Example sentences of "what was considered to " in BNC.

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1 This story did the rounds some years ago , when Romanians already had the measure of their leader , but while the West was still honouring President Ceausescu for what was considered to be his independent stand on foreign policy issues .
2 Early legislation on the subject of mental handicap failed to distinguish between mental handicap , mental illness , and what was considered to be moral incompetence .
3 On the contrary , I was mocked within the family for my ‘ posh ’ accent , and for what was considered to be my general childishness , especially as far as my sense of humour was concerned .
4 The attempt by Frenchmen to seize a Chinese junk carrying what was considered to be a cargo of contraband fuel , and their ensuing capture by Vietminh militia , was an unlikely incident to trigger a war and falls , no doubt , into Aristotle 's category of trivial occasions .
5 I do n't think you will be surprised to learn that that in fact shows a very clear divergence between what was considered to be girls ' training and boys ' training and the most stark statistic was in relation to who was going into government training centres .
6 In what was considered to be a goodwill gesture to back their peace proposal , the cartel released Juan Vitta , an editor of the magazine Hoy por Hoy and one of seven journalists the cartel was holding hostage [ see also p. 37772 issue ] , on Nov. 26 in the city of Medellín .
7 The State Committee for Statistics issued figures , quoted on Russian Television on March 18 , showing that only 7 per cent of the population received what was considered to be the minimum sufficient income .
8 The most dramatic example of this came on June 13 when , while addressing a meeting of members of the Rev. Jesse Jackson 's " Rainbow Coalition " , he defied the parameters of what was considered to be " politically correct " by criticizing all forms of racial hatred , including such expressions by blacks against whites .
9 The applicant had been granted access to accounts on condition that he paid what was considered to be excessive amounts for rent of room , photocopying , and a union official 's salary .
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