Example sentences of "not be regarded [prep] " in BNC.

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1 A gesture can not be regarded as the expression of an individual , as his or her creation ( because no individual is capable of creating a fully original gesture , belonging to nobody else ) , nor can it even be regarded as that person 's instrument ; on the contrary , it is gestures that use us as their instruments , as their bearers and incarnations .
2 But the twists and turns of Currie 's political career are simply a graphic illustration of the fact the SDLP can not be regarded as the Labour Party in Northern Ireland .
3 The argument , then , is that the causing of death by bad driving should not be regarded as a significant aggravating factor , but nor should the non-causing of death or injury be regarded as a significant mitigating factor .
4 The evidence of three recent controlled studies indicates that clients with bulimia nervosa can benefit to a similar degree from treatments which can not be regarded as forms of Cognitive–Behaviour Therapy ( Fairburn and Cooper , 1989 ) .
5 Such a change will not be regarded as a major change and you will not be specially advised of such an operational amendment .
6 Even boiling , however , should not be regarded as sterilisation .
7 For a senior job it should not be regarded as a burden to see 12 people and then draw up a short list of three or four .
8 It was plain that this could not be regarded as a trust of the estate in favour of her sister , who was coheir , since the testator wanted not to dispose of his own money but on the pretext of advice to derogate from her rights by prohibiting her from making a will .
9 This group of teaching aids is by far the most important , and should not be regarded as second rate .
10 ‘ UDCs can not be regarded as a success if buildings and land are regenerated but the local community are by-passed and do not benefit from regeneration ’ .
11 The company has informed your two banks , where you have substantial overdrafts , I understand , that your employment with us has ceased , and we can not be regarded as guarantors .
12 He acted out of moral considerations yet they could not be regarded as principles in the Kantian sense because they were principles or considerations involved in what Winch calls ‘ ‘ the perspective' ’ of the action' .
13 This remark emphasizes again the point previously made that moral considerations , which can not be regarded as principles in the Kantian sense , are involved in situations of moral dilemma or in what Winch calls ‘ ‘ the perspective' ’ of the action' .
14 Twenty-five watts may not be regarded as knockout stuff , but as Fender are quick to point out , ‘ Tube watts sound a lot louder than solid state watts . ’
15 So , while the ‘ angle of dangle ’ can give one a start in setting up a bridle , it should not be regarded as a universal solution .
16 Such payments will not be regarded as a provision of income by the beneficiary provided the trust deed permits such payments and interest is paid on the amount effectively loaned to the capital account .
17 Where the cost of finance under a facility is determined by reference to a base rate ( such as LIBOR ) a change in the base rate should not be regarded as an increase in the level of finance costs for this purpose .
18 Tempting though they are , books should not be regarded as natural repositories or presses , especially for botanical specimens .
19 Until he had undergone this religious initiation and probation he would not be regarded as a mature member of the Buddhist community .
20 He said that it should not be regarded as a luxury but used for education , rural development and economic reform : the time had come , he said , ‘ for television to change its outlook in this country in order to suit the requirements of a developing country like Zambia ’ .
21 Conflict should not be regarded as a purely negative issue .
22 Although certain details of the painting do coincide almost exactly with features of other works by Neroccio , the work as a whole can not be regarded as a copy .
23 While failure to establish an effective Teachers ' Council supports the view that teaching can not be regarded as a profession , the establishment of such a Council would be fraught with administrative difficulties .
24 These groups should not be regarded as representative of the Cardiff population : the 1991 census data records a Bangladeshi population of 1663 , some 0.6% of the total .
25 In a normal labour intermittent auscultation with a Pinard stethoscope could not be regarded as an inadequate or negligent form of assessment .
26 The empirical evidence suggests , however , that the supervision which institutional investors exercise over the management of a company is minimal and can not be regarded as a sufficient control over the managers of large public companies .
27 concluded , ‘ proposals for organic change can not be regarded as a limited change … it introduced a fundamental change within the existing structures of local government ’ ( Stewart et al .
28 The defendants successfully applied to the English court for this service to be set aside on the grounds that personal service by the agent of a foreign litigant without the approval of the Swiss authorities was a criminal offence under the Swiss Penal Code and could not be regarded as valid service , as no English court could authorise service which was contrary to the internal law of the country in which service was to be effected .
29 One view is that successor States can not be regarded as third parties because of the continuing link between their territory and the treaty .
30 By itself this statement , unequivocal though it was , could not be regarded as decisive evidence .
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