speeds are lower than in traditional streets , but they are greater than walking pace and are regarded as still being too high by elderly people and parents of young children . |
| 9 | For example , as I indicated in discussing personal care , it is regarded as legitimate for children to think about their own interests when deciding whether to support a parent , but this is balanced rather delicately with the morality of obligation and duty , so that children can quite easily get into the position where they are regarded as too self-interested . |
| 10 | Case conferences , the accepted model of interdisciplinary good practice in the assessments of children and families , are regarded as too bureaucratic and costly ( DoH , 1991a , p. 10 ) . |
| 11 | Further , market counterparties receive still less protection as they are regarded as fully capable of looking after their own interests and understanding the risks inherent in what they do . |
| 12 | It would be ridiculous to suggest that black kids who are constantly being geared up by teachers to thrust themselves into sports , do not , at some stage , recognize that there exists a manipulative element : they feel they are regarded as naturally gifted sportsmen ( see Vince Hilaire 's opening quotation ) , but without an abundance of intellectual equipment , who are used for the purposes of bringing prestige to both the individual teacher and the school . |
| 13 | Dischargers are regarded as potentially difficult people . |
| 14 | * Mongolian wolves illegally imported into Hungary face death if they are returned to Mongolia , where they are regarded as highly dangerous . |
| 15 | By tracing artefactual change over several millennia , archaeology can produce materials which are regarded as directly ancestral by the modern population , even though different from those used today . |
| 16 | Low productivity , low profitability , low demand and problems caused by government policies are regarded as far more important factors behind our industrial performance . |
| 17 | Other areas , those of outstanding aesthetic , historic or scientific interest , are regarded as entirely unsuitable for housing developments of any sort . |
| 18 | ‘ ICI pharmaceuticals is bigger than some companies that are regarded as extremely viable . ’ |
| 19 | Though they 're common enough in Britain , they 're regarded as very exotic in the Ukraine and the visitors could n't get enough of them ! |